Michael Stewart | |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1990 |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
Residence: | Troon, Scotland |
College: | East Tennessee State University |
Yearpro: | 2011 |
Tour: | Challenge Tour |
Extour: | PGA EuroPro Tour |
Prowins: | 2 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T52: 2023 |
Pga: | DNP |
Michael Stewart (born 5 March 1990) is a Scottish professional golfer and Challenge Tour player.
Stewart had a successful amateur career and won the 2010 Scottish Amateur and 2011 South African Amateur. In 2008, he was runner-up at the St Andrews Links Trophy and in 2011, he lost the final of The Amateur Championship to Bryden Macpherson, 3 and 2.
Stewart won the 2009 European Amateur Team Championship with Scotland, beating an England team led by Tommy Fleetwood in the final 5–2. He was part of the Great Britain and Ireland team at the 2011 Walker Cup that beat a U.S. side featuring Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay.[1]
In 2008, Stewart enrolled at East Tennessee State University where he majored in sports management and played with the East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golf team alongside Séamus Power and Rhys Enoch.[2]
Stewart turned professional in 2011.[3] He joined the PGA EuroPro Tour where he won the 2022 Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters to finish second in the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the Challenge Tour for 2023.[1]
Stewart made his major debut at the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club after qualifying at Dundonald Links. He shot a three-under-par 68 to sit in a tie for seventh after the opening day, just two shots off the lead, and in tied 11th after day two.[4]
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Tournament | 2023 | |
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Masters Tournament | ||
PGA Championship | ||
U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | T52 |
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