James Joseph Heath (born 17 March 1983) is an

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er. Heath was born in

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. He started playing golf with his father at the age of ten. Having played in the Faldo Junior Series, he went on to a successful amateur career, highlighted by winning the

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and

Lytham Trophy The Lytham Trophy is an amateur golf tournament founded in 1965 by the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where it has always been held. It is a 72-hole scratch stroke play competition, and is classified as a Category A event by the World Amateur ...

, where he broke the previous scoring record by 10 strokes, in 2004. He turned

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at the end of that year. Having played in three tournaments on the

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as an amateur in 2004, Heath joined the second tier

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in 2005, and was moderately successful in his first season, finishing 23rd on the end of season rankings. Having failed to come through

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at the end of the year, he was again playing on the second tier in 2006. He enjoyed even more success, winning his first professional title at the ECCO Tour Championship in

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on his way to 14th in the Challenge Tour Rankings and graduation to the European Tour for 2007. Heath's rookie season on the European Tour was largely unsuccessful, although he did manage two top ten finishes in minor events, and he was back on the Challenge Tour in 2008.

Amateur wins (6)

*1999 McGregor Trophy *2001

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*2002 Greek Amateur Open Championship, Faldo Junior Series *2004

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

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): 2001 *

European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...

(representing England): 2004 *

Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first compe ...

(representing Europe): 2004 *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

(representing England):

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St Andrews Trophy The St Andrews Trophy is a biennial men's team golf tournament contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It takes its name from St Andrews in Scotland. It was first played in 1 ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2004 (winners)

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