Nathan Kimsey

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Nathan Kimsey
Personal information
Born (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 30)
Boston, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner 		2022

Nathan Kimsey (born 21 March 1993) is an English professional golfer. In 2022, he won the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final and the Challenge Tour Rankings. [1]

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Amateur career

Kimsey, from Woodhall Spa Golf Club in Lincolnshire, were an integral part of the England squad between 2010 and 2013. Highlights of his amateur career included selection for the Great Britain & Ireland 2011 Jacques Léglise Trophy, 2012 St Andrews Trophy and 2013 Walker Cup teams, and he formed part of the victorious England side at the 2013 European Amateur Team Championship in Denmark. [1]

He won the 2011 Peter McEvoy Trophy, and in 2013 he was runner-up at the St Andrews Links Trophy and won the Terra Cotta Invitational in Florida. At the Men's Home Internationals he became the first England player in 15 years to win all six matches, following which he went on to be a semi-finalist in the English Amateur. [2]

Professional career

Kimsey turned professional in 2013 and spent two years on the Challenge Tour, before dropping down to the EuroPro Tour for the 2016 season. At the end of the year, he earned his European Tour card by becoming only the second player in history to win Qualifying School Final Stage after coming all the way through from Stage One, a total of 14 rounds of golf. [1]

In his rookie European Tour season, he finished top-10 at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and Australian PGA Championship, but returned to the Challenge Tour for 2018.

In 2022, Kimsey won the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge and the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final to become the Challenge Tour Rankings winner and earn promotion to the European Tour. [3] [4]

Amateur wins

Source: [5]

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Challenge Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
110 Jul 2022 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge −14 (68-66-69-71=274)Playoff Flag of France.svg Robin Sciot-Siegrist
26 Nov 2022 Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final −9 (70-73-66-70=279)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Bryce Easton, Flag of England.svg John Parry

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge Flag of France.svg Robin Sciot-Siegrist Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 Barbasol Championship Flag of Sweden.svg Vincent Norrman Lost to par on first extra hole

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2023 Barbasol Championship Flag of Sweden.svg Vincent Norrman Lost to par on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Player Profile Nathan Kimsey". European Tour. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Nathan Kimsey Turns Pro After Impressive Amateur Career". Scottish Golf Review. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Clinical Kimsey claims Rolex Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nathan Kimsey pulls off Challenge Tour clean sweep on dramatic day in Mallorca". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Nathan Kimsey". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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