Adrian Meronk

Adrian Meronk (born 31 May 1993) is a Polish professional golfer who plays as a member of Cleeks GC as part of the LIV Golf League. He won the 2022 Horizon Irish Open, becoming the first Polish golfer to win on the European Tour.

Early life
Meronk was born in Hamburg, Germany, and at the age of two his family returned to Poland. They settled in Pniewy, near Poznań, and lived there for ten years. He attended high school in Wrocław, prior to moving to the United States to study.

Amateur career
Meronk attended East Tennessee State University from 2012 to 2016. Meronk represented Poland in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2012, 2014, 2016. In 2012 he was tied for 7th place as an individual. In 2016 Poland finished 8th with Meronk tied for 3rd place as an individual. He also played for Europe in the Arnold Palmer Cup in 2015 and 2016, being part of the winning team in 2016.

Professional career
Meronk turned professional after the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2017 and was runner-up in the Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge, losing in a playoff to Jens Dantorp. He finished the season 30th in the rankings. He played on the Challenge Tour again in 2018, finishing 48th in the rankings with just one top-10 finish.

Meronk had a good start to the 2019 Challenge Tour season. He was tied for 7th place in his first two events and then solo 3rd in the D+D Real Czech Challenge. In September he had his first Challenge Tour win in the Open de Portugal, finishing two strokes ahead of Sebastián García Rodríguez. He finished the 2019 season 5th in the Challenge Tour Rankings to gain a place on the 2020 European Tour.

Meronk held the 54-hole lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in November 2020, but a final round 76 saw him drop into a share of second place; 4 shots behind eventual winner, Christiaan Bezuidenhout.

In July 2022, Meronk won the Horizon Irish Open to become the first Pole to win on the European Tour. He played the final four holes in 4-under-par to beat Ryan Fox by three shots. In December 2022, Meronk won his second title on the European Tour at the ISPS Handa Australian Open in by five shots over Adam Scott.

In May 2023, Meronk won the DS Automobiles Italian Open at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome. He shot a final-round 69 to win by one shot ahead of Romain Langasque. With this win and Meronk's consistent play on the European Tour in 2022 and 2023, it put him in contention to qualify for the Ryder Cup team in September 2023. Meronk ultimately finished fifth on the European points list at the end of qualification at the Omega European Masters and missed out on automatically qualifying. He was also controversially not selected as a wildcard pick, despite winning at the venue in which the Ryder Cup was played. A month later, Meronk won the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters in Spain, shooting 66-66 over the weekend to win by one shot ahead of Matti Schmid.

After getting snubbed for the 2023 Ryder Cup, Meronk signed with LIV Golf, joining Cleeks GC as part of the 2024 LIV Golf League.

Amateur wins

 * 2010 Polish Junior Championship, Polish Amateur
 * 2011 Polish Junior Championship
 * 2012 TOYA Polish Junior
 * 2014 Polish Amateur, Inverness Intercollegiate, Wolfpack Intercollegiate (co-medalist)
 * 2015 Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate
 * 2016 Southern Conference Championship

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European Tour wins (4)
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

Challenge Tour wins (1)
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships
"T" = Tied

Team appearances
Amateur
 * European Boys' Team Championship (representing Poland): 2008, 2009
 * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Poland): 2012, 2014, 2016
 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Poland): 2010, 2015
 * Arnold Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2015, 2016 (winners)

Professional
 * European Championships (representing Poland): 2018
 * Hero Cup (representing Continental Europe): 2023 (winners)