Paul Barjon

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Paul Barjon
Personal information
Born (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 31)
Bordeaux, France
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Residence Fort Worth, Texas
Spouse
Katrina Barjon
​
(m. 2019)​
Children1
Career
College Texas Christian University
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour3
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2020, 2021, 2023
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Canada
Order of Merit winner 		2019

Paul Barjon (born 19 September 1992) [1] [2] is a French professional golfer, who won the 2019 PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit.

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Early life and amateur career

Barjon was born in Bordeaux, France to parents Alain and Marie. [1] However, he grew up in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific. He has a brother named Louis. [3]

As a youth, he won the 2009 New Caledonia Amateur Championship, 2010 Grand Prix of Baron, and 2011 French Club Team Championship. [3] He attended high school at Lycée Polyvalent in Antibes, France. [3] In November 2011, Barjon signed a letter of intent to play for Texas Christian University. [3]

At the age of 18, he was at #105 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [3] In 2012, he won the stroke-play portion of the Italian Amateur. [3] In 2012, he won the Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship. He also reached the round of 16 at the 2012 Amateur Championship. [3] Barjon represented France at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy in Antalya, Turkey, were his team were tied bronze medalists. [4] [5]

The following year, he played for France at the 2013 European Amateur Team Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark, were his team earned a bronze medal. [6] [7] [8] He also represented France at the 2014 European Amateur Team Championship.

In 2016, he finished runner-up at the Big 12 Championship for golf. [9]

Professional career

Barjon turned professional in 2016. [10] In 2016, he played on the PGA Tour Canada. He won the Freedom 55 Financial Championship on the tour. Later in the year, he played on the 2016 Aruba Cup. In 2019, he again had much success in Canada. He won the Bayview Place DCBank Open and Osprey Valley Open on PGA Tour Canada and the Order of Merit. [11]

Before the 2020 season, he qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour. He had much success that year. He finished in second place at the 2020 Mexico Championship. He also finished in second place at the WinCo Foods Portland Open. He qualified for the 2020 U.S. Open. Later in the season he played the 2021 Huntsville Championship at the Ledges in Huntsville, Alabama. [12] He held the 54-hole lead at the tournament. [13] At the end of regulation, he was tied with Billy Kennerly and Mito Pereira, which resulted in a sudden-death playoff. Kennerly bogeyed the second hole of the playoff to be eliminated. On the third playoff hole – played at the par-5 10th hole – Pereira made birdie. However, Barjon "poured in a 20-foot eagle putt for the win." It was his 25th event of the year. After three second-place finishes, he had finally won. [12] Later in the year he qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open. [14]

In 2022 he was tied for the 54-hole lead at The American Express, but shot a one-over 73 in the final round to finish at 10th place.

Amateur wins

Source: [15]

Professional wins (6)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
12 May 2021 Huntsville Championship −15 (65-67-64-69=265)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Billy Kennerly, Flag of Chile.svg Mito Pereira
22 Jul 2023 Memorial Health Championship −26 (65-62-66-65=258)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Suber
38 Oct 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Championship −14 (72-70-64-68=274)3 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Fabián Gómez

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2020 El Bosque Mexico Championship Flag of the United States.svg David Kocher, Flag of the United States.svg Chad Ramey Kocher won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2021 Huntsville Championship Flag of the United States.svg Billy Kennerly, Flag of Chile.svg Mito Pereira Won with eagle on third extra hole

PGA Tour Canada wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
118 Sep 2016 Freedom 55 Financial Championship −22 (63-66-61-68=258)1 stroke Flag of French Polynesia.svg Vaita Guillaume
22 Jun 2019 Bayview Place DCBank Open −19 (69-64-63-65=261)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Doc Redman
314 Jul 2019 Osprey Valley Open −25 (64-66-66-67=263)3 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Taylor Pendrith

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament2020202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUTCUTCUT
The Open Championship NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Paul Barjon - Men's Golf". TCU Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "USA Sets 54-Hole Scoring Mark In Winning 14th World Amateur Team Championship". IGF. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 1 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "2013 European Amateur Men's Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2013 - Silkeborg GC, Denmark". European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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  11. ↑ Stasiewich, Brendan (15 September 2019). "Barjon wins Order of Merit and Player of the Year Award". PGA Tour.
  12. 1 2 "Paul Barjon prevails in playoff to win Korn Ferry Tour's Huntsville Championship". Golfweek. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Paul Barjon takes three-stroke lead, eyes breakthrough win at Huntsville Championship". WAAY News. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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  16. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2014 - Linna Golf, Finland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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