| Andy Sullivan | |
|---|---|
 Sullivan at the 2014KLM Open | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Andrew Michael Sullivan |
| Born | (1987-05-19)19 May 1987 (age 38) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Residence | Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2011 |
| Current tour | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Highestranking | 28 (7 February 2016)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Sunshine Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T48: 2017 |
| PGA Championship | T49: 2016 |
| U.S. Open | T23: 2016 |
| The Open Championship | T12: 2016 |
Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 19 May 1987) is an Englishprofessional golfer who currently plays on theEuropean Tour.[2]
Sullivan had a successful amateur career before turning professional. He won the individual title in the Tailhade Cup in Argentina in 2010,[3] and won the 2011New South Wales Medal in Australia.[4] Sullivan's biggest win as an amateur came at the 2011Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship.[5]
In 2011, Sullivan represented the winning Great Britain and Ireland team at the2011 Walker Cup, where he lost 3&2 toJordan Spieth in the singles.[6]
Sullivan turned professional in 2011;[4] in that year he played fourEuropean Tour events before entering the2011 qualifying school where he obtained the tour card with a 3rd-place finish.
In 2012, Sullivan finished in 145th place in theRace to Dubai without a top-10 finish.[7] He secured his place on the European Tour for 2013 at the2012 qualifying school.
In 2013, Sullivan finished 98th on the Race to Dubai with his best finish being a tie for third at theAlfred Dunhill Championship.[8]
In 2014, Sullivan finished 33rd on the Race to Dubai including a second-place finishing at theTrophée Hassan II,[9] a third place at theKLM Open, and three more top-10 placements. During that season, Sullivan hit a hole-in-one at theKLM Open earning him a flight into space.[10]
Sullivan's first European Tour win came in January 2015 at theSouth African Open. Sullivan won the event in a playoff against South AfricanCharl Schwartzel who had started the final round seven strokes ahead of Sullivan.[11] Sullivan quickly followed this success with wins at the 2015Joburg Open in March[12] and thePortugal Masters in October, which was a wire-to-wire victory by nine strokes.[13] He became the first man to record three victories on the European Tour in 2015, finishing with an 8th place in the final Order of Merit . In February 2016, he advanced to a career best 28th in theOfficial World Golf Ranking.
Thanks to his results on the 2015 and 2016 seasons of the European Tour he obtained an automatic selection for the2016 Ryder Cup.
In August 2020, Sullivan secured his first victory in five years at theEnglish Championship, a new event created as part of a UK Swing after the European Tour reorganised the2020 season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. His score of 257 over 72 holes was at the time the lowest score in a European Tour tournament on European soil, beating the previous best of 258, shared byDavid Llewellyn in 1988 andIan Woosnam in 1990.[14]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Jan2015 | South African Open Championship1 | −11 (66-70-74-67=277) | Playoff |  Charl Schwartzel |
| 2 | 1 Mar 2015 | Joburg Open1 | −17 (71-65-68-66=270) | 2 strokes | Wallie Coetsee,David Howell, Kevin Phelan,Jaco van Zyl,Anthony Wall |
| 3 | 18 Oct 2015 | Portugal Masters | −23 (64-64-67-66=261) | 9 strokes | Chris Wood |
| 4 | 9 Aug2020 | English Championship | −27 (66-62-64-65=257) | 7 strokes |  Adrián Otaegui |
1Co-sanctioned by theSunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | South African Open Championship | Charl Schwartzel | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Jul2020 | Stoneham | −7 (65) | Playoff | Richard Bland |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T48 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T23 | ||
| The Open Championship | T30 | T12 | T70 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T49 | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||
| PGA Championship | CUT | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | T26 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
| Tournament | 2016 |
|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T17 | T20 | T68 | ||||
| Match Play | T34 | T18 | T58 | NT1 | T42 | ||
| Invitational | T50 | ||||||
| Champions | T64 | T62 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
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