Brandon Robinson-Thompson

Brandon Robinson-Thompson (born 25 August 1992) is an English professional golfer. In 2023, he won the Northern Ireland Open and the Irish Challenge.

Brandon Robinson-Thompson
Personal information
Born	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32) Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, England
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sporting nationality	England
Career
College	Morningside College University of South Carolina Aiken
Turned professional	2017
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour PGA Tour Latinoamérica MENA Tour PGA EuroPro Tour Clutch Pro Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	2
Other	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2024
The Open Championship	59th: 2023
Achievements and awards
Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year 2015
Medal record Island Games 2011 Isle of Wight Men's individual 2011 Isle of Wight Men's team

Early life and college career

Robinson-Thompson was born in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight in 1992, and educated at Carisbrooke College. He attended Morningside College for two years, where he won six tournaments and was the individual Great Plains Athletic Conference champion. He transferred to the University of South Carolina Aiken where he was first-team All-American and Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2015. He finished top-10 in the NCAA Division II Championship individually.^[1]

Professional career

Robinson-Thompson turned professional in 2017 and joined the 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica. In 2021, he joined the PGA EuroPro Tour where he won the 2022 Worcestershire Masters and finished 7th in the rankings, narrowly missing out on promotion to the Challenge Tour.

In 2023, he won an event in Egypt on the MENA Tour and the Northern Ireland Open, which earned him a start at the ISPS Handa World Invitational.^[2] He made it through Final Qualifying at Royal Porthcawl in Wales to join the 2023 Open Championship at Hoylake, where he finished solo 59th.^[3][4] The week after he was invited to the Irish Challenge which he won, securing membership of the Challenge Tour, where he finished the season ranked 22nd, missing out on graduation to the European Tour by one place, earning category 19 exemption.^[5]

Robinson-Thompson earned a spot at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort in the Walton Heath qualifier, and ultimately missed the cut by a single stroke.^[6]

Amateur wins

• 2014 Saint Leo Invitational

Source:^[7]

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	30 Jul 2023	Irish Challenge	−12 (69-64-72-67=272)	2 strokes	Will Enefer, Jordan Gumberg
2	11 Aug 2024	Farmfoods Scottish Challenge	−22 (67-67-62-66=262)	8 strokes	Hamish Brown

Clutch Pro Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Jun 2023	Galvin Green Championship	−4 (68-68=136)	1 stroke	Curtis Knipes
2	22 Jun 2023	Northern Ireland Open	−9 (63-69-69=201)	3 strokes	Daniel Smith
3	30 Jun 2023	Machynys	−12 (68-66-70=204)	2 strokes	Jake Ayres, Sam Broadhurst, Jake Burnage

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	24 Jul 2022	Glal.uk Worcestershire Masters	−7 (70-66-73=209)	2 strokes	James Allan, Joe Brooks, Jeff Wright

MENA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	7 Feb 2023	Egyptian Swing 2	−11 (65-67-67=199)	4 strokes	Jacopo Vecchi Fossa

Results in major championships

Tournament	2023	2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open		CUT
The Open Championship	59

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

See also

• 2024 Challenge Tour graduates