James Joseph Heath (born 17 March 1983) is an English

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. Heath was born in

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. He started playing golf with his father at the age of ten. Having played in the Faldo Junior Series, he went on to a successful amateur career, highlighted by winning the English Amateur and Lytham Trophy, where he broke the previous scoring record by 10 strokes, in 2004. He turned

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at the end of that year. Having played in three tournaments on the

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as an amateur in 2004, Heath joined the second tier

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in 2005, and was moderately successful in his first season, finishing 23rd on the end of season rankings. Having failed to come through

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at the end of the year, he was again playing on the second tier in 2006. He enjoyed even more success, winning his first professional title at the ECCO Tour Championship in

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on his way to 14th in the Challenge Tour Rankings and graduation to the European Tour for 2007. Heath's rookie season on the European Tour was largely unsuccessful, although he did manage two top ten finishes in minor events, and he was back on the Challenge Tour in 2008.

Amateur wins

*1999

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*2001

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*2002 Greek Amateur Open Championship, Faldo Junior Series *2004 English Amateur, Lytham Trophy

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Nordic Golf League

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2001 * European Youths' Team Championship (representing England): 2004 * Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2004 *

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(representing England):

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* St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2004 (winners)

References

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* * English male golfers European Tour golfers Augusta Jaguars men's golfers Golfers from London 1983 births Living people 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-golf-bio-stub