Brandon Stone

Brandon Stone
 Golfer 
Personal information
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993
Rustenburg, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Residence Pretoria, South Africa
Career
College University of Texas
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Sunshine Tour 2

Brandon Stone (born 20 April 1993) is an South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour.

Stone won several amateur tournaments in South Africa and played on the 2012 South Africa Eisenhower Trophy team. He played one year of college golf at the University of Texas, winning three events in his freshman year, before turning professional in 2013.[1][2]

In 2015, Stone played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour. He finished 14th on the Challenge Tour rankings, aided by second-place finishes at the Barclays Kenya Open and GANT Open, and graduated to the European Tour.[3] In November 2015 he earned his first professional win at the Sunshine Tour's Lion of Africa Cape Town Open.[4]

In January 2016, making his second European Tour start as a full member, Stone won the South African Open by two strokes. The event was co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour.

Amateur wins (12)

Source:[5]

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 10 Jan 2016 BMW SA Open1 −14 (71-67-65-71=274) 2 strokes South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout

1 Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

1 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Brandon Stone". Texas Longhorns Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. Lavner, Ryan (5 June 2013). "Freshman of the Year Stone turns professional". Golf Channel.
  3. "Brandon Stone – Career Record". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. "Stone takes memorable maiden win". Sport24. 22 November 2015.
  5. "Brandon Stone". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

External links


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