Gary King (golfer)
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Gary George King (born 17 June 1990) is an English
professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...
. King has played on the
PGA EuroPro Tour The PGA EuroPro Tour was a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA MasterCard Tour, as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchr ...
since 2009, winning twice in 2015. He also played on the
MENA Golf Tour The MENA Tour is a golf tour in the Middle East and North Africa. It was founded in 2011 by the Dubai-based Shaikh Maktoum Golf Foundation. It was previous affiliated to The R&A and the Arab Golf Federation. The previous iteration of the tour was ...
in 2015, winning once. King earned a 2016
Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History The ...
card through
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. He won the fifth event of the season in May, the Montecchia Open. King finished 24th in the 2016 Road to Oman, the
Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History The ...
Order of Merit, and was back at
qualifying school In professional golf, the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the ...
in November 2016 to try and move up to the main tour. He shot a final round 66 (−6) to get playing rights on the
European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...
for 2017.


Amateur wins

*2008 Skandia Junior Open


Professional wins (7)


Challenge Tour wins (1)

''*Note: The 2016 Montecchia Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''


PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2)


MENA Tour wins (1)


Clutch Pro Tour Tier 2 wins (1)


Jamega Pro Golf Tour wins (2)


Team appearances

Amateur *
Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has b ...
(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2008 (winners)


See also

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2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__ This is a list of the 30 players who earned 2017 European Tour cards through Q School in 2016. 2017 European Tour rookie Five of the thirty had competed in the First Stage of 2016 qualifying: Nathan Kimsey, Rafael Echenique, Ashley C ...


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* * English male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Sutton, London Golfers from London People from Banstead 1990 births Living people {{England-golf-bio-stub