Ryan Evans (golfer)

Ryan Evans
Ryan Evans
Personal information
Born	27 March 1987 (age 34); Kettering, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality	England
Residence	Corby, England
Career
Turned professional	2014
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2018
The Open Championship	58th: 2016

Ryan Evans (born 27 March 1987) is an English professional golfer. In 2017 he won the Turkish Airlines Challenge on the Challenge Tour.

Amateur career[]

Evans won the 2014 Lake Macquarie Amateur, was runner-up for the 2013 St Andrews Links Trophy, and medalist at the 2014 Australian Amateur.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Professional career[]

Evans was invited to play in some events on the Challenge Tour in 2015. He finished the year at 28th in the rankings, with a best finish of T-3 at the Kärnten Golf Open. He earned his 2016 European Tour card through qualifying school.

Evans qualified for the 2016 Open Championship through Final Qualifying; he finished in 58th place. Later in the season he finished tied for third place in the D+D Real Czech Masters.

Evans returned to the Challenge Tour in 2017 and won the Turkish Airlines Challenge by four strokes from Tapio Pulkkanen. He finished the season 8th in the rankings to earn a place on the European Tour in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open as an alternate, after missing out at the fourth extra hole of a playoff in sectional qualifying at Walton Heath.

Amateur wins[]

2012 South of England Amateur
2013 Berkshire Trophy, Biarritz Cup
2014 Lake Macquarie Amateur, Avondale Amateur Medal

Source:^[4]

Professional wins (1)[]

Challenge Tour wins (1)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	23 Apr 2017	Turkish Airlines Challenge	−21 (66-66-64-71=267)	4 strokes	Tapio Pulkkanen

Results in major championships[]

Tournament	2016	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open		CUT
The Open Championship	58
PGA Championship

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 2014
Eisenhower Trophy (representing England): 2014
St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2014 (winners)
Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2014 (winners)

References[]

^ "Lake Macquarie Am: England's Evans prevails". Amateurgolf.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ "Raymond captures St. Andrews Links Trophy". Golfweek. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ Powter, Anthony (19 January 2014). "Lee, Koh win Australian Amateur titles". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ "Ryan Evans". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

External links[]

Ryan Evans at the European Tour official site
Ryan Evans at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[1] "Lake Macquarie Am: England's Evans prevails". Amateurgolf.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[2] "Raymond captures St. Andrews Links Trophy". Golfweek. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[3] Powter, Anthony (19 January 2014). "Lee, Koh win Australian Amateur titles". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[4] "Ryan Evans". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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