Alan Dunbar

{{short description|Northern Irish professional golfer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Alan Dunbar (born 30 April 1990){{cite web |url=http://www.theopen.com/en/Players/PlayerProfiles.aspx#player=Alan+DUNBAR |title=The Open Championship Current Field - 2012: Alan Dunbar |accessdate=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715042323/http://www.theopen.com/en/Players/PlayerProfiles.aspx#player=Alan+DUNBAR |archive-date=2012-07-15 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} is a Northern Irish professional golfer who won the 2012 Amateur Championship at Royal Troon.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/18577090 |title=Alan Dunbar targets professional career after British Amateur win |date=25 June 2012 |accessdate=17 July 2012}} His home club is Rathmore Golf Club near Portrush, County Antrim.{{cite web |url=http://www.rathmoregolfclub.co.uk/ |title=Rathmore Golf Club |accessdate=17 July 2012}}

Dunbar won the Ulster Youths Amateur Open in 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.gui.ie/getattachment/eb77e038-10f0-4778-a6c4-40fe5c9cfc5e/Ulster-Youths-Past-Winners.aspx |title=Ulster Youths Amateur Open Championship |accessdate=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510062108/http://gui.ie/getattachment/eb77e038-10f0-4778-a6c4-40fe5c9cfc5e/Ulster-Youths-Past-Winners.aspx |archivedate=10 May 2012 }} the St Andrews Links Trophy in 2009 and the North of Ireland Amateur Open and the Irish Open Amateur in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.gui.ie/getattachment/9284f09c-9845-4326-908a-7d1873c00809/North-of-Ireland-Past-Winners.aspx |title=Record of winners & Runners-up in the North of Ireland Amateur Open Championship |accessdate=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717174356/http://www.gui.ie/getattachment/9284f09c-9845-4326-908a-7d1873c00809/North-of-Ireland-Past-Winners.aspx |archivedate=17 July 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gui.ie/getattachment/c9f731df-9059-4dc6-84a0-c654d537839e/Irish-Amateur-Open-Past-Winners.aspx |title=Past winners of the Irish Amateur Open Championship |accessdate=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505092907/http://gui.ie/getattachment/c9f731df-9059-4dc6-84a0-c654d537839e/Irish-Amateur-Open-Past-Winners.aspx |archivedate=5 May 2012 }}

Dunbar played in the winning 2011 Walker Cup team. Partnered with Paul Cutler they won both their foursome matches, although Dunbar lost his singles match on the final day.

Dunbar won the Amateur Championship in June 2012 defeating Austrian teenager Matthias Schwab by one hole at Royal Troon. Dunbar and Schwab exchanged the lead five times in the 36 hole final. Schwab led by 1 hole after the morning round but after 5 holes of the afternoon Dunbar was 2 holes ahead. However Schwab was again 1 hole ahead with 2 holes to play, but Dunbar won the last two holes to gain a narrow victory.{{cite web |url=http://www.randa.org/en/RandA/News/News/2012/June/Am-Champ-Final.aspx |title=Alan Dunbar wins The 117th Amateur Championship |accessdate=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628014009/http://www.randa.org/en/RandA/News/News/2012/June/Am-Champ-Final.aspx |archive-date=28 June 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Dunbar has played in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Irish Opens but has failed to make the cut on each occasion. In the 2012 Irish Open at Royal Portrush he opened with a 71 (-1) but in the second round shot a 78.

His victory in the 2012 Amateur Championship brought Dunbar an invitation to the 2012 Open Championship. He had a disappointing opening round of 75 which included a triple-bogey and two double-bogeys and despite a second round 71 he missed the cut.

The Amateur Championship win also gave him automatic qualification to the 2013 Masters and 2013 U.S. Open provided he remained an amateur. He played in the Masters then turned professional, forfeiting his exemption to the U.S. Open.{{cite web |url=http://www.golfbytourmiss.com/2013/04/javier-ballesteros-joins-alan-dunbar-making-madrid-event-challenge-tour-debut/ |title=Javier Ballesteros joins Alan Dunbar making Madrid event Challenge Tour Debut |first=Fatiha |last=Betscher |accessdate=22 April 2013}} Dunbar made his professional debut at the Challenge de Madrid, an event on the second-tier Challenge Tour, where he missed the cut.