Ryan Evans (golfer)

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Ryan Evans
Personal information
Born (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 (age 37)
Kettering, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Corby, England
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) Clutch Pro Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2018
The Open Championship 58th: 2016

Ryan Evans (born 27 March 1987) is an English professional golfer. In 2017 he won the Turkish Airlines Challenge on the Challenge Tour.

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Amateur career

Evans won the 2014 Lake Macquarie Amateur, was runner-up for the 2013 St Andrews Links Trophy, and medalist at the 2014 Australian Amateur. [1] [2] [3]

Professional career

Evans was invited to play in some events on the Challenge Tour in 2015. He finished the year at 28th in the rankings, with a best finish of T-3 at the Kärnten Golf Open. He earned his 2016 European Tour card through qualifying school.

Evans qualified for the 2016 Open Championship through Final Qualifying; he finished in 58th place. Later in the season he finished tied for third place in the D+D Real Czech Masters.

Evans returned to the Challenge Tour in 2017 and won the Turkish Airlines Challenge by four strokes from Tapio Pulkkanen. He finished the season 8th in the rankings to earn a place on the European Tour in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open as an alternate, after missing out at the fourth extra hole of a playoff in sectional qualifying at Walton Heath.

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
123 Apr 2017 Turkish Airlines Challenge −21 (66-66-64-71=267)4 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen

Clutch Pro Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
112 Oct 2023 Tour Championship−12 (69-67-71=207)Playoff Flag of England.svg Ben Evans, Flag of England.svg Curtis Griffiths
213 Jun 2024 Manor House−17 (66-65-68=199)Playoff Flag of England.svg Callan Barrow
316 Aug 2024Mannings Heath−16 (68-65-67=200)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Callum Farr, Flag of England.svg John Gough,
Flag of England.svg Gary King, Flag of England.svg David Langley,
Flag of England.svg Joe Retford, Flag of England.svg Daniel Smith,
Flag of England.svg Thomas Thurloway

Results in major championships

Tournament201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship 58
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Lake Macquarie Am: England's Evans prevails". Amateurgolf.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Raymond captures St. Andrews Links Trophy". Golfweek. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Powter, Anthony (19 January 2014). "Lee, Koh win Australian Amateur titles". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ryan Evans". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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