Gary Stal

Gary Stal
— Golfer —

Stal in September 2014
Personal information
Born (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992
Décines, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Nationality  France
Residence Villette-d'Anthon, France
Career
Turned professional 2012
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Challenge Tour 2

Gary Stal (born 9 February 1992) is a French professional golfer.

Stal was born in Décines, near Lyon.[1] He played on the Challenge Tour in 2012. He won his first event in June 2012 at the Kärnten Golf Open, playing on an invitation.[2] The following month, Stal picked up another victory at the Credit Suisse Challenge, defeating Alexandre Kaleka in a playoff and graduated to the European Tour.[3][4] He was less successful in 2013, but performed well at the second and final stages of Qualifying School to regain his place on Tour.[5] He then finished 89th on the 2014 Order of Merit, making 21 cuts in 25 tournaments.[6]

On 18 January 2015, Stal secured his first victory on a major tour, shooting a −7 in the final round to win the European Tour's Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship by one stroke over Rory McIlroy.[7]

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 18 Jan 2015 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship −19 (68-69-67-65=269) 1 stroke Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 10 Jun 2012 Kärnten Golf Open −20 (65-67-68-68=268) 1 stroke England Daniel Brooks
2 15 Jul 2012 Credit Suisse Challenge −11 (69-67-67-70=273) Playoff France Alexandre Kaleka

See also

References

  1. ↑ "European Tour player bio". European Tour. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Stal gets 1st Challenge Tour win". The Olympian (Olympia, Washington). The Sports Network. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Stal beats Kaleka in Challenge Tour playoff". Fox News. The Sports Network. 15 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Cutmore, Chris (29 October 2012). "They're coming to get you, Rory! Meet the Challenge Tour graduates of 2012". The Daily Mail (London).
  5. ↑ "Qualifying school final stage: Day 6 in numbers". European Tour. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "European Tour career record". European Tour. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Martin Kaymer's final-round collapse lets Gary Stal win HSBC Championship". The Guardian (London). Press Association. 18 January 2014.

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