David Griffiths (golfer)
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David Griffiths (born 26 May 1980) is an English
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.


Career

Griffiths had a notable amateur career, winning the
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and captaining the England boys side before turning professional in 2001. Griffiths reached the final stage of
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in 2002, enabling him to join the
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for 2003, where he would play nine events. For 2004 he returned to Europe, playing the
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before successfully completing the
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's qualifying school that winter. He played on the European Tour from 2005 to 2008, where his best finishes were a pair of T3s, in the 2007 Estoril Open de Portugal and the 2006
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, which he had led after three rounds. He returned to the Challenge Tour for 2009 after a poor 2008 season, and only made one cut at that level in 2010. In the 2012 European Tour qualifying school he missed out by just one stroke but gained a place on the
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. However, he again had little success and dropped off the tour at the end of the season.


Amateur wins

*1997
Carris Trophy The Carris Trophy is the English Boys Under 18 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship. It was founded in 1935. History The event was founded as a boys' golf tournament in 1935 at the Moor Park Golf Club by Austin Carris. The competition was adopt ...


Professional wins (1)


PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)


Results in major championships

''Note: Griffiths only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut


Team appearances

Amateur *
European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...
(representing England): 1997 *
Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has ...
(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1998 (winners) *
European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...
(representing England): 2000 (winners)


See also

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2005 European Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__ This is a list of the 32 players who earned their 2006 European Tour card through Q School in 2005. 2006 European Tour rookie 2006 results * European Tour rookie in 2006 T = Tied The player retained his European Tour card for 2007 ...


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