Brandon Stone

Brandon Stone
Personal information
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993
Rustenburg, South Africa
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Residence Pretoria, South Africa
Career
College University of Texas
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Sunshine Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T35: 2017
The Open Championship T61: 2018
PGA Championship T12: 2018
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner		 2016

Brandon Stone (born 20 April 1993) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour.

Stone won several amateur tournaments in South Africa and played on the 2012 South Africa Eisenhower Trophy team. He played one year of college golf at the University of Texas, winning three events, before turning professional in 2013.[1][2]

In 2015, Stone played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour. He finished 14th on the Challenge Tour rankings, aided by second-place finishes at the Barclays Kenya Open and GANT Open and graduated to the European Tour.[3] In November 2015, he earned his first professional win at the Sunshine Tour's Lion of Africa Cape Town Open.[4]

In January 2016, making his second European Tour start as a full member, Stone won the South African Open by two strokes. The event was co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour.

In July 2017, Stone employed Alan Burns as his full time caddie commencing with The Open Championship. He had previously worked with Burns at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in December 2015.[5]

He won the 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Gullane with a final-round 60, tying the European Tour record, after narrowly missing a birdie putt on the final hole that would have given him a 59.

Amateur wins (12)

  • 2010 Boland Open, Southern Cape Amateur
  • 2011 Prince's Grant Invitational, North West Open, Limpopo Open, Ekurhuleni Open
  • 2012 KwaZulu Natal Open, Prince's Grant Invitational, Sanlam Cape Province Open, Carpet Capital Collegiate
  • 2013 Bayou City Collegiate, Big 12 Championship

Source:[6]

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (3)

Legend
Rolex Series (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 10 Jan 2016 BMW SA Open1 −14 (71-67-65-71=274) 2 strokes South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout
2 4 Dec 2016
(2017 season)		 Alfred Dunhill Championship1 −21 (67-66-66-68=267) 6 strokes South Africa Richard Sterne
3 15 Jul 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open −20 (70-64-66-60=260) 4 strokes England Eddie Pepperell

1 Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (3)

1 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Results in major championships

Tournament201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T35
The Open Championship CUT T70 T61
PGA Championship CUT CUT T12
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20172018
Mexico Championship T67 T60
Match Play
Bridgestone Invitational T53
HSBC Champions 76
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Brandon Stone". Texas Longhorns Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (5 June 2013). "Freshman of the Year Stone turns professional". Golf Channel.
  3. ↑ "Brandon Stone – Career Record". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Stone takes memorable maiden win". Sport24. 22 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Brandon praises caddy Alan Burns". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Brandon Stone". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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