Tom Whitehouse (born 22 March 1980) is an English

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er.

Career

Whitehouse was born in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

and turned professional in 2002. He worked his way through the ranks, winning twice on the third tier

PGA EuroPro Tour The PGA EuroPro Tour was a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA MasterCard Tour, as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchr ...

in 2003 as he led the Order of Merit to earn a place on the

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for 2004. He won the Estoril Challenge Open Portugal Telecom that season and finished 24th on the end of season Challenge Tour Rankings. The following year he improved to 17th and at the end of season was medalist at European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage to earn his place at the top level. In his debit season on the European Tour, Whitehouse finished just inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit having has three top 10 finishes. The following season he had four top 10s but slipped to 100th on the Order of Merit. In 2008 he made just nine cuts and was back on the Challenge Tour in 2009.

Amateur wins

*2001 Spanish Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2)

Jamega Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

''Note: Whitehouse only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

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 England): 1997 *

European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...

(representing England): 2000 (winners)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehouse, Tom English male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands Sportspeople from Solihull 1980 births Living people