Bransdon

David Bransdon

State/Country: NSW
Height: 178
Weight: 87
Birthdate: 28/10/1973
Residence: Carrum Downs, NSW
Turned Professional: 19/06/1995
Career Earnings: 383956
Bransdon

David Bransdon

Married to Melissa, a golf pro at Woodlands Nicknamed the 'King of the South Pacific’ after winning the Samoa Open and Tahiti Open Finished 1st on the 2000 Development Tour Money List. Played 1996 St. Jude Classic on US PGA Tour after pre-qualifying. All-rounder on NSW Schoolboys cricket team Likes: Motor Sports ( Holden V8's), gym and outdoor sports Favourite movie Caddyshack Music: 80's rock Current coach is Denis McDade, a teacher at the Victorian Institute of Sport. Attended the Australian Institute of Sport on a golf scholarship. Admires his mother, a 20 time Wauchope Golf Club champion 'because she was an inspiring person even in the face of fighting and ultimately losing a battle with cancer'.
Bransdon

David Bransdon

Joined Tour: 1995
Yearly Tournaments: 0
Official Tour Victories: 
Other Victories: 1999 Samoa Open (Foundation Tour) / 2000 Samoa Open (Development Tour) / 2000 Tahiti Open (Development Tour) / Winner of NSW (1994) and Victorian (1993), Amateur titles.
Scoring Average: 73.21
Season Lowround: 68 (-3), R2, 2006 Blue Chip NZ Open, Gulf Harbour
Best OOM Finish: 33 (1995 & 2003)
Career Lowround: 67 (-5), 1995 Singapore Open, Singapore Island Country Club.
Highlights: 2006 Australasian Tour Results: Johnnie Walker Classic: MC Jacob’s Creek Open: * ING NZ PGA Champs: T16 MFS Australian Open: * MasterCard Masters: MC Blue Chip NZ Open: T27 Cadbury Schweppes PGA: MC

2006 Von Nida Tour Results: Vic Open: T8

2006: Lost his card card on the European Tour after finishing 124th on the Order of Merit where the top-118 keep their full card. Returned to Asia and needed to make the cut at the UBS Hong Kong Open to regain his playing rights on the Asian Tour for 2007. Finished 67th in Hong Kong and then capped his year by finishing sixth in the Volvo Masters of Asia in Thailand. He had also finished tied eighth in the BMW Asian Open in China.

2005: Best finishes on PGA Tour in 2005 were T30 at Johnnie Walker Classic, T31 New Zealand Open. Played in Asia in 2005 finishing 30th on Asian Tour Money List…best result in Asia T12 TCL Classic.

2002: narrowly lost playoff against Andre Stolz in 2002 Victorian Open.

Stormed onto PGA TOUR in 1995 finishing with two top-tens as a rookie.

1994: T7 at 1994 Australian Open as an amateur

Represented Australia at 1993 Asia- Pacific Championships.
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