Benjamin S. Schmidt

Ben Schmidt (born 30 July 2002) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and as a reserve on LIV Golf.

Early life and amateur career Schmidt grew up in Tankersley, South Yorkshire, and started taking golf seriously at the age of 12. He had a stellar amateur career.

In 2019, he won both the Carris Trophy and the Brabazon Trophy, the English boys' and men's open amateur stroke play championship, respectively, in the same calendar year, only the fourth after Patrick Hine (1949), Sandy Lyle (1975) and Peter Baker (1985). At 16, he became the youngest-ever winner of the latter event, logging rounds of 69-64-69-69 to win by five strokes ahead of Harry Hall in second.

In 2020, Schmidt won the New South Wales Amateur Championship in Australia.

He won the 2019 Men's Home Internationals with England, and represented Great Britain & Ireland at the 2019 Jacques Léglise Trophy and in the 2021 Walker Cup at Seminole Golf Club in Florida.

Schmidt played on the Challenge Tour in 2023 and 2024, with a best finish of tied 4th at both the Kaskáda Golf Challenge and Hainan Open in 2024, before earning a European Tour card for 2025 at Q-School.

Amateur wins 2018 Lee Westwood Trophy, English Boys County Champion of Champions 2019 Brabazon Trophy, Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, Carris Trophy 2020 New South Wales Amateur Championship

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Professional wins (1) Alps Tour wins (1)

Team appearances Amateur Men's Home Internationals (representing England): 2019 (winners) Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2019 European Boys' Team Championship (representing England): 2019 Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2021

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