Maverick Antcliff (born 7 April 1993) is an Australian

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 ...

currently playing on the

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. In 2019, he won the

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Order of Merit, the same year he achieved his first three professional wins.

Career

Antcliff hails from

Beaudesert, Queensland Beaudesert is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Beaudesert had a population of 6,395 people. Beaudesert is the administrative centre for the Scenic Rim Region. Geography Beaudesert is south of ...

, about an hour south of

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

, just like fellow golfer

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. He attended Hills International College as a teenager. Antcliff accepted a golf scholarship to

Augusta State University Augusta State University was a public university in Augusta, Georgia. It merged with Georgia Health Sciences University in 2012 to form Georgia Regents University, later known as Augusta University. History Augusta State University was founded ...

, and played golf with the Jaguars' men's golf team 2013–2016. After turning pro in 2016 Antcliff found himself near the top of the leaderboard in a number of events on the

Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Wor ...

and the

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in 2017 and 2018, but wins proved elusive. His breakthrough came in 2019 when he claimed three wins from the first five events of the 2019 China Tour. Following his dominant year on the

where he recorded three wins, seven top fives, nine top tens and no missed cuts to win the Order of Merit with a points total that was nearly double the second place finisher's, Antcliff earned his

card for 2020. In his rookie season, Antcliff finished tied third at the

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. He was runner-up at the 2021 Canary Islands Championship, behind

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, after which he rose to 208th in the

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Professional wins (3)

China Tour wins (3)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Queensland): 2011

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