Benn Barham is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

er on the European Tour

PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...

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Barham was born in Ashford, Kent

Ashford, Kent

Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. In 2005 it was voted the fourth best place to live in the United Kingdom. It lies on the Great Stour river, the M20 motorway, and the South Eastern Main Line and High Speed 1 railways. Its agricultural market is one of the most...

. He has won two tournaments on 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...

, the 2001 NCC Open and the 2005 Open Mahou de Madrid

Open Mahou de Madrid

The Open Mahou de Madrid was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2005 to 2007.There is also a Madrid Open on the European Tour.-Tournament hosts:*2007 Casino Club de Golf Retamares*2006 Club de Golf La Herreria...

. Since graduating from the Challenge Tour at the end of 2005, he has managed to retain his European Tour card each season by finishing inside the top 120 on the Order of Merit, and through the end of 2009, had a best tournament finish on the tour of second place at the 2009 Austrian Golf Open. Despite that result he lost his card at the end of 2009, and spent 2010 playing on both the European and Challenge Tours. In October 2010 Barham had his right kidney removed after a cancerous tumour was diagnosed; he returned to competitive golf at the Kenya Open

Kenya Open

The Kenya Open is a golf tournament in Kenya and has been an event on the European based Challenge Tour schedule since 1991. It was founded in 1967, and has been held at Muthaiga Golf Club near Nairobi every year except 1968 and between 2004 and 2008, when the tournament was held at Karen Country...

 in April 2011.

In recent seasons Barham has begun an initiative in which he donates £1 for every birdie he makes to Demelza House

Demelza Hospice Care for Children

Demelza Hospice Care for Children is the only residential hospice in Kent, East Sussex and South London. They provide a wide range of services to children with terminal illnesses or conditions.-History:...

, a children's hospice in Kent.

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	3 Jun 2001 2001 Challenge Tour The 2001 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour...	NCC Open	-11 (71-67-63-72=273)	2 strokes	Paul Dwyer
2	3 Jul 2005 2005 Challenge Tour The 2005 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour...	Open Mahou de Madrid Open Mahou de Madrid The Open Mahou de Madrid was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2005 to 2007.There is also a Madrid Open on the European Tour.-Tournament hosts:*2007 Casino Club de Golf Retamares*2006 Club de Golf La Herreria...	-21 (63-67-66-67=263)	4 strokes	Fredrik Widmark

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