Dimitrios Papadatos

Dimitrios Papadatos
Personal information
Born (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 33)
Sydney, Australia
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia4
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2019, 2022
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Player of the Year
2017, 2021–22

Dimitrios "Dimi" Papadatos (born 4 June 1991) is a Greek-Australian professional golfer currently playing on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Professional career

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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)

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PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

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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 New Zealand Mark Brown
2 12 Feb 2017 Oates Vic Open −16 (68-64-69-71=272) 2 strokes Australia Adam Bland, Australia Jake McLeod
3 21 May 2017 TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship −12 (70-68-70-68=276) 1 stroke Australia Rory Bourke
4 13 Feb 2022 Vic Open (2) −21 (65-68-68-66=267) 1 stroke New Zealand Ben Campbell

Challenge Tour wins (1)

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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 Portugal José-Filipe Lima, France Antoine Rozner

Playoff record

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Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 Astara Chile Classic United States Ben Kohles Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

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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
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ "Papadatos impresses with NZ Open win". PGA Australia. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Dimi puts Vic title on the line". Golf Australia. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ Swanton, Will (18 November 2018). "Dimi goes from crooked stick to British Open". The Australian. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Dimitrios Papadatos – Bio". The Open. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Different League: Braith Anasta's new role in golf". Australian Golf Digest. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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