Scott Vincent | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Scott Nicholas Vincent | ||||
Born | Harare, Zimbabwe | 20 May 1992||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st) | ||||
Sporting nationality | Zimbabwe | ||||
Residence | Denver, Colorado | ||||
Spouse | Kelsey Loupee (m. 2017) | ||||
Children | 1 | ||||
Career | |||||
College | Virginia Tech | ||||
Turned professional | 2015 | ||||
Current tour(s) | Asian Tour Japan Golf Tour LIV Golf | ||||
Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour Canada Japan Challenge Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 5 | ||||
Highest ranking | 78 (18 September 2022) [1] (as of 28 April 2024) | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
Japan Golf Tour | 3 | ||||
Asian Tour | 1 | ||||
Other | 1 | ||||
Best results in major championships | |||||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT: 2022 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Scott Nicholas Vincent [2] (born 20 May 1992) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour, Asian Tour and LIV Golf. He has won three times on the Japan Golf Tour. In 2022 he won the International Series England on the Asian Tour, as well as the International Series Order of Merit. [3] He represented Zimbabwe in the 2018 World Cup of Golf [4] and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, being the first Zimbabwean golfer to do so. [5]
Vincent turned professional in 2015. After five runner-up finishes on the Asian Tour between 2016 and 2018, he finally got his first major tour victory at the 2021 Sansan KBC Augusta on the Japan Golf Tour. [6] He also won the ANA Open three weeks later. [7]
In May 2022, Vincent won the Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open, beating Anthony Quayle in a playoff. The win also gained him an exemption into the 2022 Open Championship. [8] A week later, Vincent won the International Series England at Slaley Hall in Northumberland, England. He carded a final-round 66 to win by one shot over Travis Smyth and claim his first Asian Tour victory. [9] [10]
Vincent's International Series England win gave him the status to play in the 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Series. He played in all eight events, with his best finish being 14th in LIV Golf Invitational Chicago. He played on three different teams before becoming a regular on Joaquín Niemann's Torque GC for the final five tournaments. He finished 42nd on the earnings list with just under $1.5 million in total individual and team earnings. In December 2022, Vincent won the Asian Tour's International Series Order of Merit, earning full status to play in the 2023 LIV Golf League season. [11]
In 2023 LIV Golf League, Vincent finished in the top-24 in the individual standings to earn a spot for 2024.[ citation needed ]
He met his wife, Kelsey Loupee, while attending Virginia Tech on a golf scholarship. The pair married in 2017. [12] Loupee acts as his caddy. [13] The pair live in Loupee's hometown of Denver, Colorado. [3] [14] His younger brother; Kieran, is also a professional golfer. [15]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 29 Aug 2021 | Sansan KBC Augusta | −17 (64-70-69-68=271) | 1 stroke | Ryo Ishikawa |
2 | 19 Sep 2021 | ANA Open | −18 (72-63-69-66=270) | 3 strokes | Tomoharu Otsuki |
3 | 29 May 2022 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | −12 (69-72-70-65=276) | Playoff | Anthony Quayle |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2021 | Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament | Shaun Norris, Tomoharu Otsuki | Norris won with par on second extra hole Otsuki eliminated by par on first hole |
2 | 2022 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | Anthony Quayle | Won with par on second extra hole |
Legend |
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International Series (1) |
Other Asian Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 5 Jun 2022 | International Series England | −12 (69-68-69-66=272) | 1 stroke | Travis Smyth |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 14 Jun 2019 | Landic Challenge 7 | −16 (66-65-69=200) | 5 strokes | Tomoyasu Sugiyama |
Tournament | 2022 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Tournament | 2018 |
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Championship | |
Match Play | |
Invitational | |
Champions | T37 |
"T" = tied
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