Nationality Wales Challenge Tour 1 Weight 83 kg Spouse Nicola (m. 2005) Name Stuart Manley | Role Golfer Professional wins 2 Height 1.83 m Turned professional 2003 | |
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Stuart manley witb australian pga championship 2015
Stuart Manley (born 15 January 1979) is a Welsh professional golfer.
Contents
- Stuart manley witb australian pga championship 2015
- Stuart manley aces no 3 in round 3 of isps handa shot of the day
- Early life
- Professional career
- Other wins 1
- Playoff record
- Team appearances
- References
Stuart manley aces no 3 in round 3 of isps handa shot of the day
Early life
Manley was born in Mountain Ash in the historic county of Glamorgan. He showed sporting promise at an early age, and at age 16 had trials with the football clubs Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Luton Town. However, he chose to concentrate on golf, taking a four-year scholarship to the University of West Florida. The pinnacle of his amateur career was playing in the 2003 Walker Cup.
Professional career
Manley turned professional in later 2003, and immediately joined the Challenge Tour, finishing 90th in his first season. At the end of that year he came through the qualifying school to earn a place on the European Tour for the first time. However, Manley has consistently failed to establish himself at the highest level; he is yet to retain his card by finishing in the top 115 at season's end, and has only regained it via the Challenge Tour in 2007 and qualifying school in 2008, 2010 and 2013.
Manley graduated from the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2012, returning to the Challenge Tour in 2013 where he won the Finnish Challenge. He narrowly missed out on winning a European Tour card, finishing 19th on the Challenge Tour rankings. However, he came 10th in European Tour Qualifying School to earn a 2014 European Tour category.
Manley hit the headlines in 2013 when, during the third round of the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne, he hit a hole-in-one followed by an 11 at the next hole. Manley had originally believed the hole-in-one had won him a Mercedes-Benz car, only to find out afterwards that the prize only applied to the final round of the tournament. He attributed the following score of 11 to his shock and disappointment at not winning the car, but still eventually ended with an even-par round of 72.
In February 2017 Manley finished runner-up in the Joburg Open, one of the Open Qualifying Series events. This finish gave him an entry to the 2017 Open Championship, his first major championship. The runner-up finish matched his previous best in a European Tour event, the 2013 Hong Kong Open, where he lost in a playoff.
Other wins (1)
Playoff record
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional