Marcus Armitage
| Marcus Armitage | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 15 July 1987 Salford, England |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Residence | Huddersfield, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA EuroPro Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
Marcus Armitage (born 15 July 1987) is an English professional golfer.
Armitage earned rookie of the year honors 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 en route to earning his tour card for the 2017 European Tour.[5]
Professional wins
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 |  Alexander Knappe,  Matthieu Pavon
|
PGA EuroPro Tour wins
- 2013 Kingspan Concra Wood Open
- 2015 The Grenke Championship, The Tree of Life Championship
See also
References
- ^ "Marcus Armitage wins EuroPro Tour Rookie of the Year". Northern Golfer. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Westby, Nick (6 August 2014). "Golf: Weighting game tees Armitage up for Tour". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Meet the Satellite Tour graduates". GolfSwinger. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Foshan Open : Armitage titré, Pavon échoue à un coup". Lequipe.fr (in French). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
External links
- Marcus Armitage at the European Tour official site
- Marcus Armitage at the Official World Golf Ranking official site