Michael Stewart (born 5 March 1990) is a Scottish

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and

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player.

Amateur career

Stewart had a successful amateur career and won the 2010

Scottish Amateur The Scottish Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It has been played since 1922 and is organised by the Scottish Golf Union. It is a "closed" event with entry currently restricted to those who were either bor ...

and 2011 South African Amateur. In 2008, he was runner-up at the

St Andrews Links Trophy The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989. The format is 72-hole stroke play over three days. 144 players compete in the first t ...

and in 2011, he lost the final of

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, 3 and 2. Stewart won the

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with Scotland, beating an England team led by

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in the final 5–2. He was part of the Great Britain and Ireland team at the 2011 Walker Cup that beat a U.S. side featuring

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and

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. In 2008, Stewart enrolled at

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where he majored in sports management and played with the East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golf team alongside Séamus Power and

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Professional career

Stewart turned professional in 2011. He joined the

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where he won the 2022 Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters to finish second in the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the

for 2023. Stewart made his

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debut at the 2023 Open Championship at

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after qualifying at Dundonald Links. He shot a three-under-par 68 to sit in a tie for seventh after the opening day, just two shots off the lead, and in tied 11th after day two.

Amateur wins

*2010

*2011 South African Amateur Source:

Professional wins (2)

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

Tartan Pro Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

"T" = tied

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): 2007 (winners), 2008 (winners) * Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 *

European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...

(representing Scotland): 2008 *

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...

(representing Scotland):

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(winners),

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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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 Scotland):

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 and Ireland): 2010 *

Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup Match (not "Matches" as in Ryder Cup Matches). It is ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Michael Scottish male golfers East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golfers Golfers from Troon 1990 births Living people