Brandon Stone (born 20 April 1993) is a South African

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who plays on the

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and Sunshine Tour. He represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

Stone won several amateur tournaments in South Africa and played on the 2012 South Africa

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team. He played one year of college golf at the

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, winning three events, before turning professional in 2013.

Professional career

In 2015, Stone played on the Sunshine Tour and

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. He finished 14th on the Challenge Tour rankings, aided by second-place finishes at the

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and GANT Open and graduated to the

. In November 2015, he earned his first professional win at the Sunshine Tour's

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. In January 2016, making his second European Tour start as a full member, Stone won the South African Open by two strokes. The event was co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour. In July 2017, Stone employed Alan Burns as his full time caddie commencing with The Open Championship. He had previously worked with Burns at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in December 2015. He won the 2018

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at Gullane with a final-round 60, tying the European Tour record, after narrowly missing a birdie putt on the final hole that would have given him a 59. In April 2021, Stone won the Limpopo Championship after a four-man playoff, making a birdie at the first extra hole.

Amateur wins

*2010 Boland Open, Southern Cape Amateur *2011 Prince's Grant Invitational, North West Open, Limpopo Open, Ekurhuleni Open *2012 KwaZulu Natal Open, Prince's Grant Invitational, Sanlam Cape Province Open, Carpet Capital Collegiate *2013 Bayou City Collegiate, Big 12 Championship Source:

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Sunshine Tour wins (4)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

²Co-sanctioned by the

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing South Africa):

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Brandon South African male golfers Texas Longhorns men's golfers Sunshine Tour golfers European Tour golfers Olympic golfers of South Africa Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Rustenburg Sportspeople from Pretoria 1993 births Living people White South African people