Tom Lewis (born 5 January 1991) is a
professional golfer
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who plays on the
European Tour
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and the
PGA Tour
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.
Amateur career
In 2009, Lewis won the
Boys Amateur Championship
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History
The Boys Amateur Championship was first played at Royal Ascot in 1921. In 1921 boys had to ...
at
Royal St George's
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. In 2010, he lost to
Peter O'Malley
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Life and sports
O'Malley was born at Carson C. Peck Memorial Hospital in Brookly ...
in a playoff for the
New South Wales Open
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,
and then tied for 12th place at the
Australian Open
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. This was followed by victory on the
Old Course at St Andrews
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in the 2011
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 ...
.
Lewis qualified for the
2011 Open Championship
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at Royal St George's via Local Final Qualifying at
Rye
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. In the first round he shot a five-under-par 65, giving him a share of the lead alongside
Thomas Bjørn
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. This was the lowest single-round score by an amateur in
Open Championship
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history, and the equal lowest in any
major championship. It made him the first amateur to lead a major after a round since
Mike Reid in the 1976
U.S. Open and the first amateur to lead the Open Championship since
Michael Bonallack
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Bonallack was born in Chigwell, Essex. He learned the game of golf under ...
in 1968. One of Lewis's first-round partners was
Tom Watson, after whom he is named.
Lewis finished tied for 30th place and as the low amateur, he won the
Silver Medal
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.
Professional career
Lewis turned professional after the
2011 Walker Cup. He made his professional debut at the
Austrian Golf Open
The Austrian Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1990, and was a European Tour event for seven straight years up to 1996, being held under a variety of names due to regular changes of title sponsor. ...
in September, shooting a two-over-par 74 in the first round. He recovered to finish in a tie for tenth. His maiden professional win came the following month at the
Portugal Masters
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on the
European Tour
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, shooting rounds of 70, 64, 68, and 65 to finish two shots clear of the field. It was his third professional start. In December he was crowned the European Tour's
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
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.
Lewis played on the European Tour from 2012 with limited success. He lost his place after the 2016 season but regained it after a good performance at Q-school.
Lewis showed a return to form in 2018. He played a number of the
Challenge Tour
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History
The ...
events. He was joint third in the
Swedish Challenge in August before winning the
Bridgestone Challenge
The English Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in England.
History
The event was held for the first time in 1993 as the Collingtree Park Challenge and was played as the Stockley Park Challenge in 1994. There was a nine- ...
in September and finish joint third again in the
Kazakhstan Open
The Kazakhstan Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour of the European Tour. First played in 2005, it was held at the Nurtau Golf Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the first four editions b ...
the following week. A week later he won his second
Portugal Masters
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title on the
European Tour
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. He had four other top-10 finishes on the European Tour, including a tie for fifth place in the
Sky Sports British Masters and a tie for seventh in the
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
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. He finished 41st in the Order of Merit.
On 2 September 2019, Lewis won the
Korn Ferry Tour Championship
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and earned his
PGA Tour
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card for the 2019–20 season. It was his first career Korn Ferry start, qualifying for the Finals by earning enough points as a PGA Tour non-member.
Lewis finished as a runner-up in August 2020 at the
WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
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, three strokes behind winner
Justin Thomas
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. This was Lewis' career best finish on the PGA Tour to date.
Amateur wins
*2009
Carris Trophy
The Carris Trophy is the English Boys Under 18 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship. It was founded in 1935.
History
The event was founded as a boys' golf tournament in 1935 at the Moor Park Golf Club by Austin Carris. The competition was adopt ...
,
Boys Amateur Championship
The Boys Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. The competition is organised and run by The R&A.
History
The Boys Amateur Championship was first played at Royal Ascot in 1921. In 1921 boys had to ...
*2011
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 ...
Source:
Professional wins (4)
European Tour wins (2)
Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
Challenge Tour wins (1)
Playoff record
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
''Results not in chronological order in 2020.''
LA = Low Amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Results in World Golf Championships
''Results not in chronological order before 2015.''
1Cancelled due to
COVID-19
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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"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): 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners)
*
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 England):
2010
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(winners)
*
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):
2010
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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): 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):
2011
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(winners)
See also
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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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2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of golfers who graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour and Korn Ferry Tour Finals in 2019. The top 25 players on the Korn Ferry Tour's regular-season points list in 2019 earned PGA Tour cards for 2020. The Finals, which concluded ...
References
External links
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Profile at ESPN
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English male golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Sportspeople from Welwyn Garden City
1991 births
Living people