John Catlin (golfer)

John Catlin (born November 15, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Asian Tour. In 2020 he won the Andalucía Masters and the Irish Open on the European Tour and has won four times on the Asian Tour.

John Catlin
Personal information
Born (1990-11-15) November 15, 1990
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of New Mexico
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour Canada
Asian Development Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking84 (September 27, 2020)[1]
(as of February 7, 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Asian Tour4
Other3

Amateur career

Catlin was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, United States. He picked up the game from an early age and found a lot of success as an amateur, winning consecutive NCGA State Match Play Championships in 2010 and 2011, and Memorial Amateur Championships in 2011 and 2012. Catlin then went on to play for the University of New Mexico where he was an Academic All-American and an honorable mention NCAA All-American in 2012. In the same year he also won the Arizona Intercollegiate and was named UNM Student-Athlete of the year.[2]

Professional career

Catlin turned professional in 2013, he started his first season as a professional playing on the PGA Tour Canada. He then went on to play on the Asian Development Tour full-time, capturing two wins between 2016 and 2017.

Catlin's biggest success to date, came in the 2018 Asian Tour season where he won three times.[3] This success awarded him the Asian Tour's player of the year honors. Furthermore, this success also gave him European Tour status for the 2019 season. Catlin won the 2019 Thailand Open in a four-man playoff to claim his fourth victory on the Asian Tour.[4]

In August 2020, Catlin became the first player to be withdrawn from a tournament on the European Tour due to violating the tour's COVID-19 safety protocols, after he and his caddie went to a restaurant in the days leading up to the English Championship.[5] A month later, Catlin won his first European Tour event at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, completing a wire-to-wire victory when Martin Kaymer made a bogey on the final hole to fall into second place.[6] Three weeks after his first European Tour win, Catlin won again at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, shooting a final-round 64 to beat Aaron Rai by two strokes.[7]

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Sep 6, 2020 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters +2 (69-70-72-75=286) 1 stroke Martin Kaymer
2 Sep 27, 2020 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open −10 (67-70-69-64=270) 2 strokes Aaron Rai

Asian Tour wins (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 May 20, 2018 Asia-Pacific Classic1 −16 (68-66-69-69=272) 2 strokes Adam Blyth, Natipong Srithong
2 Jul 7, 2018 Sarawak Championship −22 (67-65-68-66=266) 1 stroke Danthai Boonma, Jazz Janewattananond,
Paul Peterson
3 Oct 7, 2018 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship −15 (70-68-70-65=273) 2 strokes Sihwan Kim
4 Nov 10, 2019 Thailand Open −11 (67-70-69-67=273) Playoff Shiv Kapur, Pavit Tangkamolprasert

1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Thailand Open Shiv Kapur, Pavit Tangkamolprasert Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Development Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 Nov 26, 2016 Combiphar Golf Invitational −16 (70-64-67-67=268) 3 strokes Antonio Lascuña, Micah Lauren Shin
2 Nov 11, 2017 PGM EurAsia Perak Championship −16 (68-70-67-67=272) 7 strokes Martin Dive

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Sep 2, 2018 Singha Chiang Mai Open −25 (66-62-63-68=259) 7 strokes Udorn Duangdecha

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2018
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T54

"T" = Tied

References
  1. "Week 39 2020 Ending 27 Sep 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  2. "John Catlin Bio". John Catlin Official Website. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  3. "Catlin scores hat-trick with another win at Yeangder Tournament Players Championship". Asian Tour. October 7, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  4. "Courageous Catlin claims play-off win at the Thailand Open". Asian Tour. November 10, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  5. "Coronavirus: European Tour withdraws John Caitlin from English Championship after bubble breach". Sky Sports. August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  6. "Catlin goes wire-to-wire to win Andalucia Masters". Reuters. September 6, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  7. "Grandstand finish hands Catlin Galgorm glory". European Tour. September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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