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Simon Yates (golfer)

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Simon Yates
Personal information
Born (1970-03-16) 16 March 1970 (age 54)
Glasgow, Scotland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sporting nationality Scotland
ResidenceHua Hin, Thailand
Career
Turned professional1989
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
OneAsia Tour
TPC Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
Other4

Simon Yates (born 16 March 1970) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Professional career

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Yates turned professional in 1989 and relocated to Thailand after holidaying in Asia and deciding to base himself in the region. He has played on the Asian Tour since its first official season in 1995. He placed third on the Asian Tour Order of Merit in both 1999 and 2004 and was one of the first ten players to reach career earnings of a million U.S. dollars on the tour. Although he has only won twice, he has 14 runner-up finishes on the Asian Tour.[1]

Professional wins (6)

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Asian Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 9 Aug 1998 Sabah Masters −10 (67-71-67-73=278) 1 stroke South Africa Des Terblanche
2 23 May 2004 SK Telecom Open1 −9 (70-69-70-70=279) 1 stroke Canada Rick Gibson, South Korea Charlie Wi

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (0–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2001 SK Telecom Open South Korea Kang Wook-soon, South Korea Charlie Wi Wi won with birdie on seventh extra hole
Yates eliminated by birdie on fifth hole
2 2002 Shinhan Donghae Open South Korea Hur Suk-ho Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3 2007 Midea China Classic Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil, Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant Wiratchant won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Yates eliminated by par on first hole
4 2009 King's Cup Taiwan Chan Yih-shin, England Nick Redfern Chan won with birdie on second extra hole

TPC Tour wins (2)

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  • 2003 Cotto Open
  • 2004 Singha Southern Open

Volvo China Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 22 Apr 1995 Coca-Cola Open −4 (69-71=140) 1 stroke New Zealand David Smail

Other wins (2)

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  • 1994 German PGA Championship

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2005
Match Play
Championship T43
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

References

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  1. ^ Dempster, Martin (20 March 2013). "Simon Yates in bid to nail two Asian tours". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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