Haydn Porteous

Haydn Porteous
Porteous at the 2018 Nordea Masters
Personal information
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceJohannesburg, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Sunshine Tour2
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT30: 2016
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Rookie of the Year		2014

Haydn Porteous (born 8 July 1994) is a South African professional golfer.

Porteous won many amateur tournaments in South Africa, including the South African Stroke Play in 2012 and 2013. He was the top-ranked South African player when he turned professional in 2013.[1][2]

Porteous has played on the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour. He won the 2015 Barclays Kenya Open on the Challenge Tour.[1][2]

In January 2016, Porteous won his maiden European Tour title with a two-stroke victory at the Joburg Open.[3] This was a co-sanctioned event with the Sunshine Tour. Following Brandon Stone's win the previous week, Porteous' win was the second consecutive European Tour win by a South African first-time winner.

Amateur wins

  • 2010 Free State and Northern Cape Open
  • 2011 Boland Open
  • 2012 South African Stroke Play, Boland Open Amateur, KwaZulu Natal Amateur, Limpopo Open, Harry Oppenheimer Trophy
  • 2013 Prince's Grant Invitational, South African Stroke Play, Sanlam Cape Province Open, Boland Amateur Open

Source:[4]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 Jan 2016 Joburg Open1 −18 (66-66-68-69=269) 2 strokes South Africa Zander Lombard
2 3 Sep 2017 D+D Real Czech Masters −13 (70-69-67-69=275) 2 strokes England Lee Slattery

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 17 Jan 2016 Joburg Open1 −18 (66-66-68-69=269) 2 strokes South Africa Zander Lombard
2 12 Mar 2016 Investec Cup −12 (69-68-68-71=276) 1 stroke South Africa Brandon Stone

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast South Africa Jaco Ahlers, South Africa Louis de Jager de Jager won with par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 12 Apr 2015 Barclays Kenya Open −17 (66-65-72-68=271) Playoff South Africa Brandon Stone

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2015 Barclays Kenya Open South Africa Brandon Stone Won with eagle on first extra hole

IGT Pro Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 10 Jul 2013 Winter Challenge Houghton GC
(as an amateur) 		−5 (67-70-74=211) 8 strokes South Africa Coert Groenewald

Results in major championships

Tournament 2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T30
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2017
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T38
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ a b "Kenya Open win opens doors for Porteous". Sport24. 16 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Eagle sends Porteous soaring to maiden title in Kenya". PGA European Tour. 12 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Haydn Porteous claims maiden European Tour win at Joburg Open". ESPN. 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Haydn Porteous". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 May 2015.


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