Simon Khan

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Simon Khan
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Personal information
Full nameSimon Patrick Khan
Born (1972-06-16) 16 June 1972 (age 50)
Chingford, England
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Epping, England
Spouse
Lesley
(m. 2002)
Children1
Career
Turned professional1991
Current tour(s) European Senior Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking 69 (13 August 2006) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T24: 2010
U.S. Open 72nd: 2013
The Open Championship T31: 2006

Simon Patrick Khan (born 16 June 1972) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

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Khan turned professional in 1991 but spent many years struggling to establish his tournament career. His first full season on the European Tour was 2002 and his first European Tour win came at the 2004 Celtic Manor Wales Open. In 2006 he finished second at the prestigious BMW Championship to earn €472,220, which was his biggest prize cheque up to that time.

His best year-end ranking on the European Order of Merit has been 25th in 2006 and 2010. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. After losing his tour card in 2009, Khan was a medalist at the Qualifying School tournament. In 2010 he won the BMW PGA Championship, earning €750,000 and securing his Tour card for five years in the process. [2]

Khan produced another fine run at the BMW PGA Championship in 2013, when he recorded the second runner-up finish of his career, to add to his 2010 victory, at Wentworth. After finishing at 10 under par, Khan entered a three-man playoff alongside Matteo Manassero and Marc Warren. In the playoff, Warren was eliminated at the first extra hole and after matching pars and birdies, Khan was defeated on the fourth extra hole by Manassero. After a good drive, Khan knocked his second shot into the water and could only make a bogey six and Manassero after two fine shots onto the green, two-putted for the victory. [3]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (2)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other European Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
16 Jun 2004 Celtic Manor Wales Open −21 (69-61-70-67=267)Playoff Flag of England.svg Paul Casey
223 May 2010 BMW PGA Championship −6 (72-69-71-66=278)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Andersson Hed, Flag of England.svg Luke Donald

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2004 Celtic Manor Wales Open Flag of England.svg Paul Casey Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2013 BMW PGA Championship Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Manassero, Flag of Scotland.svg Marc Warren Manassero won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Warren eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other wins (3)

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 Formby Hall Challenge Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Henge Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTT41T31T39
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament2010201120122013
U.S. Open CUT72
The Open Championship T55T38T45
PGA Championship T24

Note: Khan never played in the Masters Tournament.

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2010
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T76
Champions T69
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Professional

See also

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References

  1. "Week 32 2006 Ending 13 Aug 2006" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Shock PGA Championship win for Simon Khan at Wentworth". BBC Sport. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  3. "Khan loses in three man playoff at BMW PGA Championship". European Tour. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.