Brandon Robinson-Thompson (born 25 August 1992) is an English professional golfer. In 2023, he won the Northern Ireland Open and the Irish Challenge.
Early life and college career Robinson-Thompson was born in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight in 1992, and educated at Carisbrooke College. He attended Morningside College for two years, where he won six tournaments and was the individual Great Plains Athletic Conference champion. He transferred to the University of South Carolina Aiken where he was first-team All-American and Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2015. He finished top-10 in the NCAA Division II Championship individually.
Professional career Robinson-Thompson turned professional in 2017 and joined the 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica. In 2021, he joined the PGA EuroPro Tour where he won the 2022 Worcestershire Masters and finished 7th in the rankings, narrowly missing out on promotion to the Challenge Tour.
In 2023, he won an event in Egypt on the MENA Tour and the Northern Ireland Open, which earned him a start at the ISPS Handa World Invitational. He made it through Final Qualifying at Royal Porthcawl in Wales to join the 2023 Open Championship at Hoylake, where he finished solo 59th. The week after he was invited to the Irish Challenge which he won, securing membership of the Challenge Tour, where he finished the season ranked 22nd, missing out on graduation to the European Tour by one place, earning category 19 exemption.
Robinson-Thompson earned a spot at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort in the Walton Heath qualifier, and ultimately missed the cut by a single stroke.
Amateur wins 2014 Saint Leo Invitational
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Professional wins (7) Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up130 Jul 2023Irish Challenge−12 (69-64-72-67=272)2 strokes Will Enefer, Jordan Gumberg211 Aug 2024Farmfoods Scottish Challenge−22 (67-67-62-66=262)8 strokes Hamish Brown
Clutch Pro Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up11 Jun 2023Galvin Green Championship−4 (68-68=136)1 stroke Curtis Knipes222 Jun 2023Northern Ireland Open−9 (63-69-69=201)3 strokes Daniel Smith330 Jun 2023Machynys−12 (68-66-70=204)2 strokes Jake Ayres, Sam Broadhurst, Jake Burnage
PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up124 Jul 2022Glal.uk Worcestershire Masters−7 (70-66-73=209)2 strokes James Allan, Joe Brooks, Jeff Wright
MENA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up17 Feb 2023Egyptian Swing 2−11 (65-67-67=199)4 strokes Jacopo Vecchi Fossa
Results in major championships Tournament20232024Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipU.S. OpenCUTThe Open Championship59
CUT = missed the half-way cut
See also 2024 Challenge Tour graduates
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