Sam Walker (golfer)

Sam James Walker (born 1 March 1978) is an English professional golfer.

Walker was born in Birmingham and turned professional in 2000. He came through the ranks, starting his career on the third tier MasterCard Tour before graduating to the Challenge Tour and finally the top level European Tour. He has struggled to establish himself at the highest level, only retaining his card once in 2007 when he finished 80th on the Order of Merit.

Walker has five wins on the second tier Challenge Tour, the first coming in 2006 at the Scottish Challenge and the second in 2010 at the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne. He picked up his third victory in June 2012, reclaiming the Scottish Hydro Challenge. He added two wins in 2016, the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge in August and the Kazakhstan Open in October

Challenge Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Jul 2006	Scottish Challenge	–18 (68-69-64-65=266)	6 strokes	Gareth Wright
2	9 May 2010	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	–8 (63-70-70-69=272)	1 stroke	Victor Riu, Raymond Russell
3	24 Jun 2012	Scottish Hydro Challenge	–8 (64-67-70=201)	Playoff	Simon Wakefield
4	14 Aug 2016	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	–15 (68-68-69-68=273)	Playoff	Julien Guerrier, Scott Henry, Romain Langasque, Darius van Driel
5	2 Oct 2016	Kazakhstan Open	–18 (69-67-65-69=270)	1 stroke	Jordan Smith

Other wins (1)

• 2000 Hawkstone Park (MasterCard Tour)

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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