Bradley Dredge

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Bradley Dredge
Professional wins11
Highest ranking46 (16 September 2007)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Challenge Tour3
European Senior Tour1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT44: 2007
PGA ChampionshipT79: 2016
U.S. OpenCUT: 2017
The Open ChampionshipT27: 2010

Bradley Dredge (born 6 July 1973) is a Welsh

Madeira Island Open and the 2006 Omega European Masters, both by 8 strokes. He also won the 2005 WGC-World Cup in partnership with Stephen Dodd
.

Biography

Dredge was born in Tredegar. He turned professional in 1996.

Dredge attempted to gain his card on the European Tour via the qualifying school in 1995 and 1996, the second time doing sufficiently well to gain a place on the Challenge Tour for 1997. He finished 15th in the rankings, having won the Klassis Turkish Open during the season, and graduated directly to the European Tour for 1998. He failed to win enough money during his rookie season to retain his status, and returned to the Challenge Tour the following season. He was again successful with a win at the Is Molas Challenge and a second-place finish at the Challenge Tour Championship helping him to 8th on the money list, and graduation back to the European Tour.

Dredge finished 105th in the 2000

Official World Golf Rankings for short periods in 2006 and 2007. He was exactly 50th in the rankings at the end of 2006, giving him a place in the 2007 Masters Tournament.[4]

After a poor 2012 Dredge lost his full

European Tour
playing rights and failed to regain his card at qualifying school. However, he retained conditional status for 2013. Illness and injury forced him to miss most of the 2013 season, but he was granted a medical extension for 2014, during which season he played in nine tournaments on the European Tour. He recorded back-to-back second-place finishes, and regained his card for 2015 by finishing 81st in the Race to Dubai.

2016 was his best season since 2007, finishing 31st in the Order of Merit. He was runner-up in the

tournament.

Amateur wins

  • 1991 Welsh Boys Championship
  • 1993 Welsh Amateur Championship

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 23 Mar 2003
Madeira Island Open
1
−16 (69-72-60-71=272) 8 strokes
Fredrik Andersson, England Brian Davis,
England Andrew Marshall
2 10 Sep 2006 Omega European Masters −17 (68-67-65-67=267) 8 strokes Italy Francesco Molinari, Germany Marcel Siem

1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2007 Irish Open Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington Lost to par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 3 Aug 1997 Klassis Turkish Open −12 (65-72-65-70=272) 1 stroke
Magnus Persson
2 27 Jun 1999 Is Molas Challenge −18 (69-68-68-65=270) 2 strokes Austria Markus Brier
3 23 Mar 2003
Madeira Island Open
1
−16 (69-72-60-71=272) 8 strokes
Fredrik Andersson, England Brian Davis,
England Andrew Marshall

1Dual-ranking event with the

European Tour

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 3 May 2003 Sky Sports Trophy −4 (69-72-68=209) 3 strokes England Nick Ludwell

Evolve Pro Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 20 Feb 2014 Hacienda Riquelme −8 (70-66=136) 2 strokes England Marcus Armitage
2 28 Feb 2014 El Valle 2 −2 (69-71=140) 5 strokes England Alex Belt, England Marcus Armitage,
England Matt Haines, Republic of Ireland Aaron Kearney
3 7 Feb 2020 Lo Romero Classic −10 (68-70-68=206) 2 strokes South Korea Ahn Jee-hyun, Spain José Buendía
4 3 Feb 2023 Roda Open −17 (67-66-66=199) 2 strokes Wales Jake Hapgood

Other wins (1)

Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other wins (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 20 Nov 2005 WGC-World Cup
(with Wales Stephen Dodd)
−27 (61-67-61=189)* 2 strokes  EnglandLuke Donald and David Howell,
 SwedenNiclas Fasth and Henrik Stenson

*Note: The 2005 WGC-World Cup was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

European Senior Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 14 Aug 2023 Legends Tour Trophy −14 (67-69-66=202) 2 strokes Sweden Joakim Haeggman, Scotland Greig Hutcheon

Results in major championships

Tournament 1998 1999
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T44
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T28 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T27
PGA Championship T79
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Championship
T18
Match Play
R32 R32
Invitational
Champions T47
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Dredge claims Madeira title". BBC Sport. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Dredge powers to eight-shot win". BBC Sport. 10 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Dredge claims first Masters start". BBC Sport. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  5. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.

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