Ryan Evans (golfer)

Ryan Evans
Personal information
Born (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987
Kettering, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Corby, England
Career
Turned professional 2014
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2018
The Open Championship 58th: 2016
PGA Championship DNP

Ryan Evans (born 27 March 1987) is an English professional golfer. In 2017 he won the Turkish Airlines Challenge on the Challenge Tour.

Amateur career

Evans won the 2014 Lake Macquarie Amateur, was runner-up for the 2013 St Andrews Links Trophy, and medalist at the 2014 Australian Amateur.[1][2][3]

Professional career

Evans was invited to play in some events on the Challenge Tour in 2015. He finished the year at 28th in the rankings, with a best finish of T-3 at the Kärnten Golf Open. He earned his 2016 European Tour card through qualifying school.

Evans qualified for the 2016 Open Championship through Final Qualifying; he finished in 58th place. Later in the season he finished tied for third place in the D+D Real Czech Masters.

Evans returned to the Challenge Tour in 2017 and won the Turkish Airlines Challenge by four strokes from Tapio Pulkkanen. He finished the season 8th in the rankings to earn a place on the European Tour in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open as an alternate, after missing out at the fourth extra hole of a playoff in sectional qualifying at Walton Heath.

Amateur wins

Source:[4]

Professional wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 23 Apr 2017 Turkish Airlines Challenge −21 (66-66-64-71=267) 4 strokes Finland Tapio Pulkkanen

Results in major championships

Tournament201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship 58
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lake Macquarie Am: England's Evans prevails". Amateurgolf.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Raymond captures St. Andrews Links Trophy". Golfweek. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Powter, Anthony (19 January 2014). "Lee, Koh win Australian Amateur titles". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ryan Evans". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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