Sam Bairstow

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Sam Bairstow
Personal information
Full nameSamuel John Acer Bairstow
Born (1998-08-12) 12 August 1998 (age 25)
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
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] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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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. [9]

Amateur career

In 2021, Bairstow won the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy. [10]

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. [11] 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. [12]

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. [13]

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. [14]

Professional career

Bairstow turned professional in September 2022, and made his pro debut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the European Tour. [5]

After winning the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge at Newmachar Golf Club in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in August 2023, [15] Bairstow finished the 2023 Challenge Tour season 18th on the Order-of-Merit, earning an exemption category for the 2024 European Tour. [16]

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. [17]

Amateur wins

Sources: [18] [14] [10]

Professional wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

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

Results in major championships

Tournament2021202220232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTT81
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources: [19] [20] [21]

See also

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  3. ↑ "Athletes, Sam Bairstow". Trinifold Sports Management. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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  5. 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.
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  9. ↑ "Welcome to Hallowes Golf Club Est 1892". Hallowes Golf Club. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  10. 1 2 "2021 Brabazon Trophy". Golf Genius. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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  12. ↑ "The Open Championship: Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "The Amateur Championship 2022". The R&A. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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  15. 1 2 "Bairstow wins in Scotland to secure maiden Challenge Tour title". European Tour. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "Perfect Penge claims Rolex Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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