Sam Bairstow
| Sam Bairstow | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Samuel John Acer Bairstow |
| Born | 12 August 1998 Sheffield, England |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2022 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2024 |
| The Open Championship | T81: 2022 |
Samuel John Acer Bairstow (born 12 August 1998) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2023 Farmfoods Scottish Challenge on the Challenge Tour.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Early life
[edit]Bairstow was born in Sheffield, England, and started playing golf at the age of 12. He plays left-handed and came to represent Hallowes Golf Club, located in Dronfield between Sheffield and Chesterfield.[9]
Amateur career
[edit]In 2021, Bairstow won the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy.[10]
On June 28, 2022, at St Annes Old Links, Bairstow made it through the final qualifying for The 150th Open Championship at St Andrews, his second Open Championship.[11] He eventually made the 36-hole cut and, after a closing round of 69, finished the championship tied 81st, three strokes behind the low amateur of the tournament.[12]
Bairstow reached the final of The 2022 Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, losing 3 and 2 in the 36-hole match to South African Aldrich Potgieter.[13]
His merits helped him to be selected to represent England at the 2022 European Amateur Team Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club in his home country and at the 2022 Eisenhower Trophy, at Le Golf National in France, as well as being on the winning side for Great Britain and Ireland against the Continental Europe team at the 2022 St Andrews Trophy in Slovakia.
In 2022, Bairstow reached a career best of 7th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[14]
Professional career
[edit]Bairstow turned professional in September 2022, and made his pro debut at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on the European Tour.[5]
After winning the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge at Newmachar Golf Club in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in August 2023,[15] Bairstow finished the 2023 Challenge Tour season 18th on the Order-of-Merit, earning an exemption category for the 2024 European Tour.[16]
In March 2024, Bairstow finished third at the Porsche Singapore Classic, after scoring four equal rounds of 68 for a 16-under-par-score of 272, one shot from a playoff with the leaders, earning his biggest prize-check so far with €145,420.[17]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2019 North of England Open Amateur Championship, Hampshire Salver
- 2021 Brabazon Trophy
Professional wins (1)
[edit]Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Aug 2023 | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge[15] | −15 (70-68-66-65=269) | 1 stroke |  Romain Wattel
|
Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| PGA Championship | ||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T81 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 2022
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2022 (winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing England): 2022
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sam Bairstow, Biography". ESPN. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Player profile, Sam Bairstow". European Tour. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Athletes, Sam Bairstow". Trinifold Sports Management. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Ward, M. James (2 October 2022). "Interview with Sam Bairstow, Turning professional at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship". Golf Today. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b Westby, Nick (28 September 2022). "Sam Bairstow turns professional for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship as golf loses EuroPro Tour". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Open 2022, Sam Bairstow, Biography". R&A. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Spelare, Sam Bairstow" [Player, Sam Bairstow] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf federation and Golfdata AB. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Player, Sam Bairstow". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Welcome to Hallowes Golf Club Est 1892". Hallowes Golf Club. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ a b "2021 Brabazon Trophy". Golf Genius. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ Jones, Steve (13 July 2021). "Sam Bairstow: Sheffield amateur golfer rubs shoulders with the likes of Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Dustin Johnson, Danny Willett and Lee Westwood before The Open Championship". The Star. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "The Open Championship: Leaderboard". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "The Amateur Championship 2022". The R&A. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Players turned pro, Sam Bairstow". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Bairstow wins in Scotland to secure maiden Challenge Tour title". European Tour. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Perfect Penge claims Rolex Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Jesper Svensson wins Singapore play-off for first DP World Tour victory". European Tour. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Spain crowned European Amateur Team Champions". European Golf Association. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "Great Britain & Ireland win 2022 St Andrews Trophy". European Golf Association. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "WATC 2022 France". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Sam Bairstow at the European Tour official site
- Sam Bairstow at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Sam Bairstow at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)