Sam Walker (golfer)

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Sam Walker
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Personal information
Full nameSam James Walker
Born (1978-03-01) 1 March 1978 (age 47)
Birmingham, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Birmingham, England
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour5 (Tied-8th all-time)
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2007
The Open Championship CUT: 2012

Sam James Walker (born 1 March 1978) is an English professional golfer.

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Career

Walker was born in Birmingham and turned professional in 2000. He came through the ranks, starting his career on the third tier MasterCard Tour before graduating to the Challenge Tour and finally the top level European Tour. He has struggled to establish himself at the highest level, only retaining his card once in 2007 when he finished 80th on the Order of Merit.

Walker has five wins on the second tier Challenge Tour, the first coming in 2006 at the Scottish Challenge and the second in 2010 at the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne. [1] He picked up his third victory in June 2012, reclaiming the Scottish Hydro Challenge. He added two wins in 2016, the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge in August and the Kazakhstan Open in October

Professional wins (6)

Challenge Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
19 Jul 2006 Scottish Challenge −18 (68-69-64-65=266)6 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gareth Wright
29 May 2010 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne −8 (63-70-70-69=272)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Victor Riu, Flag of Scotland.svg Raymond Russell
324 Jun 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge (2)−12 (64-67-70=201)*Playoff Flag of England.svg Simon Wakefield
414 Aug 2016 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge −15 (68-68-69-68=273)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Julien Guerrier, Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Henry,
Flag of France.svg Romain Langasque, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Darius van Driel
52 Oct 2016 Kazakhstan Open −18 (69-67-65-69=270)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Jordan Smith

*Note: The 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2003 Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg André Bossert, Flag of England.svg Martin LeMesurier LeMesurier won with par on second extra hole
Walker eliminated by birdie on first hole
22003 Ryder Cup Wales Challenge Flag of England.svg Robert Coles, Flag of England.svg Robert Rock,
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Craig Williams
Williams won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge Flag of England.svg Simon Wakefield Won with birdie on third extra hole

MasterCard Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament200720082009201020112012
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Walker never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Walker wins in Brittany". PGA European Tour . 9 May 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  2. "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.