Brandon Stone

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Brandon Stone
Personal information
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 28)
Rustenburg, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking67 (12 February 2017)[1]
(as of 13 February 2022)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Sunshine Tour4
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT12: 2018
U.S. OpenT35: 2017
The Open ChampionshipT61: 2018
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner		2016

Brandon Stone (born 20 April 1993) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour.

Amateur career[]

Stone won several amateur tournaments in South Africa and played on the 2012 South Africa Eisenhower Trophy team. He played one year of college golf at the University of Texas, winning three events, before turning professional in 2013.[2][3]

Professional career[]

In 2015, Stone played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour. He finished 14th on the Challenge Tour rankings, aided by second-place finishes at the Barclays Kenya Open and GANT Open and graduated to the European Tour.[4] In November 2015, he earned his first professional win at the Sunshine Tour's Lion of Africa Cape Town Open.[5]

In January 2016, making his second European Tour start as a full member, Stone won the South African Open by two strokes. The event was co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour.

In July 2017, Stone employed Alan Burns as his full time caddie commencing with The Open Championship. He had previously worked with Burns at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in December 2015.[6]

He won the 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Gullane with a final-round 60, tying the European Tour record, after narrowly missing a birdie putt on the final hole that would have given him a 59.

In April 2021, Stone won the Limpopo Championship after a four-man playoff, making a birdie at the first extra hole.[7]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2010 Boland Open, Southern Cape Amateur
  • 2011 Prince's Grant Invitational, North West Open, Limpopo Open, Ekurhuleni Open
  • 2012 KwaZulu Natal Open, Prince's Grant Invitational, Sanlam Cape Province Open, Carpet Capital Collegiate
  • 2013 Bayou City Collegiate, Big 12 Championship

Source:[8]

Professional wins (5)[]

European Tour wins (3)[]

Legend
Rolex Series (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 10 Jan 2016 BMW SA Open1 −14 (71-67-65-71=274) 2 strokes South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout
2 4 Dec 2016
(2017 season) 		Alfred Dunhill Championship1 −21 (67-66-66-68=267) 6 strokes South Africa Richard Sterne
3 15 Jul 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open −20 (70-64-66-60=260) 4 strokes England Eddie Pepperell

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2020 Oman Open Finland Sami Välimäki Lost to par on third extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (4)[]

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Other Sunshine Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 22 Nov 2015 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open −16 (73-66-63-70=272) 5 strokes South Africa
2 10 Jan 2016 BMW SA Open1 −14 (71-67-65-71=274) 2 strokes South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout
3 4 Dec 2016 Alfred Dunhill Championship1 −21 (67-66-66-68=267) 6 strokes South Africa Richard Sterne
4 25 Apr 2021 Limpopo Championship2 −8 (72-69-69-70=280) Playoff South Africa Oliver Bekker, South Africa Hennie du Plessis,
South Africa Daniel van Tonder

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2021 Limpopo Championship South Africa Oliver Bekker, South Africa Hennie du Plessis,
South Africa Daniel van Tonder 		Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 25 Apr 2021 Limpopo Championship1 −8 (72-69-69-70=280) Playoff South Africa Oliver Bekker, South Africa Hennie du Plessis,
South Africa Daniel van Tonder

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2015 Barclays Kenya Open South Africa Haydn Porteous Lost to eagle on first extra hole
2 2021 Limpopo Championship South Africa Oliver Bekker, South Africa Hennie du Plessis,
South Africa Daniel van Tonder 		Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T35
The Open Championship CUT T70 T61
PGA Championship CUT CUT T12
Tournament 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT NT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Championship T67 T60 T44
Match Play NT1
Invitational T53
Champions 76 T46 NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Week 6 2017 Ending 12 Feb 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Brandon Stone". Texas Longhorns Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. ^ Lavner, Ryan (5 June 2013). "Freshman of the Year Stone turns professional". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Brandon Stone – Career Record". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Stone takes memorable maiden win". Sport24. 22 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Brandon praises caddy Alan Burns". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Stone takes playoff victory in Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Brandon Stone". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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