Andrew McArthur is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 professional golf

Golf

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McArthur was born in Lanark

Lanark

Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland. The name is believed to come from the Cumbric Lanerc meaning "clear space, glade"....

. He turned professional in 2005 after a successful amateur career. He qualified for the second tier Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

 by reaching the final stage of qualifying school

Qualifying school

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. He narrowly missed out on graduating to the elite European Tour three times by ending the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons just outside the top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings. He finally gained his European Tour card for 2010 by finishing in 17th place on the rankings in 2009.

McArthur has one win on the Challenge Tour which came at the Reale Challenge de España in 2008.

Amateur wins

• 2002 Scottish Amateur Championship
• 2003 NCAA Division II Championship
  NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships
  The NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships, played in late May, is an annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf. It is a stroke play team competition, but there is also an award for the lowest scoring individual competitor. Many of the individual champions have gone on to successful...
  
  
• 2005 Czech Amateur Open Championship

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners-up
1	8 Jun 2008 2008 Challenge Tour The 2008 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour...	Reale Challenge de España	-8 (69-65-72-74=274)	1 stroke	Alfredo García-Heredia,   Lloyd Saltman Lloyd Saltman Lloyd Saltman is a Scottish professional golfer.Saltman was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the grandson of former Hibernian goalkeeper Tommy Younger...

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