Thomas Levet

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Thomas Levet (born September 5, 1968) is a French professional golfer.

Levet was born in Paris, France. He turned professional in 1988 and won the French PGA Championship that year, but he had to wait for a decade for his first win on the European Tour, which came at the 1998 Cannes Open.

Notably, in 2002, he finished second at the Open Championship at Muirfield, being one of four players in a playoff. He had a good chance to win, but bogeyed the final hole of the four-hole playoff to fall into sudden death with Ernie Els, where he again bogeyed to lose to Els.

After spending 2003 on the PGA Tour, he returned to the European Tour in 2004. He claimed the most prestigious title of his career at the Scottish Open and ended the seaon 5th on the Order of Merit. In 2005, he returned to the PGA Tour.

He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Thomas Levet was a member of the 2004 European Ryder Cup Team, team which won the Ryder Cup.