Maverick Antcliff

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Maverick Antcliff
Personal information
Born (1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 (age 30)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
College University of Queensland
Augusta State University
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
China Tour
Professional wins3
Achievements and awards
China Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2019

Maverick Antcliff (born 7 April 1993) is an Australian professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour. In 2019, he won the China Tour Order of Merit, the same year he achieved his first three professional wins.

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Career

Antcliff hails from Beaudesert, Queensland, about an hour south of Brisbane, just like fellow golfer Jason Day. He attended Hills International College as a teenager. [1]

Antcliff accepted a golf scholarship to Augusta State University, and played golf with the Jaguars' men's golf team 2013–2016. After turning pro in 2016 Antcliff found himself near the top of the leaderboard in a number of events on the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2017 and 2018, but wins proved elusive. His breakthrough came in 2019 when he claimed three wins from the first five events of the 2019 China Tour. [2]

Following his dominant year on the China Tour where he recorded three wins, seven top fives, nine top tens and no missed cuts to win the Order of Merit with a points total that was nearly double the second place finisher's, Antcliff earned his European Tour card for 2020. [3]

In his rookie season, Antcliff finished tied third at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. He was runner-up at the 2021 Canary Islands Championship, behind Garrick Higgo, after which he rose to 208th in the Official World Golf Ranking. [4]

Professional wins (3)

China Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
121 Apr 2019 Boao Open−16 (66-69-69-68=272)6 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ling Yung-lung
228 Apr 2019Shenzhou Peninsula Open−16 (71-69-66-66=272)4 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg K. P. Lin, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Cheng,
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kieran Muir
330 Jun 2019Beijing Open−15 (69-65-72-67=273)4 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Gronkvist, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Cheng,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryden Macpherson, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Guowu

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Maverick Takes Flight". Golf Australia. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Men's Golf roster:Maverick Antcliff". Augusta State. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Maverick Antcliff Bio". European Tour. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Canary Islands Championship". OWGR. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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