Jack Senior (born 18 July 1988) is an English
professional golfer
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who plays on the
European Tour
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. He has won twice on the
Challenge Tour
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.
Amateur career
Senior won the Egyptian Amateur in 2010 and the
New South Wales Amateur
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History
In early 1898 Lord Hampden, the Governor of New South Wales, presented a solid silver cup to th ...
and
Lytham Trophy
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in 2011. He played on the winning Great Britain & Ireland team in the
2011 Walker Cup and turned professional shortly after.
Professional career
Senior has played on the
Alps Tour and the
PGA EuroPro Tour. He won twice on the Alps Tour in 2012 and twice on the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2014.
From 2012 to 2019 Senior played primarily on the
Challenge Tour
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. He won his first Challenge Tour event in 2015 at the
SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge. He beat
Robert Coles and
Prom Meesawat
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with a birdie at the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff. He won for the second time on the tour at the 2019
ISPS Handa World Invitational beating
Matthew Baldwin at the second hole of the playoff. He was also runner-up in the
Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour and finished the 2019 season 6th in the Challenge Tour Order of Merit to earn a place on the 2020
European Tour
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.
Amateur wins
*2010 South of England Amateur, Egyptian Amateur Open
*2011
New South Wales Amateur
The New South Wales Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of New South Wales, Australia. It was first played in 1898.
History
In early 1898 Lord Hampden, the Governor of New South Wales, presented a solid silver cup to th ...
,
Lytham Trophy
The Lytham Trophy is an amateur golf tournament founded in 1965 by the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where it has always been held. It is a 72-hole scratch stroke play competition, and is classified as a Category A event by the World Amateur ...
, Hampshire Hog
Sources:
Professional wins (6)
Challenge Tour wins (2)
Challenge Tour playoff record (2–0)
PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2)
Alps Tour wins (2)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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''Note: Senior only played in The Open Championship.''
Team appearances
Amateur
*Walker Cup
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(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
(winners)
*European Amateur Team Championship
The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959.
The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...
(representing England): 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
See also
* 2019 Challenge Tour graduates
*2024 Challenge Tour graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2024.
Both Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and John Parry earned immediate promotion to the European Tour during the 2024 season by winning three times on the Challenge Tour. ...
References
External links
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English male golfers
European Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Morecambe
1988 births
Living people
21st-century English sportsmen