Sion Emrys Bebb is a Welsh

Wales

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 professional golf

Golf

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Bebb was born in Church Village

Church Village

Church Village is a large village in the historic parish and community of Llantwit Fardre, located within the Taff Ely district of the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales...

, Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996, it was also an administrative county, with a county council.Mid Glamorgan was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972...

, and is the son of former Welsh international rugby

Rugby union

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 player Dewi Bebb

Dewi Bebb

Dewi Iorwerth Ellis Bebb was a Welsh rugby union player who won thirty four caps for Wales as a wing.Dewi Bebb was the son of the Welsh historian Ambrose Bebb. Educated at Friars School, Bangor, he later studied at Trinity College, Carmarthen, and Cardiff Teacher Training College. He made his...

. He turned professional in 1986 and worked for many years as a club professional

Professional golfer

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 before forging a tournament career. He has struggled to establish himself on the top level European Tour and has visited qualifying school

Qualifying school

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 many times, successfully regaining his card in 2006 and 2007.

Bebb first gained his card on the European Tour through the 2006 qualifying school, having spent many years on the second-tier Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

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. He had claimed his first win at that level earlier in 2006, at the Ryder Cup Wales Challenge, the week after his wife had given birth to their second child.

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	30 Jul 2006 2006 Challenge Tour The 2006 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.The Challenge Tour Rankings...	Ryder Cup Wales Challenge	-10 (68-64-73-69=274)	1 stroke	Jean-Baptiste Gonnet Jean-Baptiste Gonnet Jean-Baptiste Gonnet is a French professional golfer.Gonnet was born in Cannes. He turned professional in 2004 and has competed on the European Tour since graduating from the Challenge Tour in 2006.-Results in major championships:...

Other wins (3)

• 1999 Glenmuir British Club Professional Championship, European Club Professional Championship
• 2006 Welsh Professional Championship

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