| Eddie Pepperell | |
| Fullname: | Edward Louis Pepperell |
| Birth Date: | 1991 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Oxford, England |
| Residence: | Abingdon, England |
| Partner: | Jennifer Rhodes |
| Yearpro: | 2011 |
| Tour: | European Tour |
| Extour: | Challenge Tour |
| Prowins: | 4 |
| Eurowins: | 2 |
| Chalwins: | 1 |
| Otherwins: | 1 |
| Masters: | T51: 2019 |
| Usopen: | T16: 2017 |
| Open: | T6: 2018 |
| Pga: | T59: 2018 |
Edward Louis Pepperell (born 22 January 1991) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In February 2018, he won his first European Tour event at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. In October 2018, he won his second European Tour event at the Sky Sports British Masters.
Pepperell had a prominent amateur career, including finishing runner-up in the Boys Amateur Championship in 2009.[1]
Pepperell turned professional in 2011 but failed to earn a place on either the European or Challenge Tours, and he began 2012 playing on the mini-tours. However he received an invitation to the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne in May, the fourth event on the Challenge Tour schedule. He went on to win the event in a sudden-death playoff over Jeppe Huldahl and as a result secured his membership on the Challenge Tour.
In 2013, Pepperell placed tied 6th at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and the next day won through the qualifier for the U.S. Open at Walton Heath to win a place in his first major.[2]
Pepperell lost in a three-man sudden-death playoff at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in May 2015. On a very difficult final day in windy conditions, Pepperell shot a two-under 69, while all the other leaders were shooting over-par rounds, to come from seven strokes behind and join the playoff. Søren Kjeldsen won with a birdie on the first extra hole, after Pepperell and Bernd Wiesberger could not get up and down for birdie from the greenside areas. This was Pepperell's best-ever showing on the European Tour at the time and qualified him for the 2015 Open Championship, as the Irish Open was one of the Open Qualifying Series.[3] He also entered the world top-100, getting him an invitation to play in the 2015 PGA Championship. In the summer of 2015 Pepperell finished tied for fourth in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and tied for third in the KLM Open, lifting him to a career-high world ranking of 80.
From the summer of 2015 to early 2017, Pepperell's best performances on the European Tour were 8th places and he dropped out of the world top-500. However, he qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open through the European sectional qualifying at Walton Heath and had his best performance in a major championship, finishing tied for 16th.
In February 2018, Pepperell broke through and won his maiden European Tour event at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by a single stroke over Oliver Fisher. The win came in his 129th start on the tour. Later in 2018 he was runner-up in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, a result which earned him a place in the 2018 Open Championship the following week, where he tied for sixth at five-under-par after a final round 67, the best of the day.[4] On 14 October 2018, Pepperell shot 72 to go wire-to-wire and hold off the challenge of Alexander Björk and win his second European Tour title of the season at the Sky Sports British Masters at Walton Heath Golf Club.[5] With the victory, Pepperell moved to a career best 33rd in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Pepperell finished runner-up at the Hero Open in July 2022, one shot behind Sean Crocker. It was his first top-5 finish since 2019.[6]
Pepperell has been in a relationship with Jennifer Rhodes since he was 16.[7]
During 2020, Pepperell did a podcast alongside Andrew Cotter called "The Pepper Pod" discussing golf matters and various other affairs.[8] In 2023, they both began a new podcast alongside BBC broadcaster, Iain Carter.[9]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Feb 2018 | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | −18 (65-69-66-70=270) | 1 stroke | Oliver Fisher | |
| 2 | 14 Oct 2018 | Sky Sports British Masters | −9 (67-69-71-72=279) | 2 strokes |  Alexander Björk |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T16 | |||||
| The Open Championship | T49 | T6 | |||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T59 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T51 | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | 71 | NT |
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| Tournament | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| Championship | T67 | |
| Match Play | T56 | |
| Invitational | T51 | |
| Champions |
Amateur