Adrian Meronk

Adrian Meronk (born 31 May 1993) is a Polish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2022 Horizon Irish Open, becoming the first Polish golfer to win on the European Tour.

Adrian Meronk
Personal information
Born (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993
Hamburg, Germany
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Sporting nationality Poland
Career
CollegeEast Tennessee State University
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking46 (7 May 2023)[1]
(as of 14 May 2023)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2023
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT42: 2022

Amateur career

Meronk was born in Germany. He attended East Tennessee State University from 2012 to 2016.[2] Meronk represented Poland in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2012, 2014, 2016. In 2012 he was tied for 7th place as an individual. In 2016 Poland finished 8th with Meronk tied for 3rd place as an individual. He also played for Europe in the Arnold Palmer Cup in 2015 and 2016, being part of the winning team in 2016.

Professional career

Meronk turned professional after the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2017 and was runner-up in the Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge, losing in a playoff to Jens Dantorp.[3] He finished the season 30th in the rankings. He played on the Challenge Tour again in 2018, finishing 48th in the rankings with just one top-10 finish.

Meronk had a good start to the 2019 Challenge Tour season. He was tied for 7th place in his first two events and then solo 3rd in the D+D Real Czech Challenge. In September he had his first Challenge Tour win in the Open de Portugal, finishing two strokes ahead of Sebastián García Rodríguez.[4] He finished the 2019 season 5th in the Challenge Tour Rankings to gain a place on the 2020 European Tour.

Meronk held the 54-hole lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in November 2020, but a final round 76 saw him drop into a share of second place; 4 shots behind eventual winner, Christiaan Bezuidenhout.[5]

In July 2022, Meronk won the Horizon Irish Open to become the first Pole to win on the European Tour. He played the final four holes in 4-under-par to beat Ryan Fox by three shots.[6] In December 2022, Meronk won his second title on the European Tour at the ISPS Handa Australian Open in by five shots over Adam Scott.[7]

In May 2023, Meronk won the DS Automobiles Italian Open at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome. He shot a final-round 69 to win by one shot ahead of Romain Langasque.[8]

Amateur wins
  • 2010 Polish Junior Championship, Polish Amateur
  • 2011 Polish Junior Championship
  • 2012 TOYA Polish Junior
  • 2014 Polish Amateur, Inverness Intercollegiate, Wolfpack Intercollegiate (co-medalist)
  • 2015 Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate
  • 2016 Southern Conference Championship

Source:[9]

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 3 Jul 2022 Horizon Irish Open −20 (67-67-68-66=268) 3 strokes New Zealand Ryan Fox
2 4 Dec 2022
(2023 season)		 ISPS Handa Australian Open1 −14 (73-66-63-66=268) 5 strokes Australia Adam Scott
3 7 May 2023 DS Automobiles Italian Open −13 (68-68-66-69=271) 1 stroke France Romain Langasque

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Sep 2019 Open de Portugal −15 (67-72-68-66=273) 2 strokes Spain Sebastián García Rodríguez

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2017 Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge Sweden Jens Dantorp Lost to eagle on first extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 202120222023
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T42
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2023
Match Play T17

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 18 2023 Ending 7 May 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. "East Tennessee State Athletics Men's Golf 2015-16 Roster Adrian Meronk". East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. "Dantorp Wins Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge". Albawaba. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. "Meronk makes history in Portugal". Hambric Sports. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. "Christiaan Bezuidenhout claims win at Alfred Dunhill Championship". Polish News. 29 November 2020.
  6. "Irish Open: Adrian Meronk becomes first Polish player to win on DP World Tour". BBC Sport. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. "Adrian Meronk romps to five-stroke victory at Australian Open". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. "Italian Open: Adrian Meronk boosts Ryder Cup qualification hopes with impressive one-shot win". Sky Sports. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  9. "Adrian Meronk". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  10. "European Boys' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  11. "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2010 - Österåker GC, Sweden". European Golf Association. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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