Steven Bowditch

Steven Bowditch
Personal information
Born 8 June 1983 (1983-06-08) (age 28)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Peregian Beach, Queensland, Australia
Career
Turned professional 2001
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) Nationwide Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia 3
Nationwide Tour 2
Other 1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2003
PGA Championship DNP

Steven Bowditch (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Bowditch was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He had a distinguished amateur career, which includes medalist honors at the 2001 Australian Amateur.

Bowditch plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia and its developmental Von Nida Tour. He also plays in the United States, alternating between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He won the 2005 Jacob's Creek Open Championship, co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Nationwide Tour. He won again on the Nationwide Tour at the 2010 Soboba Golf Classic. He finished the year 17th on the money list and earned his 2011 PGA Tour card.

Bowditch has long had a battle with severe depression and is a spokesman for beyondblue, an Australian non-profit organisation promoting awareness of depression and related mental disorders.[1]

Contents

Professional wins (5)

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory
Runner(s)-up
1 20 Feb 2005 Jacob's Creek Open Championship
(co-sanctioned with PGA Tour of Australasia)
-11 (67-67-72-71=277) 5 strokes Ryan Armour
Nathan Green
2 3 Oct 2010 Soboba Golf Classic -19 (70-64-63-68=265) 3 strokes Daniel Summerhays

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 20 Feb 2005 Jacob's Creek Open Championship
(co-sanctioned with the Nationwide Tour)
-11 (67-67-72-71=277) 5 strokes Ryan Armour, Nathan Green
2 8 Nov 2009 2009 Cellarbrations Queensland PGA Championship -28 (64-64-63-69=260) 6 strokes Clint Rice
3 8 May 2010 2010 Cellarbrations New South Wales PGA Championship -17 (64-68-64-67=263) 2 strokes Gareth Paddison

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2003
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

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