Stuart Manley

Stuart Manley
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1979-01-15) 15 January 1979
Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Nationality  Wales
Residence Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
Spouse Nicola (m. 2005)
Career
College University of West Florida
Turned professional 2003
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 1
Other 2

Stuart Manley (born 15 January 1979) is a Welsh professional golfer.

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,[1] 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.[2] However, he came 10th in European Tour Qualifying School to earn a 2014 European Tour category.[3]

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.[4]

Professional wins

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-up
1 4 Aug 2013 Finnish Challenge −21 (65-69-64-69=267) 2 strokes Portugal José-Filipe Lima

EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunners-up
1 3 Aug 2012 Eagle Orchid Scottish Masters −7 (72-66-68=206) 1 stroke Wales Oliver Farr, Republic of Ireland Michael McGeady

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Congratulations Stuart Manley". PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Challenge Tour Rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Final Qualifying Stage". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "World Cup of Golf: Stuart Manley hits hole-in-one - then takes 11". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

See also

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