Sam Walker (golfer)

Sam Walker
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Sam James Walker
Born (1978-03-01) 1 March 1978
Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Birmingham, England
Career
Turned professional 2000
Current tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2007
The Open Championship CUT: 2012
PGA Championship DNP

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

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 three 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.

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
1 9 Jul 2006 Scottish Challenge –18 (68-69-64-65=266) 6 strokes Wales Gareth Wright
2 9 May 2010 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne –8 (63-70-70-69=272) 1 stroke France Victor Riu, Scotland Raymond Russell
3 24 Jun 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge –8 (64-67-70=201) Playoff England Simon Wakefield

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

See also

References

  1. "Walker wins in Brittany". PGA European Tour. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-14.

External links

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