Liam Johnston (born 26 January 1993) is a Scottish

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. He won the

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and Match Play 9 on the

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in 2018.

Amateur career

Johnston had a successful junior career and finished second on the Scottish Boys Order of Merit in 2010 and 2011. He was runner-up at the 2011 Scottish Boys Match Play and the 2011 Scottish Boys Stroke Play. He attended the

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between 2011 and 2015 and graduated with a degree in psychology. He was All-

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performer with the

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men's golf team in 2014 and 2015. Johnston represented Scotland in the

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in 2016 and 2017, both times losing to Ireland, and at the 2017 European Amateur Team Championship, where he lost to Sweden in the quarter final together with

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, Ryan Lumsden,

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, Jamie Stewart and

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. He had a successful 2017 and won the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

Professional career

Johnston turned professional in late 2017 and played on the

in 2018. He won twice, at the

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in May and the

in September. He finished 10th in the Order of Merit to gain a place on the European Tour for 2019 as one of the 15

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. Johnston also won a silver medal at the

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at Gleneagles, together with a Great Britain made up of

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and

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. His best finish on the

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in 2019 was joint fifth in the

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, and he finished 148th in the Order of Merit. In 2020 Johnston fired a career best 61 to lead by a single shot at the end of the first day of the

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Amateur wins

*2012 Tennant Cup *2017 African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship, BUCS Golf Tour - Stirling International Source:

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Scotland): 2016, 2017 *

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(representing Scotland):

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Professional *

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(representing Great Britain):

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Liam Scottish male golfers European Tour golfers Chattanooga Mocs men's golfers Golfers from Dumfries 1993 births Living people