Marcus Armitage

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Marcus Armitage
Personal information
Born (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 34)
Salford, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Nationality England
ResidenceHuddersfield, England
Career
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT53: 2021

Marcus Armitage (born 15 July 1987) is an English professional golfer. He won the 2021 Porsche European Open on the European Tour.

Professional career[]

Armitage earned rookie of the year honours on the 2013 PGA EuroPro Tour.[1] He also won on tour as part of fourteen total victories for the year.[2][3] Over the 2014 season, Armitage reworked his swing.[3] Armitage won twice on the 2015 PGA EuroPro Tour, finished fourth in the money list, and earned his tour card for the 2016 Challenge Tour.[4]

Armitage won the 2016 Foshan Open on the Challenge Tour. He was also a runner-up in the Volopa Irish Challenge and finished 11th in the Order of Merit to earn his tour card for the 2017 European Tour.[5]

Armitage had a disappointing season in 2017 and lost his card on the main tour. He made a useful start of the 2018 Challenge Tour season with a runner-up finish in the Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open. He had two moderate seasons on the Challenge Tour, finishing 50th in the 2018 Order of Merit and 85th in 2019. However he earned a return to the European Tour with a good performance in the European Tour Q School. In January 2020, he recorded his best finish on the European Tour at the time, when he was third in the South African Open.

In June 2021, Armitage claimed his first victory on the European Tour at the Porsche European Open. He shot a final-round 65 to win by two shots.[6]

Professional wins (5)[]

European Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 7 Jun 2021 Porsche European Open −8 (72-71-65=208)* 2 strokes Belgium Thomas Detry, Italy Edoardo Molinari,
England Matthew Southgate, Netherlands Darius van Driel

*Note: The 2021 Porsche European Open was shortened to 54 holes due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Germany.

Challenge Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 23 Oct 2016 Foshan Open −19 (69-68-65-67=269) 1 stroke Germany Alexander Knappe, France Matthieu Pavon

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (3)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 26 Jul 2013 Kingspan Concra Wood Open −8 (73-67-68=208) 2 strokes Scotland
2 19 Jun 2015 The Grenke Championship −10 (68-69-66=203) 1 stroke England Steve Surry
3 21 Aug 2015 The Tree of Life Championship −11 (67-67-68=202) 2 strokes Republic of Ireland

Results in major championships[]

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT T53
  Did not play

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Marcus Armitage wins EuroPro Tour Rookie of the Year". Northern Golfer. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ^ Whitwam, Linda (3 August 2013). "Skelmanthorpe golfer Marcus Armitage wins PGA EuroPro Tour Kingspan Concra Wood Open in Ireland". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Westby, Nick (6 August 2014). "Golf: Weighting game tees Armitage up for Tour". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Meet the Satellite Tour graduates". GolfSwinger. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Foshan Open : Armitage titré, Pavon échoue à un coup". Lequipe.fr (in French). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Armitage surges to first title in Hamburg". European Tour. 7 June 2021.

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