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Mardan Mamat Personal information Full name Mardan Mamat Born 31 October 1967
SingaporeHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st) Nationality Singapore Residence Singapore Career Turned professional 1994 Current tour(s) Asian Tour
European TourProfessional wins 7 Number of wins by tour European Tour 1 Asian Tour 1 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament DNP U.S. Open DNP The Open Championship CUT: 1997, 2005 PGA Championship DNP Mardan Mamat (born 31 October 1967) is a Singaporean professional golfer.
Mamat was born in Singapore. He turned professional in 1994.
Mamat plays on the Asian Tour, where he won for the first time at the 2004 Royal Challenge Indian Open.[1] In 2006 he won the Singapore Masters, which was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. This made him the first player from Singapore to win a European Tour event, and earned him a two-year exemption into the European Tour.[2]
Mamat was the first Singaporean to play in The Open Championship when he qualified in 1997.[3] He has also won several minor professional tournaments and was a member of the winning Rest of Asia team at the 2004 Dynasty Cup.
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Amateur wins (2)
- 1993 Putra Cup (Hong Kong)
- 1994 Malaysian Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (8)
European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up 1 12 Mar 2006 OSIM Singapore Masters -12 (65-70-70-71=276) 1 stroke Nick Dougherty Asian Tour wins (1)
- 2004 Royal Challenge Indian Open
Other wins (6)
- 1993 Singapore PGA Championship (as an amateur)
- 1994 Singapore PGA Championship (as an amateur)
- 1997 Emirates PGA Golf Championship (Singapore)
- 1998 Emirates PGA Golf Championship (Singapore)
- 2001 PFP Classic (Malaysia)
- 2009 Mercedes-Benz Masters Singapore
Results in major championships
Tournament 1997 1998 1999 The Masters DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Singapore): 1992
- Putra Cup: 1993 (individual and team winners)
Professional
- World Cup (representing Singapore): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009
- Dynasty Cup: 2005 (winners)
References
- ^ Saxena, Siddharth (29 March 2004). "Olmo slips, Mamat claims Indian Open". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/587735.cms. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "Mamat pips Dougherty in Singapore". BBC Sport. 12 March 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4798384.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "Mamat, del Olmo share lead". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 14 March 2002. http://www.hindu.com/2002/03/15/stories/2002031506331900.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
External links
- Mardan Mamat at the Asian Tour official site
- Mardan Mamat at the European Tour official site
- Mardan Mamat at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Categories:- Singaporean golfers
- Asian Tour golfers
- European Tour golfers
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Asian golf biography stubs
- Singaporean sportspeople stubs
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