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Paul Barjon - Wikipedia

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Paul Barjon

Personal information

Born

19 September 1992 (age 32)
Bordeaux, France

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight

185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)

Sporting nationality

France

Residence

Fort Worth, Texas

Spouse

Katrina Barjon

(m. 2019)

Children

Career

College

Texas Christian University

Turned professional

2016

Current tour(s)

PGA Tour

Former tour(s)

Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Canada

Professional wins

Number of wins by tour

Korn Ferry Tour

Other

Best results in major championships

Masters Tournament

DNP

PGA Championship

DNP

U.S. Open

CUT: 2020, 2021, 2023

The Open Championship

DNP

Achievements and awards

PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit winner	2019

Paul Barjon (born 19 September 1992)^[1]^[2] is a French professional golfer, who won the 2019 PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit.

Early life and amateur career

Barjon was born in Bordeaux, France to parents Alain and Marie.^[1] However, he grew up in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific. He has a brother named Louis.^[3]

As a youth, he won the 2009 New Caledonia Amateur Championship, 2010 Grand Prix of Baron, and 2011 French Club Team Championship.^[3] He attended high school at Lycée Polyvalent in Antibes, France.^[3] In November 2011, Barjon signed a letter of intent to play for Texas Christian University.^[3]

At the age of 18, he was at #105 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.^[3] In 2012, he won the stroke-play portion of the Italian Amateur.^[3] In 2012, he won the Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship. He also reached the round of 16 at the 2012 Amateur Championship.^[3] Barjon represented France at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy in Antalya, Turkey, were his team were tied bronze medalists.^[4]^[5]

The following year, he played for France at the 2013 European Amateur Team Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark, were his team earned a bronze medal.^[6]^[7]^[8] He also represented France at the 2014 European Amateur Team Championship.

In 2016, he finished runner-up at the Big 12 Championship for golf.^[9]

Professional career

Barjon turned professional in 2016.^[10] In 2016, he played on the PGA Tour Canada. He won the Freedom 55 Financial Championship on the tour. Later in the year, he played on the 2016 Aruba Cup. In 2019, he again had much success in Canada. He won the Bayview Place DCBank Open and Osprey Valley Open on PGA Tour Canada and the Order of Merit.^[11]

Before the 2020 season, he qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour. He had much success that year. He finished in second place at the 2020 Mexico Championship. He also finished in second place at the WinCo Foods Portland Open. He qualified for the 2020 U.S. Open. Later in the season he played the 2021 Huntsville Championship at the Ledges in Huntsville, Alabama.^[12] He held the 54-hole lead at the tournament.^[13] At the end of regulation, he was tied with Billy Kennerly and Mito Pereira, which resulted in a sudden-death playoff. Kennerly bogeyed the second hole of the playoff to be eliminated. On the third playoff hole – played at the par-5 10th hole – Pereira made birdie. However, Barjon "poured in a 20-foot eagle putt for the win." It was his 25th event of the year. After three second-place finishes, he had finally won.^[12] Later in the year he qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open.^[14]

In 2022 he was tied for the 54-hole lead at The American Express, but shot a one-over 73 in the final round to finish at 10th place.

Amateur wins

2012 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship
2013 Stanford Intercollegiate
2015 Connecticut Cup
2016 Kingsmill Intercollegiate

Source:^[15]

Professional wins (6)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 May 2021	Huntsville Championship	−15 (65-67-64-69=265)	Playoff	Billy Kennerly, Mito Pereira
2	2 Jul 2023	Memorial Health Championship	−26 (65-62-66-65=258)	1 stroke	Jackson Suber
3	8 Oct 2023	Korn Ferry Tour Championship	−14 (72-70-64-68=274)	3 strokes	Fabián Gómez

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2020	El Bosque Mexico Championship	David Kocher, Chad Ramey	Kocher won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2021	Huntsville Championship	Billy Kennerly, Mito Pereira	Won with eagle on third extra hole

PGA Tour Canada wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	18 Sep 2016	Freedom 55 Financial Championship	−22 (63-66-61-68=258)	1 stroke	Vaita Guillaume
2	2 Jun 2019	Bayview Place DCBank Open	−19 (69-64-63-65=261)	1 stroke	Doc Redman
3	14 Jul 2019	Osprey Valley Open	−25 (64-66-66-67=263)	3 strokes	Taylor Pendrith

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2020	2021	2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	NT

Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 2012
European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 2013, 2014^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b "Paul Barjon". YahooSports. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Paul Barjon - Player Profile - Golf". Eurosport. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Paul Barjon - Men's Golf". TCU Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "USA Sets 54-Hole Scoring Mark In Winning 14th World Amateur Team Championship". IGF. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
^ "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 1 November 2018.
^ "2013 European Amateur Men's Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2013 - Silkeborg GC, Denmark". European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ "2013 European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
^ "Paul Barjon Player Profile". AmateurGolf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Paul Barjon". Golf Channel. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ Stasiewich, Brendan (15 September 2019). "Barjon wins Order of Merit and Player of the Year Award". PGA Tour.
^ ^a ^b "Paul Barjon prevails in playoff to win Korn Ferry Tour's Huntsville Championship". Golfweek. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Paul Barjon takes three-stroke lead, eyes breakthrough win at Huntsville Championship". WAAY News. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Paul Barjon". ESPN. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ "Paul Barjon". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2014 - Linna Golf, Finland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

External links

Paul Barjon at the PGA Tour official site
Paul Barjon at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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