Andrew Dodt (born 26 January 1986) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the

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, and

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. He has won twice on the European Tour, in India and Thailand, both events co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour.

Amateur career

Dodt was born in

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and learned to play golf from the age of four at Gatton Golf Club, close to where he lived. He was a member of the

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National Squad and won many high-profile amateur tournaments including the 2007

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. That win gave Dodt a spot in the 2007 MFS Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club in December. He turned professional at the conclusion of that tournament.

Professional career

Dodt joined the

for the 2008 season.finished his début season ranked 43rd on the Order of Merit, and improved to 15th in 2009. He won his first professional tournament at the 2010

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, which was co-sanctioned with the

. In 2015, Dodt won on the European Tour for the first time in five years at the True Thailand Classic, with a one stroke victory over

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and

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. He came from four shots behind in the final round with a five-under-par round to claim the victory. Dodt showed a return to form at the end of 2016, finishing runner-up in the

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and tied for third in the

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, in successive weeks. In 2017 he had some good results in important events, finishing tied for 6th place in the 2017 BMW PGA Championship and tied for 4th in the

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. His good Scottish Open finish qualified him for the

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where he finished tied for 44th place. 2018 was a disappointing year; his only top-10 finish being in the

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. Dodt injured his back in April 2019 and only returned to competitive golf in August at the Sarawak Championship. Dodt won the event after a playoff with Richard T. Lee. Dodt won with a birdie 4 at the first playoff hole. Earlier Lee had tied Dodt with an eagle 3 at the final hole.

Amateur wins

*2003 Victorian Junior Masters *2006 Malaysian Amateur *2007

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Asian Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Asian Tour playoff record (1–2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Results in major championships

"T" = Tied
''Note: Dodt only played in The Open Championship.''

Results in World Golf Championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' "T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur * Nomura Cup (representing Australia): 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners) *

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(representing Asia/Pacific): 2006 * Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing Australia): 2007 * Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2003, 2004 (winners), 2005, 2006, 2007

References

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