Richard Mansell (golfer)

Richard Mansell
Personal information
Full nameRichard Henry Mansell
Born (1995-04-24) 24 April 1995 (age 29)
Lichfield, England
Sporting nationality England
Spouse
Ellie Jones
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(m. 2023)​
Career
CollegeNova Southeastern University (2014–2017)
Newberry College (2013–2014)
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2022, 2024
The Open ChampionshipT50: 2024

Richard Henry Mansell (born 24 April 1995) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Amateur career

Mansell attended Nova Southeastern University from 2014 to 2017, having previously spent one season at Newberry College.[1][2]

Professional career

Mansell turned professional in 2017 and began playing on the PGA EuroPro Tour. He claimed his first professional win in July 2019 at the Cobra Puma Championship.[3] He played on the Challenge Tour in 2019 and 2020, finishing fourth on the Road to Mallorca Rankings, gaining status on the European Tour for the 2021 season. The highlight of 2020 being runner-up finishes at the Andalucía Challenge de España and the dual-ranking Euram Bank Open.[4] Mansell qualified for the 2021 Open Championship via final qualifying at Holinwell.[5]

In October 2022, Mansell held the 54-hole lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He had a four shot lead going into Sunday, but a final-round 76 saw him drop to tied-for-seventh place.[6]

Amateur wins

  • 2017 Armstrong Pirate Invite

Source:[7]

Professional wins (1)

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 12 Jul 2019 Cobra Puma Championship −18 (65-67-69=201) 3 strokes England Will Enefer

Results in major championships

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship T74 T68 T50
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • Hero Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023

References

  1. ^ "Richard Mansell". NSU Sharks. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Richard Mansell". Newberry Wolves. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Mansell races to first PGA EuroPro Tour victory". PGA EuroPro Tour. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Stalter scales new heights at Euram Bank Open". Irish Golfer. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Forgan and Croft among winners on day of high emotion". The Open. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ^ Youll, Russell (3 October 2022). "Staffordshire's Richard Mansell misses out as final round jitters costs first title". Express and Star. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Richard Mansell". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 October 2022.