Sam Walker (golfer)

Sam James Walker (born 1 March 1978) is an English professional golfer.

Sam Walker
Personal information
Full nameSam James Walker
Born (1978-03-01) 1 March 1978
Birmingham, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceBirmingham, England
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour5 (Tied 7th all time)
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2007
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2012

Career

Walker was born in Birmingham and turned professional in 2000. He came through the ranks, starting his career on the third tier MasterCard Tour before graduating to the Challenge Tour and finally the top level European Tour. He has struggled to establish himself at the highest level, only retaining his card once in 2007 when he finished 80th on the Order of Merit.

Walker has five wins on the second tier Challenge Tour, the first coming in 2006 at the Scottish Challenge and the second in 2010 at the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne.[1] He picked up his third victory in June 2012, reclaiming the Scottish Hydro Challenge. He added two wins in 2016, the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge in August and the Kazakhstan Open in October

Professional wins (6)

Challenge Tour wins (5)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 9 Jul 2006 Scottish Challenge −18 (68-69-64-65=266) 6 strokes Wales Gareth Wright
2 9 May 2010 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne −8 (63-70-70-69=272) 1 stroke France Victor Riu, Scotland Raymond Russell
3 24 Jun 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge (2) −12 (64-67-70=201)* Playoff England Simon Wakefield
4 14 Aug 2016 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge −15 (68-68-69-68=273) 2 strokes France Julien Guerrier, Scotland Scott Henry,
France Romain Langasque, Netherlands Darius van Driel
5 2 Oct 2016 Kazakhstan Open −18 (69-67-65-69=270) 1 stroke England Jordan Smith

*Note: The 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2003 Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Switzerland André Bossert, England Martin LeMesurier LeMesurier won with par on second extra hole
Walker eliminated by birdie on first hole
2 2003 Ryder Cup Wales Challenge England Robert Coles, England Robert Rock,
Wales Craig Williams		 Williams won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2012 Scottish Hydro Challenge England Simon Wakefield Won with birdie on third extra hole

MasterCard Tour wins (1)
  • 2000 Hawkstone Park

Results in major championships
Tournament 200720082009201020112012
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Walker never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Walker wins in Brittany". PGA European Tour. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  2. "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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