Brett Rankin is an Australian professional golfer from Brisbane, Queensland, born 8 June 1986. He turned professional in 2011 and has primarily competed on the PGA Tour of Australasia, with additional appearances on international circuits including the Asian Tour and DP World Tour. His notable professional breakthrough was winning the 2019 Tailor-made Building Services Northern Territory PGA Championship. Provider data lists his current status as inactive as at 23 August 2026.
Brett Rankin was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 8 June 1986 and represents Australia in professional golf. He turned professional in 2011 and developed his career largely through the Australian professional circuit, where he became a regular competitor on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the domestic Sunshine Swing. Rankin is a right-handed golfer and has been described as a durable domestic campaigner capable of producing low scores in pro-am and tour events. His professional breakthrough came in 2019, when he won the Tailor-made Building Services Northern Territory PGA Championship by three strokes. He has also recorded leading finishes in prominent Australasian events, including the Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship. In the 2025-26 period, published tournament profiles recorded Rankin competing across Australasian and Asian events, including the SJM Macao Open, Queensland PGA Championship and New Zealand Open. The supplied provider record identifies him as inactive as at 23 August 2026; no more specific retirement or roster explanation was located.
Rankin's clearest documented breakthrough was his three-stroke victory at the 2019 Tailor-made Building Services Northern Territory PGA Championship. Contemporary reporting described it as the breakthrough win he had been seeking.
Turned professional in 2011. Recorded a professional win at the 2019 Northern Territory PGA Championship. Data Golf lists one win on an OWGR-sanctioned tour and identifies a tied-fifth finish at the 2025 SJM Macao Open, a sixth-place finish at the 2025 Queensland PGA Championship, and a tied-14th finish at the 2026 New Zealand Open among his leading recent results. The Official World Golf Ranking profile listed him at world number 884, with a career-best ranking of 620, on the accessed profile.
His defining competitive moment was winning the 2019 Northern Territory PGA Championship by three strokes. Other notable performances include tied 13th at the 2015 Emirates Australian Open, tied 10th at the 2020 Australian PGA Championship, tied third at the 2021 TPS Sydney, second at the 2017 SP Brewery PNG Golf Open, tied fifth at the 2025 SJM Macao Open and sixth at the 2025 Queensland PGA Championship.