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Wentworth has a series of members who started and developed their golf at the Club and now play golf on Tour. These include:
Ross Fisher came through the Foundation as a scholar at Wentworth and is now an established member of the European Tour and a proven winner. Ross won his first tournament, the KLM Dutch Open in 2007, followed by the European Open in 2008 and the Volvo World Matchplay Championship in 2009.
Simon Griffiths is another golfer and ex-Wentworth scholar who now plays primarily on the Asian Tour and in 2008 finished runner-up in the Volvo China Open in Beijing. In his rookie year, Simon also came runner-up in the Vietnam Masters at the end of a successful season in which he finished 44th in the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
Seve Benson joined Wentworth in 2003. In 2008 he claimed his first European Challenge Tour win with a three-stroke victory at the Piemonte Open in Italy. Seve played his first full year on the European Tour in 2009 and successfully retained his tour card for 2010.
Matthew Mills, now aged 26, joined Wentworth in 1994 and played his first full year’s golf on the Challenge Tour in 2009.