- Tom Osborne, 25, has turned professional, England Golf announced on November 10.
- Osborne won the Brabazon Trophy at Moortown and the Spanish Amateur Championship in 2026.
- He is entered in the MENA Golf Tour’s Cairo Open at Madinaty Golf Club, 28–30 November.
Tom Osborne has turned professional after the best 12 months of his amateur career. The 25-year-old Yorkshireman and England Men’s squad regular won his two biggest titles over that period.
The headline win came at Moortown in May, where he led the Brabazon Trophy from start to finish. His opening round set a Moortown course record and a Brabazon scoring record. Tournament-week reports gave it as a nine-under 62, although England Golf’s announcement lists it as 63. Osborne followed with rounds of 66, 69 and 71 to finish on 16 under. He won by two shots from England teammate Eliot Baker, who bogeyed the last while chasing a play-off.
Osborne also beat Baker in Madrid. He won the 36-hole final of the Copa S.M. El Rey at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro 3&2. Baker has since won the European Nations Cup and earned a Walker Cup place for Great Britain and Ireland at Lahinch.
For England, Osborne played in the Home Internationals from 2024 to 2026. He also represented his country at the South American Amateur and the Costa Ballena Octangular Match in 2025 and 2026, and at the European Nations Cup this year. He reached a best World Amateur Golf Ranking of 111th.
Where will he play?
Osborne finished 13th at the MENA Golf Tour’s England qualifying school on the Royal Automobile Club’s Old Course, shooting 73-70 for a one-under total of 143. That earned him one of 18 cards, according to Love Live Golf. The magazine reports that he plans to play three events in Egypt before Christmas and hopes to combine the circuit with HotelPlanner Tour starts in 2027.
The Cairo Open is followed by the New Giza Open from 3–5 December and the $200,000 Egyptian Open at Madinaty from 8–10 December.
Osborne, who is based at Lindrick, has stated on his own website that his goal is a place on the DP World Tour.
GolfToday Verdict: Osborne’s form against a strong English peer group suggests he can compete, but starting on the MENA Tour shows how long the route to the DP World Tour is for players who don’t arrive with a card already secured.
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