Scott Henry (golfer)
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Scott Henry (born 20 January 1987) is a Scottish professional golfer. He won the 2012 Kazakhstan Open on the
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Amateur career

Henry had a successful junior career winning a number of Scottish boys titles and playing in the
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in 2004 and 2005, captaining the Great Britain & Ireland team on the latter occasion. He won the Scottish Stroke Play Championship in 2006. He turned professional in 2007.


Professional career

Henry played on the
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in 2009 with little success. He returned to the tour in 2012, winning his first title at the Kazakhstan Open. He finished 11th in the Order of Merit to gain a place on the
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for 2013. His best finish in 2013 was joint fourth in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles and from 2014 to 2016 he played mainly on the
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. In 2014 he lost in a playoff for the
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, a joint European Tour/Challenge Tour event and came second again in the same event in 2015. In 2016 he was joint runner-up in the
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. At the end of 2016 he finished joint second in the European Tour
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to gain a place on the main tour for 2017. 2017 was a disappointing season and he returned to the Challenge Tour for 2018. Henry missed out on his second
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win after finishing 6-5-6 at the 2018 Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open. He had led by three strokes after 15 holes and finished tied for second place, a stroke behind
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.


Personal

Henry is married to Ladies European Tour golfer
Kylie Walker Kylie Walker Henry (born 30 August 1986) is a Scottish professional golfer. She won her first Ladies European Tour title at the Deloitte Ladies Open in Amsterdam in May 2014. She played under her maiden name Kylie Walker until her marriage to go ...
. They competed against each other in the Jordan Mixed Open.


Amateur wins

*2004 Scottish Boys Championship, Scottish Boys Stroke Play Championship *2005 Scottish Boys Championship *2006 Scottish Stroke Play Championship


Professional wins (2)


Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)


Alps Tour wins (1)


Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)


Team appearances

Amateur *
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(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2004 (winners), 2005 (captain)


See also

* 2012 Challenge Tour graduates *
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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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Scott Scottish male golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Glasgow Sportspeople from Clydebank 1987 births Living people