Sam Bairstow

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Sam Bairstow
Personal information
Full nameSamuel John Acer Bairstow
Born (1998-08-12) 12 August 1998 (age 27)
Sheffield, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2024, 2025
The Open Championship T81: 2022

Samuel John Acer Bairstow (born 12 August 1998) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2023 Farmfoods Scottish Challenge on the Challenge Tour. [1] [2]

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Early life

Bairstow was born in Sheffield, England, and started playing golf at the age of 12. He plays left-handed and came to represent Hallowes Golf Club, located in Dronfield between Sheffield and Chesterfield. [3]

Amateur career

In 2021, Bairstow won the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy. [4]

On June 28, 2022, at St Annes Old Links, Bairstow made it through the final qualifying for The 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, his second Open Championship. [5] He eventually made the 36-hole cut and, after a closing round of 69, finished the championship tied 81st, three strokes behind the low amateur of the tournament. [6]

Bairstow reached the final of The 2022 Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, losing 3 and 2 in the 36-hole match to South African Aldrich Potgieter. [7]

His merits helped him to be selected to represent England at the 2022 European Amateur Team Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club in his home country and at the 2022 Eisenhower Trophy, at Le Golf National in France, as well as being on the winning side for Great Britain and Ireland against the Continental Europe team at the 2022 St Andrews Trophy in Slovakia.

In 2022, Bairstow reached a career best of 7th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [8]

Professional career

Bairstow turned professional in September 2022, and made his pro debut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the European Tour. [9] [1]

In August 2023, Bairstow won the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge at Newmachar Golf Club in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [10] He finished the 2023 Challenge Tour season 18th on the Order-of-Merit, earning an exemption category for the 2024 European Tour. [11]

In March 2024, Bairstow finished third at the Porsche Singapore Classic, after scoring four equal rounds of 68 for a 16-under-par-score of 272, one shot from a playoff with the leaders, earning his biggest prize-check so far with €145,420. [12]

In August 2025, Bairstow was sanctioned for a rule breach after he disqualified himself at the Nexo Championship in Scotland. He was fined £25,000 by the European Tour. [13]

Amateur wins

Sources: [8] [4]

Professional wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 Aug 2023 Farmfoods Scottish Challenge −15 (70-68-66-65=269)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Romain Wattel

Results in major championships

Tournament20212022202320242025
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship CUTT81
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources: [14] [15] [16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Westby, Nick (28 September 2022). "Sam Bairstow turns professional for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship as golf loses EuroPro Tour". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "The Open 2022, Sam Bairstow, Biography". R&A. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Hallowes Golf Club Est 1892". Hallowes Golf Club. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 "2021 Brabazon Trophy". Golf Genius. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Jones, Steve (13 July 2021). "Sam Bairstow: Sheffield amateur golfer rubs shoulders with the likes of Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Danny Willett and Lee Westwood before The Open Championship". The Star. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Open Championship: Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Amateur Championship 2022". The R&A. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Players turned pro, Sam Bairstow". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Ward, M. James (2 October 2022). "Interview with Sam Bairstow, Turning professional at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship". Golf Today. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Bairstow wins in Scotland to secure maiden Challenge Tour title". European Tour. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Perfect Penge claims Rolex Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Jesper Svensson wins Singapore play-off for first DP World Tour victory". European Tour. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  13. ↑ Bastable, Alan (22 August 2025). "After incriminating video surfaces, pro sanctioned for rule-breaking". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Spain crowned European Amateur Team Champions". European Golf Association. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Great Britain & Ireland win 2022 St Andrews Trophy". European Golf Association. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "WATC 2022 France". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
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