Nicolas Colsaerts

Nicolas Colsaerts
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Colsaerts
Born 14 November 1982 (1982-11-14) (age 29)
Schaerbeek, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nationality  Belgium
Residence Brussels, Belgium
Career
Turned professional 2000
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 8
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Challenge Tour 2
Other 5
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2011
The Open Championship CUT: 2004
PGA Championship DNP

Nicolas Colsaerts (14 November 1982) is a Belgian professional golfer.

Colsaerts was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium. He turned professional in 2000, the day of his 18th birthday and went on to gain his European Tour card. He won his playing privileges back for 2010 by finishing third on the Challenge Tour in 2009.

Colsaerts led the Irish Open at the halfway stage in 2006,[1] but fell away over the weekend and finished in a tie for 53rd place.[2] Similarly, he led the Scandinavian Open after the third round but finished tied for 24th.[3]

Colsaerts nearly won the 2009 Challenge of Ireland after a final round 68, but lost at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to English golfer Robert Coles. However, he eventually won his maiden victory on the Challenge Tour a few weeks later at the SK Golf Challenge and added the Dutch Futures later in October. In 2010 he had a best finish of third at the BMW Italian Open, and retained his tour card for 2011 after finishing 67th on the Race to Dubai rankings.

In 2011 he won his first European Tour title at the Volvo China Open. He then reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain, losing to eventual winner Ian Poulter after a playoff hole in the semi-finals.[4] These results placed him high enough on the year's ranking to get him a spot for the 2011 Open Championship,[5] and two days later he won the European qualifying tournament for the 2011 U.S. Open at Walton Heath Golf Club.[6] He finished the season ranked 20th in the Race to Dubai to secure invitations to at least two majors in 2012.

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Amateur wins (3)

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runners-up
1 24 Apr 2011 Volvo China Open -24 (65-67-66-66=264) 4 strokes Søren Kjeldsen, Peter Lawrie,
Danny Lee, Pablo Martín

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runners-up
1 9 Aug 2009 SK Golf Challenge -11 (70-71-70-66=277) Playoff Rhys Davies, Julien Guerrier
2 13 Sep 2009 Dutch Futures -17 (69-66-67-69=271) 4 strokes Andrew McArthur, Julien Quesne

Other wins (5)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ BBC article
  2. ^ Irish Open 2006 result
  3. ^ USAToday story on the Scandinavian Open
  4. ^ "Poulter denies Donald No. 1". Boston Globe. AP. 23 May 2011. http://www.boston.com/sports/golf/articles/2011/05/23/poulter_denies_donald_world_no_1/. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
  5. ^ "Aiken punches his fifth ticket to the British". MSNBC. 29 May 2011. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/33570381/ns/sports-player_news/. Retrieved 31 May 2011. 
  6. ^ "Richie Ramsay arrives too late for US Open play-off". BBC. 31 May 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/13601725.stm. Retrieved 31 May 2011. 

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