Simon Wakefield

Simon Wakefield
Simon Wakefield
	Wakefield at the KLM Open in 2009
Personal information
Born	14 April 1974 (age 50); Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sporting nationality	England
Residence	Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Career
Turned professional	1997
Former tour(s)	European Tour; Sunshine Tour; Challenge Tour
Professional wins	2
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

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

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

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	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	Andrew Raitt

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2012	Scottish Hydro Challenge	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	Marc Warren	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2	2011	Austrian Golf Open	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.

Did not play

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

References

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

External links

Official website
Simon Wakefield at the European Tour official site
Simon Wakefield at the Sunshine Tour official site
Simon Wakefield at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[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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