Miles Tunnicliff Explained

Miles Tunnicliff
Fullname:Miles Ian Tunnicliff
Birth Date:30 July 1968
Birth Place:Leamington Spa, England
Residence:Málaga, Spain
Yearpro:1989
Tour:MENA Golf Tour
Extour:European Tour
Challenge Tour
Asian Tour
Prowins:4
Eurowins:2
Masters:DNP
Usopen:DNP
Open:CUT: 2004
Pga:DNP

Miles Ian Tunnicliff (born 30 July 1968) is an English professional golfer.

Tunnicliff was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He turned professional in 1989 and after six years playing on the second tier Challenge Tour and several unsuccessful visits to the European Tour's qualifying school, he finally gained his European Tour card in 1995. He had a moderately successful rookie season, and maintained his playing privileges until 1999, when he had to go back to qualifying school.

Tunnicliff was unable to regain his tour card at qualifying school and after two more years playing on the Challenge Tour and in minor European Tour events, made his breakthrough with victory in the 2002 Great North Open just two weeks after the death of his mother from cancer. That win secured his place on the European Tour.[1] Two years later he won his second tournament, the Diageo Championship at Gleneagles, and that season went on to record his best year-end ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit, 34th place. He also won the Mauritius Open in both 2004 and 2005. After losing his European Tour card in 2010 he played on the Asian Tour. After an injury in 2014, Tunnicliff started playing on the MENA Golf Tour.

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
123 Jun 2002Great North Open−9 (72-70-68-69=279)4 strokes Sven Strüver
213 Jun 2004Diageo Championship at Gleneagles−13 (67-68-72-68=275)5 strokes Graeme McDowell

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Note: Tunnicliff only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Notes and References

  1. News: Tunnicliff seals emotional win . . 23 June 2002 . 2009-08-15 . London . Norman . Dabell.