Dimitrios Papadatos
| Dimitrios Papadatos | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 4 June 1991 Sydney, Australia | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2012 | ||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia Korn Ferry Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Asian Tour Challenge Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2019, 2022 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Dimitrios "Dimi" Papadatos (born 4 June 1991) is a Greek-Australian professional golfer currently playing on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Professional career
[edit]Papadatos turned professional in late 2012. He won his first professional event at the New Zealand Open on the PGA Tour of Australasia in March 2014.[1]
Papadatos has established himself as one of the leading players on the PGA Tour of Australasia with two further victories, the Oates Victorian Open and the TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship seeing Papadatos named the 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Player of the Year.[2]
In 2018, he won the Open de Portugal, his first win on the Challenge Tour. Papadatos would finish 21st on the Challenge Tour's Order of Merit, earning him conditional playing status on the 2019 European Tour.
Papadatos finished runner-up to Mexico's Abraham Ancer in the 2018 Emirates Australian Open, which saw Papadatos qualify for the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush in what was Papadatos' debut major appearance.[3] "I'm ecstatic to have qualified for The Open," Papadatos said. "To get to play with the world's best players is going to be a great experience. I dreamt about playing in The Open growing up."[4]
Papadatos is managed by former NRL star Braith Anasta.[5]
Professional wins (5)
[edit]PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Mar 2014 | New Zealand Open | −18 (68-69-67-66=270) | 4 strokes |  Mark Brown
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| 2 | 12 Feb 2017 | Oates Vic Open | −16 (68-64-69-71=272) | 2 strokes | Adam Bland, Jake McLeod
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| 3 | 21 May 2017 | TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship | −12 (70-68-70-68=276) | 1 stroke | Rory Bourke
|
| 4 | 13 Feb 2022 | Vic Open (2) | −21 (65-68-68-66=267) | 1 stroke | Ben Campbell
|
Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 May 2018 | Open de Portugal | −7 (73-66-73-69=281) | 2 strokes |  José-Filipe Lima,  Antoine Rozner
|
Playoff record
[edit]Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Astara Chile Classic |  Ben Kohles
|
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| PGA Championship | ||||
| U.S. Open | ||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 2011, 2012 (winners)
References
[edit]- ^ "Papadatos impresses with NZ Open win". PGA Australia. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Dimi puts Vic title on the line". Golf Australia. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Swanton, Will (18 November 2018). "Dimi goes from crooked stick to British Open". The Australian. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Dimitrios Papadatos – Bio". The Open. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Different League: Braith Anasta's new role in golf". Australian Golf Digest. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- Dimitrios Papadatos at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Dimitrios Papadatos at the European Tour official site
- Dimitrios Papadatos at the Official World Golf Ranking official site