Tom Murray (golfer)

Tom Murray
Personal information
Born (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990
Manchester, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Lymm, Cheshire, England
Career
Turned professional 2009
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
European Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 1

Tom Murray (born 16 January 1990) is an English professional golfer. He won the 2015 Volopa Irish Challenge on the Challenge Tour.

Early life

Murray was born in Manchester, England, the son of professional golfer Andrew Murray.

Professional career

Murray turned professional in 2009. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and 2014. After finishing T-10 at the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School, Murray played on the European Tour in 2015. While also playing on the 2015 Challenge Tour, Murray picked up his first professional win at the Volopa Irish Challenge, beating Nino Bertasio at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[1] He failed to maintain his card after the 2015 European Tour season and has played mostly on the Challenge Tour since 2016. Since his 2015 win, his best results on the Challenge Tour have been third place in the 2017 Kazakhstan Open and runner-up in the same event in 2018.

Professional wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 11 Oct 2015 Volopa Irish Challenge −16 (69-67-69-67=272) Playoff Italy Nino Bertasio

See also

References

  1. ↑ Keogh, Brian (12 October 2015). "Murray grabs glory inspired by paralysed girlfriend". Irish Independent.


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