Aaron Townsend

Aaron Townsend
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1981-07-04) 4 July 1981
Newcastle, Australia
Died Newcastle, Australia
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Spouse Sally
Career
Turned professional 2003
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia 3
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2012
PGA Championship DNP

Aaron Townsend (born 4 July 1981) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.[1] He has also played an number of events on the European Tour, Challenge Tour and Web.com Tour.[2][3]

Professional career

Townsend turned professional in 2003.[3] His first professional win in a major tour event came at the 2008 New South Wales Open, at the time this was an event on the Von Nida Tour which did not merge with the PGA Tour of Australasia until the following season. Townsend won the event, hosted in his home region of Australia by seven strokes.[4]

In 2009 Townsend won at the Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia, this was his second win on the tour following the reclassification of the 2008 New South Wales Open win as a win on the tour.[5] In 2012 Townsend made his first appearance in a major championship at the 2012 Open Championship, following rounds of 70 and 74 he missed the cut by a single shot.[6]

In February 2015 following five years without a win, Townsend won his third PGA Tour of Australasia event at the Victorian PGA Championship, having holed a bunker shot on the final hole to win to tournament by a single stroke.[7]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
1 16 Nov 2008 New South Wales Open1 −17 (63-67-69-68=267) 7 strokes Australia Stephen Jones [4]
2 22 Nov 2009 Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship −21 (67-61-65-66=259) 3 strokes Australia Scott Arnold
Australia Michael Wright		 [5]
3 13 Feb 2015 Mercedes-Benz Truck & Bus Victorian PGA Championship −13 (67-73-69-66=275) 1 stroke Australia Scott Strange [7]

1 Event was originally an event on the Von Nida Tour and was not classified as a PGA Tour of Australasia during the 2008 season. However following the merger of the two tours in 2009 the win was reclassified as a win on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Results in major championships

Tournament 2012
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Player profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Player profile". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 Powter, Anthony (16 November 2008). "Townsend cruises to NSW Open win". iseekgolf.com.
  5. 1 2 Powter, Anthony (22 November 2009). "Townsend wins NSW PGA Championship". iseekgolf.com.
  6. ↑ "The 141st Open Championship Leaderboard". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 "NSW golfer Aaron Townsend has holed a bunker shot on the 18th to win the Victorian PGA Championship by one shot from Scott Strange". Special Broadcasting Service. 13 February 2015.

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