Haydn Porteous | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | 8 July 1994 | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | South Africa | ||
Residence | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2013 | ||
Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour Sunshine Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour | ||
Professional wins | 5 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 2 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 2 | ||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | T30: 2016 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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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.