Simon Wakefield
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| Residence | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1997 |
| Former tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | European Tour Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
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| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T19: 2008 |
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Simon Wakefield (born 14 April 1974) is an English professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
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.
Professional career
In 1997, he turned professional. 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
- 1996 Tillman Trophy
Professional wins (2)
Sunshine Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 Jan 2005 | Dimension Data Pro-Am | −9 (72-70-68-69=279) | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Nic Henning |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Apr 2002 | Tessali Open del Sud | −10 (67-70-71-66=274) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Andrew Raitt |
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | Scottish Hydro Challenge | Template:Flagicon Sam Walker | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
Playoff record
European Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Template:Flagicon Marc Warren | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2011 | Austrian Golf Open | Template:Flagicon Kenneth Ferrie | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T48 | T19 |
Note: Wakefield only played in The Open Championship.
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See also
- 2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 2012 Challenge Tour graduates
- 2013 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Glover, Tim (20 July 2008). "Wakefield puts wind up rivals to make name for himself". The Independent. London. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wakefield's 70 puts unlikely Englishman in forefront at British Open". ESPN. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
External links
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- Official website
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- Simon Wakefield at the Sunshine Tour official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Simon Wakefield at the Official World Golf Ranking official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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