Grégory Bourdy
Grégory Bourdy (born 25 April 1982) is a French professional golfer who competes on the European Tour.
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Bourdy at the 2011 KLM Open | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1982 Bordeaux, France | ||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | ||||||||
| Sporting nationality | France | ||||||||
| Residence | Bordeaux, France | ||||||||
| Career | |||||||||
| Turned professional | 2003 | ||||||||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour | ||||||||
| Former tour(s) | Sunshine Tour Alps Tour | ||||||||
| Professional wins | 10 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking | 75 (12 June 2011)[1] | ||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
| European Tour | 4 | ||||||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | ||||||||
| Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||||||||
| Other | 5 | ||||||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||||||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||||||
| PGA Championship | T18: 2016 | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | T18: 2016 | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | T39: 2008 | ||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Bourdy was born in Bordeaux. He turned professional in 2003. His cousin Nicolas Beaufils is also a professional golfer, who has played on the Challenge Tour.
Bourdy has played on the European Tour full-time since 2005, having previously competed on the second-tier Challenge Tour. Bourdy won his first European Tour event on 28 October 2007 at the Mallorca Classic. That win helped him to finish 39th on the European Tour's Order of Merit list, the first time he had broken the top 100. He has been the highest ranked French golfer on the Official World Golf Rankings.
Bourdy also has three victories on the Alps Tour, one of Europe's third-tier development tours, between 2003 and 2005, and won the South African PGA Championship on the Sunshine Tour in 2006. Bourdy was also a member of the France team that finished in 2nd place at the 2002 Eisenhower Trophy.
After his first European Tour win at the 2007 Mallorca Classic, Bourdy collected another victory at the Estoril Open de Portugal in 2008.
In November 2009, Bourdy held off the challenge of Rory McIlroy to win the UBS Hong Kong Open by two strokes.[2]
At the Lyoness Open in June 2015, Bourdy held a two-stroke advantage going into the final round, having led from day one. However, in the final round he shot a six-over-par 78 that included five bogeys and a double bogey to finish in a tie for sixth.
In 2016, Bourdy finished T18 at both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship – his best finishes at major championships to date – and shared 21st place at the Olympic Games in Brazil.
Amateur wins edit
- 2002 Scottish Youths Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (10) edit
European Tour wins (4) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Oct 2007 | Mallorca Classic | −12 (69-68-64-67=268) | 2 strokes | Sam Little |
| 2 | 6 Apr 2008 | Estoril Open de Portugal | −18 (63-65-68-70=266) | Playoff | Alastair Forsyth, David Howell |
| 3 | 15 Nov 2009 | UBS Hong Kong Open1 | −19 (64-67-63-67=261) | 2 strokes | Rory McIlroy |
| 4 | 1 Sep 2013 | ISPS Handa Wales Open | −8 (67-72-70-67=276) | 2 strokes | Peter Uihlein |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008 | Estoril Open de Portugal | Alastair Forsyth, David Howell | Won with birdie on third extra hole Forsyth eliminated by par on second hole |
Sunshine Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Feb 2006 | Telkom PGA Championship | −21 (66-66-66-69=267) | 6 strokes | Thomas Aiken |
Alps Tour wins (3) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Apr 2003 | Open de la Commission Professionnelle | −15 (69-67-69-68=273) | 2 strokes | Alexandre Balicki, Philippe Lima |
| 2 | 1 Jun 2003 | Open de Bordeaux | −18 (67-68-66-69=270) | 1 stroke | Ilya Goroneskoul, Sarel Son-Houi |
| 3 | 17 Sep 2005 | Open International Stade Français Paris | −8 (71-65-72-72=280) | Playoff | Adrien Mörk, Sarel Son-Houi |
French Tour wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Apr 2011 | Grand Prix Schweppes | −15 (69-69-66-65=269) | 1 stroke | Édouard Dubois |
| 2 | 13 Apr 2013 | Grand Prix Schweppes (2) | −9 (69-65-72-69=275) | 2 strokes | Grégory Havret |
Results in major championships edit
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T18 | CUT | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | T53 | T39 | T48 | T64 | T47 | ||||||
| PGA Championship | T58 | CUT | T18 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Results in World Golf Championships edit
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T59 | ||||||||||
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| Invitational | T69 | ||||||||||
| Champions | T39 | T21 | T52 | ||||||||
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances edit
Amateur
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 1999[3]
- European Youths' Team Championship (representing France): 2002[4]
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 2002
Professional
References edit
- ^ "Week 24 2011 Ending 12 Jun 2011" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Bourdy wins after McIlroy charge". BBC Sport. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
External links edit
- Grégory Bourdy at the European Tour official site
- Grégory Bourdy at the Official World Golf Ranking official site