Garrick Porteous | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Garrick Rennie Porteous |
Born | Colchester, England | 17 January 1990
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 182 lb (83 kg; 13.0 st) |
Sporting nationality | England |
Spouse | Maisie Porteous |
Career | |
College | University of Tennessee |
Turned professional | 2014 |
Current tour(s) | European Tour |
Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour PGA EuroPro Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Challenge Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 2014 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT: 2013, 2019 |
Garrick Rennie Porteous (born 17 January 1990) is an English professional golfer who won The Amateur Championship in 2013 where he defeated Toni Hakula 6 and 5.[1] In 2017 he won the Prague Golf Challenge on the Challenge Tour.
Porteous played on the golf team at the University of Tennessee where he earned all-conference and all-region honors.[2]
Porteous won the 2013 Amateur Championship where he defeated Toni Hakula, 6 & 5. This win earned him entry into the 2013 Open Championship, 2014 Masters Tournament, and the 2014 U.S. Open provided he maintained his amateur status.[1] He also won the 2013 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and was runner-up in the 2013 Welsh Strokeplay Championship
Porteous turned professional after the 2014 Masters, forfeiting his spot in the U.S. Open.[3] He made his professional debut at the Maybank Malaysian Open.
Since turning professional, Porteous has mainly played on the Challenge Tour. In July 2017, he won the Prague Golf Challenge by 5 strokes. His previous best finish had been joint runner-up in the 2016 Red Sea Egyptian Challenge. He qualified for the main European Tour for 2020 by finishing 14th in qualifying school.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 9 Jul 2017 | Prague Golf Challenge | −24 (66-67-64-67=264) | 5 strokes | Julien Guerrier, Christopher Mivis, Bradley Neil |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 13 Jun 2014 | FSC Invitational | −10 (66-68-66=200) | Playoff | Darryn Lloyd, James Maw |
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||
U.S. Open | ||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | |||||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2019 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Amateur