Blake Windred (born 3 December 1997) is an Australian

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. He won the 2021

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and qualified for the 2023

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by finishing second in the

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Order of Merit.

Career

Windred finished third at the 2018

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as an amateur, and won the Avondale Amateur back-to-back in 2018 and 2019. He turned professional in October 2019 and joined the

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, where he made the cut in 9 of his first 10 tournaments. At the 2020

Q-School, he advanced through to Final Stage to secure playing privileges on the

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for 2021, where his best finish was as runner-up at the

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in June 2021, one stroke behind

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. Windred achieved his first professional win in the first event of the

season, winning the

. He was runner-up at the PGA Classic and runner-up again at the

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, one stroke behind amateur Harrison Crowe, collecting the winner's cheque. He finished the season second in the Order of Merit, behind only

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, and as one of the top three receive a card for the 2023

. In 2022, Windred accepted an invitation to the inaugural tournament of the

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in the UK.

Amateur wins

*2015 Jack Newton Srixon International Junior Classic *2018 Avondale Amateur *2019 Avondale Amateur Source:

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing New South Wales): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Source:

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