Tom Lewis (golfer)
| Tom Lewis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | 5 January 1991 Welwyn Garden City, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||
| Residence | Jupiter, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2011 | ||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Challenge Tour Korn Ferry Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||
| Highest ranking | 46 (2 August 2020)[1] (as of 3 November 2024) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 2 | ||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | T71: 2021 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2014, 2018, 2020 | ||
| The Open Championship | T11: 2019 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Tom Lewis (born 5 January 1991)[2] is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. He has also played on the PGA Tour.
Amateur career
[edit]In 2009, Lewis won the Boys Amateur Championship at Royal St George's. In 2010, he lost to Peter O'Malley in a playoff for the New South Wales Open,[3] and then tied for 12th place at the Australian Open.[4] This was followed by victory on the Old Course at St Andrews in the 2011 St Andrews Links Trophy.[5]
Lewis qualified for the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's via Local Final Qualifying at Rye. In the first round he shot a five-under-par 65, giving him a share of the lead alongside Thomas Bjørn.[6] This was the lowest single-round score by an amateur in Open Championship history, and the equal lowest in any major championship. It made him the first amateur to lead a major after a round since Mike Reid in the 1976 U.S. Open[7] and the first amateur to lead the Open Championship since Michael Bonallack in 1968.[8] One of Lewis's first-round partners was Tom Watson, after whom he is named.[3] Lewis finished tied for 30th place and as the low amateur, he won the Silver Medal.[9]
Professional career
[edit]Lewis turned professional after the 2011 Walker Cup.[10] He made his professional debut at the Austrian Golf Open in September, shooting a two-over-par 74 in the first round.[11] He recovered to finish in a tie for tenth. His maiden professional win came the following month at the Portugal Masters on the European Tour, shooting rounds of 70, 64, 68, and 65 to finish two shots clear of the field. It was his third professional start.[12] In December he was crowned the European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year.[13]
Lewis played on the European Tour from 2012 with limited success. He lost his place after the 2016 season but regained it after a good performance at Q-school.
Lewis showed a return to form in 2018. He played a number of the Challenge Tour events. He was joint third in the Swedish Challenge in August before winning the Bridgestone Challenge in September and finish joint third again in the Kazakhstan Open the following week. A week later he won his second Portugal Masters title on the European Tour. He had four other top-10 finishes on the European Tour, including a tie for fifth place in the Sky Sports British Masters and a tie for seventh in the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. He finished 41st in the Order of Merit.
On 2 September 2019, Lewis won the Korn Ferry Tour Championship and earned his PGA Tour card for the 2019–20 season.[14] It was his first career Korn Ferry start, qualifying for the Finals by earning enough points as a PGA Tour non-member.
Lewis finished as a runner-up in August 2020 at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, three strokes behind winner Justin Thomas. This was Lewis' career best finish on the PGA Tour to date.
Amateur wins
[edit]Source:[15]
Professional wins (4)
[edit]European Tour wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Oct 2011 | Portugal Masters | −21 (70-64-68-65=267) | 2 strokes |  Rafa Cabrera-Bello
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| 2 | 23 Sep 2018 | Portugal Masters (2) | −22 (72-63-61-66=262) | 3 strokes |  Lucas Herbert, Eddie Pepperell
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Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| Finals events (1) |
| Other Korn Ferry Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Sep 2019 | Korn Ferry Tour Championship | −23 (68-66-66-65=265) | 5 strokes |  Fabián Gómez
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Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Sep 2018 | Bridgestone Challenge | −23 (63-67-67-64=261) | 5 strokes | Dimitrios Papadatos,  Sebastian Söderberg
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Playoff record
[edit]PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | NSW Open (as an amateur) |
Peter Cooke, Peter O'Malley
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O'Malley won with par on third extra hole Cooke eliminated by par on second hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| The Open Championship | T30LA | T47 | ||||||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T71 |
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | T11 | NT |
LA = Low Amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship
[edit]| Tournament | 2021 |
|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T65 | |||||||||
| Match Play | T24 | NT1 | ||||||||
| Invitational | 74 | T2 | ||||||||
| Champions | 76 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing England): 2008, 2009
- Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners)
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 2010 (winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing England): 2010
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2010
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 (winners)
See also
[edit]- 2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
- 2023 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
[edit]- ^ "Week 31 2020 Ending 2 Aug 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "R&A confirms Great Britain and Ireland team for 2010 St Andrews Trophy match". The R&A. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ a b "The Open 2011: Tom Lewis upstages his father's idol, Tom Watson". The Guardian. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Australian Open". Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Tom Lewis follows footsteps of Nick Faldo with St Andrews win". The Scotsman. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "The Open 2011: British amateur Tom Lewis shares lead at Royal St George's with Thomas Bjorn". The Daily Telegraph. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Tom Lewis And Thomas Bjorn Are Tied For The Lead Of The British Open". 14 July 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ "The Open 2011: Amateur Tom Lewis shares lead with Bjorn". BBC Sport. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "The Open 2011: Tom Lewis wins Silver Medal at Sandwich". BBC Sport. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "England's Tom Lewis turns pro". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Open star Tom Lewis suffers debut despair as he shoots 74 at Austrian Open". Daily Telegraph. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Lewis lands fairytale victory". European Tour. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Open star Tom Lewis wins rookie prize". BBC Sport. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ Cooper, Matthew (3 September 2019). "Tom Lewis Continues Career Transformation; Wins PGA Tour Card". Forbes.
- ^ "Tom Lewis". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Tom Lewis at the European Tour official site
- Tom Lewis at the PGA Tour official site
- Tom Lewis at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Profile at ESPN