Haydn Porteous

Haydn Porteous
Porteous at the 2018 Nordea Masters
Personal information
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidenceJohannesburg, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Sunshine Tour2
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT30: 2016
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Rookie of the Year
2014

Haydn Porteous (born 8 July 1994) is a South African professional golfer.

Porteous won many amateur tournaments in South Africa, including the South African Stroke Play in 2012 and 2013. He was the top-ranked South African player when he turned professional in 2013.[1][2]

Porteous has played on the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour. He won the 2015 Barclays Kenya Open on the Challenge Tour.[1][2]

In January 2016, Porteous won his maiden European Tour title with a two-stroke victory at the Joburg Open.[3] This was a co-sanctioned event with the Sunshine Tour. Following Brandon Stone's win the previous week, Porteous' win was the second consecutive European Tour win by a South African first-time winner.

  1. ^ a b "Kenya Open win opens doors for Porteous". Sport24. 16 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Eagle sends Porteous soaring to maiden title in Kenya". PGA European Tour. 12 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Haydn Porteous claims maiden European Tour win at Joburg Open". ESPN. 17 January 2016.