Ben Eccles is an Australian professional golfer born in Bolton, England, on 29 November 1994. A right-handed player who turned professional in 2015, he developed through Victoria’s elite amateur system and the PGA Tour of Australasia. Eccles first gained major attention by winning the 2015 NSW Open as an amateur, then claimed his first professional title at the 2023 CKB WA PGA Championship. The supplied provider record identifies him as inactive; no more recent official roster status was locate…
Ben Eccles is an Australian professional golfer whose early development was centred in Victoria, including associations with Torquay Sands Golf Club, 13th Beach Golf Links and Victoria Golf Club. Although born in Bolton, England, he is represented as Australian in professional golf records and competed through Golf Australia’s Victorian pathway. Eccles won the 2012 Srixon International and the 2013 NSW Amateur Championship before making his breakthrough on the professional stage as an amateur at the 2015 NSW Open. That victory gave him status on the PGA Tour of Australasia and prompted him to turn professional later in 2015.
Eccles is a right-handed golfer and has been listed at approximately 183 centimetres. His game carried him into international tournament golf, including European Tour and Japan Golf Tour events, while his principal professional base has been the PGA Tour of Australasia. Golf Australia records also identify him as part of the national rookie professional pathway, and he was associated with the Victorian Institute of Sport programme during his development.
His first professional victory came in October 2023 at the CKB WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie. Eccles won by five strokes, ending an eight-year gap between his NSW Open breakthrough and his first professional title. He continued to appear in significant Australasian events, including the Victorian PGA Championship, the Vic Open, the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open. Results reported for the 2025–26 season included a top-eight finish at the Vic Open and a top-15 finish at the 2026 ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship.
Publicly available player profiles list sports and friends among his interests, with Golf Australia also recording his support for the Geelong Football Club and admiration for Tiger Woods. No reliable public source located for this profile disclosed a professional contract value, salary, cumulative career earnings or prize-money total. No major injury and recovery record was verified from the sources reviewed.
Eccles’ first major breakthrough was winning the 2015 NSW Open as a 20-year-old amateur. The victory provided status on the PGA Tour of Australasia and preceded his decision to turn professional in 2015.
Verified career milestones include the 2012 Srixon International title, the 2013 NSW Amateur Championship, the 2015 NSW Open amateur title and the 2023 CKB WA PGA Championship professional title. Golf Australia also recorded a third-place finish at the 2014 Vic Open and a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Victorian Open. No complete, authoritative career totals for wins, starts, earnings or official world ranking were verified.
Eccles’ defining moments are his 2015 NSW Open victory as an amateur and his five-stroke win at the 2023 CKB WA PGA Championship, his first professional title. The 2023 victory was notable because it came eight years after his amateur NSW Open success.