Simon Wakefield

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Simon Wakefield
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Wakefield at the KLM Open in 2009
Personal information
Born (1974-04-14) 14 April 1974 (age 49)
Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Career
Turned professional1997
Former tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T19: 2008
Wakefield at the 2008 Austrian Open, next to Jeev Milkha Singh Fontana Vienna Euro PGA 2008 (7).JPG
Wakefield at the 2008 Austrian Open, next to Jeev Milkha Singh

Simon Wakefield (born 14 April 1974) is an English professional golfer.

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Biography

Wakefield was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and is the nephew of former England cricketer Bob Taylor. [1] He won the 1996 Tillman Trophy in addition to several county amateur championships before turning professional in 1997.

Early in his career, Wakefield played predominantly on the second tier Challenge Tour before winning a place on the European Tour via qualifying school at the end of 1999. He failed to retain his tour card during his rookie season and dropped back to the Challenge Tour for 2001. He won his first professional tournament in 2002 at the Tessali Open del Sud, and went on to finish 9th on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate back to the European Tour for 2003.

Wakefield finished the 2003 European Tour season inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit to retain his card, but was back at the tour school at the end of 2004 having just missed out on keeping his place via the money list. He won his card back, and has secured his place on the European Tour since then with solid performances, although he has yet to win a tournament at the highest level. In 2005, he won his second professional title, the Dimension Data Pro-Am in South Africa. [2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
130 Jan 2005 Dimension Data Pro-Am −9 (72-70-68-69=279)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Nic Henning

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
128 Apr 2002 Tessali Open del Sud −10 (67-70-71-66=274)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Andrew Raitt

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge Flag of England.svg Sam Walker Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2007 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Flag of Scotland.svg Marc Warren Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2 2011 Austrian Golf Open Flag of England.svg Kenneth Ferrie Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament200320042005200620072008
The Open Championship CUTCUTT48T19

Note: Wakefield only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

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

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References

  1. ↑ Glover, Tim (20 July 2008). "Wakefield puts wind up rivals to make name for himself". The Independent . London. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Wakefield's 70 puts unlikely Englishman in forefront at British Open". ESPN . 19 July 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
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