Ryan Evans (born 27 March 1987) is an English

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. In 2017 he won the

Turkish Airlines Challenge The Turkish Airlines Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Turkey. It was first played in 2010 when Charlie Ford triumphed in a sudden-death playoff The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league a ...

on the

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Amateur career

Evans won the 2014 Lake Macquarie Amateur, was runner-up for the 2013

St Andrews Links Trophy The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989. The format is 72-hole stroke play over three days. 144 players compete in the first t ...

, and medalist at the 2014

Australian Amateur The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894, except for the war years, and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, from 2021 it has ...

Professional career

Evans was invited to play in some events on the

in 2015. He finished the year at 28th in the rankings, with a best finish of T-3 at the

Kärnten Golf Open The Kärnten Golf Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Austria. It was held for the first time in 2009. It was contested over the Pete Dye designed course at the Golf Club Klagenfurt-Seltenheim in Klagenfurt from 2009 to 2 ...

. He earned his 2016 European Tour card through

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. Evans qualified for the

2016 Open Championship The 2016 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 145th Open Championship, played from 14–17 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the ninth Open Championship played at the Old Course of ...

through Final Qualifying; he finished in 58th place. Later in the season he finished tied for third place in the

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. Evans returned to the

in 2017 and won the

by four strokes from Tapio Pulkkanen. He finished the season 8th in the rankings to earn a place on the

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in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open as an alternate, after missing out at the fourth extra hole of a playoff in sectional qualifying at

Walton Heath Walton Heath Golf Club is a golf club in England, near Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey, southwest of London. Founded in 1903, the club comprises two 18-hole golf courses, both of which are well known for having heather covering many of the areas ...

Amateur wins

*2012 South of England Amateur *2013

Berkshire Trophy The Berkshire Trophy is the amateur stroke play golf championship played at The Berkshire Golf Club in England. It has been played annually since 1946. The format is 72 hole stroke play contested over two days. Both the Blue and Red courses are u ...

, Biarritz Cup *2014 Lake Macquarie Amateur, Avondale Amateur Medal Source:

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Clutch Pro Tour wins (3)

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

Amateur *

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):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...

(representing England):

St Andrews Trophy The St Andrews Trophy is a biennial men's team golf tournament contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It takes its name from St Andrews in Scotland. It was first played in 19 ...

(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2014 (winners) *

Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first compe ...

(representing Europe): 2014 (winners)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Ryan English male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Kettering Sportspeople from Corby 1987 births Living people 21st-century English sportsmen