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Ten things you didn’t know about 15-year-old Josh Hill

Making his debut on the European Tour this week at the 2020 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA there is a lot to admire about 15-year-old Josh Hill.

He was the youngest winner of a professional tournament Aged 15 years, six months and 27 days Hill became the youngest winner ever of an Official World Golf Ranking-recognised professional tournament, after he won the 2019 Al Ain Open with a final-round 62 on the MENA Tour in Dubai by one shot. This also meant he beat the previous record, set by Ryo Ishikawa in 2007, by a whole two months. He started playing golf at the age of two The English teenage sensation first picked up a club at two-years-old when he was introduced to the game by his grandfather in Spain. For the first year and a half he only played with a cut down 2-iron. His handicap is currently +5.4 A resident in Dubai, Hill is a member of Trump International Dubai, playing to a handicap of +5.4 and when he was just 13-years-old he set the course record there with a round of 65. He is the youngest player to qualify for back-to-back European Tour events Hill’s record-breaking win on the MENA Tour saw him qualify for his first European Tour event at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic but his success didn’t end there. Aged 15 years and ten months he won the Abu Dhabi Amateur Championship with a birdie on the last hole at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club to earn a place at the 2020 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.