Website: www.benevansgolf.com

ABOUT BEN
Residence: Staplecross, England
Plays From: Rye Golf Club
Date of Birth: 13/12/1986
Place of Birth: Maidstone, England
Height & Weight: 6ft 2in 12st 6lbs (189cm 78kgs)
Interests: Sport, Cars, Music & Movies
Web Site: www.benevansgolf.com
Turned Pro: 2007 (plus 5)
Qualifying School: 2006, 07, 08, 09

A winner of numerous amateur titles including four consecutive Faldo Series titles from 2004-2007, matching Nick Doherty and Oliver Fisher’s previous records. A long time member of ‘Team Faldo’ Sir Nick’s elite squad along with the likes of James Heath, Oliver Fisher and Rory McIlroy.

Having taken up the game as a 10 year old Ben enjoyed all sports before concentrating on golf in his early teen’s having secured a golf scholarship at Millfield.

Represented England as an amateur from boys through to senior level, before turning professional at the Qualifying School in November 2007.

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Ben has joined the WFP's campaign on world hunger. As a WFP Advocate he will help to spread the word about the terrible plight of some billion plus starving people around the globe and the need for us all to act.

Whilst travelling the world playing professional golf Ben will take the opportunity during his schedule to visit WFP project's in both Latin America and Africa. With first hand experience as to how the WFP projects work Ben will be able to help expose its work to the golfing and wider community around the world.

As part of Ben's endorsement of the WFP his golf bag and clothing will carry the WFP's logo's along with those of their 'Fill the Cup' and 'Billion for a Billion' campaign's.

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Having joined the WFP's campaign on world hunger, Ben has been able to visit two of the World Food Programme's school feeding projects in Colombia and Kenya whilst there to play in the season's opening tournaments.

Where the WFP "Fill the Cup" programme operates the daily school meal (generally the only meal of the day) provides a very strong incentive for parents to send their children to school. Sadly there are currently 75 million children worldwide that do not attend school as poor households are often obliged to choose between school and work.

Ben will take the opportunity throughout the year to visit other projects and will help to promote the essential work of the UN's WFP.