Marcus Armitage

Marcus Armitage (born 15 July 1987) is an English professional golfer. He won the 2016 Foshan Open on the Challenge Tour.

Not to be confused with Marcus Armytage.
Marcus Armitage
Personal information
Born (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987
Salford, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Nationality England
ResidenceHuddersfield, England
Career
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2018

Professional career

Armitage earned rookie of the year honours on the 2013 PGA EuroPro Tour.[1] He also won on tour as part of fourteen total victories for the year.[2][3] Over the 2014 season, Armitage reworked his swing.[3] Armitage won twice on the 2015 PGA EuroPro Tour, finished fourth in the money list, and earned his tour card for the 2016 Challenge Tour.[4]

Armitage won the 2016 Foshan Open on the Challenge Tour. He was also a runner-up in the Volopa Irish Challenge and finished 11th in the Order of Merit to earn his tour card for the 2017 European Tour.[5]

Armitage had a disappointing season in 2017 and lost his card on the main tour. He made a useful start of the 2018 Challenge Tour season with a runner-up finish in the Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open. He had two moderate seasons on the Challenge Tour, finishing 50th in the 2018 Order of Merit and 85th in 2019. However he earned a return to the European Tour with a good performance in the European Tour Q School. In January 2020, he had his best finish in a European Tour event when he was third in the South African Open.

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 23 Oct 2016 Foshan Open −19 (69-68-65-67=269) 1 stroke Alexander Knappe, Matthieu Pavon

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 26 Jul 2013 Kingspan Concra Wood Open −8 (73-67-68=208) 2 strokes Paul Doherty
2 19 Jun 2015 The Grenke Championship −10 (68-69-66=203) 1 stroke Steve Surry
3 21 Aug 2015 The Tree of Life Championship −11 (67-67-68=202) 2 strokes Brian Casey

See also

References
  1. "Marcus Armitage wins EuroPro Tour Rookie of the Year". Northern Golfer. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. Whitwam, Linda (3 August 2013). "Skelmanthorpe golfer Marcus Armitage wins PGA EuroPro Tour Kingspan Concra Wood Open in Ireland". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. Westby, Nick (6 August 2014). "Golf: Weighting game tees Armitage up for Tour". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. "Meet the Satellite Tour graduates". GolfSwinger. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. "Foshan Open : Armitage titré, Pavon échoue à un coup". Lequipe.fr (in French). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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