Benn Barham
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Benn James John Barham |
| Born | 6 February 1976 |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of England.svg England |
| Residence | Tenterden, Kent, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1996 |
| Former tours | European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2002, 2007 |
Benn James John Barham (born 6 February 1976) is an English professional golfer on the European Tour.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Barham was born in Ashford, Kent.
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Barham has won two tournaments on the second tier Challenge Tour, the 2001 NCC Open and the 2005 Open Mahou de Madrid. Since graduating from the Challenge Tour at the end of 2005, he has managed to retain his European Tour card each season by finishing inside the top 120 on the Order of Merit, and through the end of 2009, had a best tournament finish on the tour of second place at the 2009 Austrian Golf Open. Despite that result he lost his card at the end of 2009, and spent 2010 playing on both the European and Challenge Tours. In October 2010 Barham had his right kidney removed after a cancerous tumour was diagnosed;[1] he returned to competitive golf at the Kenya Open in April 2011.[2]
In recent seasons Barham has begun an initiative in which he donates £1 for every birdie he makes to Demelza House, a children's hospice in Kent.[3]
Professional wins (2)
[edit | edit source]Challenge Tour wins (2)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Jun 2001 | NCC Open | −11 (71-67-63-72=273) | 2 strokes | England Paul Dwyer |
| 2 | 3 Jul 2005 | Open Mahou de Madrid | −21 (63-67-66-67=263) | 4 strokes | Sweden Fredrik Widmark |
Team appearances
[edit | edit source]- PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2013 (tie)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Kent golfer Benn Barham feels "lucky" after cancer op
- ^ Benn Barham happy with tour comeback after cancer op
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Benn Barham at the European Tour official site
- Benn Barham at the Official World Golf Ranking official site