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Mateusz Gradecki

{{short description|Polish professional golfer (born 1994)}}

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Mateusz Gradecki (born 4 June 1994) is a Polish professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour. He won the 2022 Limpopo Championship, becoming the first Sunshine Tour winner and only the second Challenge Tour winner to hail from Poland.{{cite web |title=Gradecki seals maiden Challenge Tour title in Limpopo |url=https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/gradecki-seals-maiden-challenge-tour-title-in-limpopo/ |publisher=European Tour |access-date=10 October 2022}}

Amateur career

Gradecki was born in Trzebnica and grew up in Oborniki Śląskie. His father Krzysztof owned the Eko supermarket chain and has been featured on lists of the 100 richest Poles. He also built the Gradi Golf Club in Brzeźno, where his son practices.{{cite web |title=Golf. Wielkie talenty z Wrocławia lekcje biorą u najlepszych - w USA |trans-title=Golf. Great talents from Wroclaw take lessons from the best - in the USA |url=https://gazetawroclawska.pl/golf-wielkie-talenty-z-wroclawia-lekcje-biora-u-najlepszych-w-usa/ar/3539603 |work=Gazeta Wrocławska |first=Jakub |last=Guder |date=14 August 2014 |access-date=11 October 2022 |language=pl}} Gradecki attended East Tennessee State University from 2013 to 2017 and played with the East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golf team alongside compatriot Adrian Meronk.{{cite web |url=https://www.etsubucs.com/mgolf/roster/2016-17/8818/mateusz-gradecki/ |title=Mateusz Gradecki |publisher=East Tennessee State Buccaneers |access-date=11 October 2022}}

Gradecki represented Poland in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2012, 2014 and 2016. He won the Polish Amateur five times and finished third at the 2017 Wrocław Open.{{cite web |title=2017 Wroclaw Open |url=https://www.owgr.com/events/wroclaw-open-6761 |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |access-date=11 October 2022}}

Professional career

Gradecki turned professional early 2018 and joined the Pro Golf Tour. In September, he won the New Golf Club Matchplay Championship in Germany and finished fifth in the Order of Merit to get promotion to the Challenge Tour. He had a disappointing rookie season and made only four cuts. Back on the Pro Golf Tour, he won the 2019 Open Prestigia and the 2021 Red Sea Egyptian Classic.

On the Challenge Tour again for the 2021 season, he finished 68th in the Challenge Tour Order of Merit to keep his card, after recording several top-10 finishes including a season best of tied 6th at the Sydbank Esbjerg Challenge.

In April 2022, Gradecki won the co-sanctioned Limpopo Championship in South Africa to become the first Pole to win on the Sunshine Tour, and only the second Challenge Tour winner to hail from Poland, after Adrian Meronk. In July, he lost a playoff at the German Challenge to Alejandro del Rey of Spain, who won with a birdie at the second playoff hole.{{cite web |title=Del Rey claims play-off glory in Germany |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/del-rey-claims-play-off-glory-in-germany/ |publisher=European Tour |date=24 July 2022 |access-date=11 October 2022}}

Amateur wins

  • 2011 Polish Amateur
  • 2012 Polish Amateur
  • 2013 Polish Amateur
  • 2014 Faldo Series Poland
  • 2015 Polish Amateur
  • 2016 Polish Amateur
  • 2017 MVK Turkish International Amateur Open Championship

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/mateusz-gradecki-3203 |title=Mateusz Gradecki |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=11 October 2022}}

Professional wins (5)

=Sunshine Tour wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|3 Apr 2022

|Limpopo Championship1

|−19 (68-68-67-66=269)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Hennie du Plessis

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

=Challenge Tour wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|3 Apr 2022

|Limpopo Championship1

|−19 (68-68-67-66=269)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Hennie du Plessis

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2022

|Big Green Egg German Challenge

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro del Rey

|Lost to birdie on second extra hole

=Pro Golf Tour wins (3)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|5 Sep 2018

|New Golf Club Matchplay Championship

|colspan=2 align=center|1 up

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Baptiste Achard

align=center|2

|align=right|4 Feb 2019

|Open Prestigia

|−14 (69-66-67=202)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|GER}} Allen John, {{flagicon|GER}} Hurly Long

align=center|3

|align=right|15 Apr 2021

|Red Sea Egyptian Classic

|−12 (66-70-68=204)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|NED}} Mike Toorop

=Other wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runners-up

align=center|1

|align=right|10 Sep 2024

|Penati Slovak Open

|−9 (72-65=137)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Ondřej Lieser, {{flagicon|CZE}} Filip Mrůzek

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|https://mateuszgradecki.eu/}}
  • {{EuroTour player|37052}}
  • {{OWGR|14191}}

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Category:Polish male golfers

Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golfers

Category:Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Category:People from Oborniki Śląskie

Category:1994 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen