Brett Michael Rumford (born 27 July 1977) is an Australian

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who plays on the

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, having formerly been a member on both the

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and

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Early life

Rumford was born and grew up in

Perth Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...

, Western Australia. He started playing golf at age ten. Rumford represented Australia in amateur golf.

Professional career

In 1999, Rumford won the

's ANZ Players Championship as an amateur, and he turned professional the following year. He has been a member of the

since 2001, and has won six European Tour events, the 2003 Aa St Omer Open, the 2004 Irish Open, the 2007 Omega European Masters, the 2013 Ballantine's Championship, the 2013

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, and the 2017 ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth. His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit Is 17th in 2013. Rumford played on the

in 2008, after earning his card through

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, finishing the season ranked 149th in the

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standings. He returned to play on the European Tour in 2009. In April 2013, Rumford won for the fourth time on the European Tour and for the first time in six years at the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea. In a sudden-death playoff, Rumford eagled the first extra hole to defeat Marcus Fraser and

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. In the playoff, after both opponents had failed to reach the par-five 18th in two, Rumford fired his approach to within four feet of the hole to set up the eagle and seal victory. The following week he continued his good form winning the

, his fifth on the

, his score of −16 giving him a four stroke winning margin over

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. With this win he became the 31st golfer to win consecutive events on the European Tour and the first since Branden Grace in January 2012 and moved to the top of the Race to Dubai standings. In February 2017, Rumford won the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth. He beat Phachara Khongwatmai, 2 and 1, in the final.

Amateur wins

*1998

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, Lake Macquarie Amateur

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (6)

¹Dual-ranking event with the

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²Co-sanctioned by the

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³Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
⁴Co-sanctioned by the

OneAsia Tour The OneAsia Tour was a men's professional golf tour based in the Asia-Pacific region. The tour was founded in 2009 as a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. T ...

⁵Co-sanctioned by the

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

Asian Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

²Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
³Co-sanctioned by the

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

and the

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

¹Dual-ranking event with the

Other wins (1)

*2005 Western Australian Open

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' "T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Australia): 1997, 1999 (winners) * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

* Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 1998

References

External links

* * * *
Brett Rumford player profile, Golf Australia
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