Andy Sullivan (golfer)

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Andy Sullivan
European Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking28 (7 February 2016)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Sunshine Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT48: 2017
PGA ChampionshipT49: 2016
U.S. OpenT23: 2016
The Open ChampionshipT12: 2016

Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 19 May 1987) is an English

European Tour.[2]

Amateur career

Sullivan had a successful amateur career before turning professional. He won the individual title in the Tailhade Cup in Argentina in 2010,

New South Wales Medal in Australia.[4] Sullivan's biggest win as an amateur came at the 2011 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship.[5]

In 2011, Sullivan represented the winning Great Britain and Ireland team at the 2011 Walker Cup, where he lost 3&2 to Jordan Spieth in the singles.[6]

Professional career

Sullivan turned professional in 2011;

European Tour events before entering the 2011 qualifying school
where he obtained the tour card with a 3rd-place finish.

In 2012, Sullivan finished in 145th place in the

Race to Dubai without a top-10 finish.[7] He secured his place on the European Tour for 2013 at the 2012 qualifying school
.

In 2013, Sullivan finished 98th on the Race to Dubai with his best finish being a tie for third at the Alfred Dunhill Championship.[8]

In 2014, Sullivan finished 33rd on the Race to Dubai including a second-place finishing at the

KLM Open earning him a flight into space.[10]

Sullivan's first European Tour win came in January 2015 at the South African Open. Sullivan won the event in a playoff against South African Charl Schwartzel who had started the final round seven strokes ahead of Sullivan.[11] Sullivan quickly followed this success with wins at the 2015 Joburg Open in March[12] and the Portugal Masters in October, which was a wire-to-wire victory by nine strokes.[13] He became the first man to record three victories on the European Tour in 2015, finishing with an 8th place in the final Order of Merit . In February 2016, he advanced to a career best 28th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Thanks to his results on the 2015 and 2016 seasons of the European Tour he obtained an automatic selection for the 2016 Ryder Cup.

In August 2020, Sullivan secured his first victory in five years at the English Championship, a new event created as part of a UK Swing after the European Tour reorganised the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His score of 257 over 72 holes was at the time the lowest score in a European Tour tournament on European soil, beating the previous best of 258, shared by David Llewellyn in 1988 and Ian Woosnam in 1990.[14]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 11 Jan 2015
South African Open Championship
1 		−11 (66-70-74-67=277) Playoff South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2 1 Mar 2015 Joburg Open1 −17 (71-65-68-66=270) 2 strokes South Africa Wallie Coetsee, England David Howell,
Republic of Ireland Kevin Phelan, South Africa Jaco van Zyl,
England Anthony Wall
3 18 Oct 2015 Portugal Masters −23 (64-64-67-66=261) 9 strokes England Chris Wood
4 9 Aug 2020 English Championship −27 (66-62-64-65=257) 7 strokes Spain Adrián Otaegui

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2015
South African Open Championship
 South Africa Charl Schwartzel Won with birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 11 Jan 2015
(2014 season)
South African Open Championship
1 		−11 (66-70-74-67=277) Playoff South Africa Charl Schwartzel
2 1 Mar 2015 Joburg Open1 −17 (71-65-68-66=270) 2 strokes South Africa Wallie Coetsee, England David Howell,
Republic of Ireland Kevin Phelan, South Africa Jaco van Zyl,
England Anthony Wall

1Co-sanctioned by the

European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2015
South African Open Championship
 South Africa Charl Schwartzel Won with birdie on first extra hole

Clutch Pro Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 16 Jul 2020 Stoneham −7 (65) Playoff England Richard Bland

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament CUT T48
U.S. Open CUT T23
The Open Championship T30 T12 T70 CUT
PGA Championship CUT T49 CUT CUT
Tournament 2019 2020 2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT T26
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 7
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2016 U.S. Open – 2017 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2016
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Championship
 T17 T20 T68
Match Play
 T34 T18 T58 NT1 T42
Invitational
 T50
Champions T64 T62 NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. European Tour
    . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Sullivan takes Tailhade title in playoff". England Golf. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. ^
    European Tour
    . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ISBN 9781408130124
    .
  6. ^ Carter, Iain (11 September 2011). "Walker Cup 2011: GB&I beat USA at Royal Aberdeen". BBC Sport.
  7. European Tour
    . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Sullivan hoping for Masters debut". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "European Tour: Alejandro Canizares wins Trophee Hassan II". BBC Sport. 17 March 2014.
  10. ^ Roopanarine, Les (14 September 2014). "Andy Sullivan hits hole-in-one at KLM Open to earn trip into space". The Guardian. London.
  11. ^ "Sullivan seals maiden European title". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Joburg Open success for Sullivan". The Sutton Guardian. 1 March 2015.
  13. ^ "Sullivan wins by nine shots in Portugal". Yahoo Sports. 18 October 2015.
  14. European Tour
    . Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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