Benn Barham

Benn James John Barham (born 6 February 1976) is an English professional golfer on the European Tour.

Benn Barham
Personal information
Full name	Benn James John Barham
Born	(1976-02-06) 6 February 1976 (age 48) Ashford, Kent, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality	England
Residence	Tenterden, Kent, England
Career
Turned professional	1996
Former tour(s)	European Tour Challenge Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2002, 2007

Barham was born in Ashford, Kent. He has won two tournaments on the second tier Challenge Tour, the 2001 NCC Open and the 2005 Open Mahou de Madrid. Since graduating from the Challenge Tour at the end of 2005, he has managed to retain his European Tour card each season by finishing inside the top 120 on the Order of Merit, and through the end of 2009, had a best tournament finish on the tour of second place at the 2009 Austrian Golf Open. Despite that result he lost his card at the end of 2009, and spent 2010 playing on both the European and Challenge Tours. In October 2010 Barham had his right kidney removed after a cancerous tumour was diagnosed;^[1] he returned to competitive golf at the Kenya Open in April 2011.^[2]

In recent seasons Barham has begun an initiative in which he donates £1 for every birdie he makes to Demelza House, a children's hospice in Kent.^[3]