Benjamin Hebert

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Benjamin Hebert
— Golfer —

Personal information
Born	(1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 Brive, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality	France
Residence	Moliets-et-Maa, France
Career
Turned professional	2009
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	6
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2008
PGA Championship	DNP

Benjamin Hebert (born 19 February 1987) is a French professional golfer.

Early life

Hebert was born in Brive, France.^[1] His parents are Jean-Luc, a former pentathlete, and Françoise, a former swimmer, both of whom now work as teachers. He also has one sister, Audrey. Hebert spent some of his childhood in Tahiti, from age 14 to 18, before graduating from high school in 2005.^[2]

Amateur career

Hebert enjoyed a successful amateur career. He spent three years on the French national team, the highlight being representing his country at the 2008 Eisenhower Trophy. He won a number of individual tournaments, the most notable being the European Amateur in 2007, which gained him entry to the following year's Open Championship. He also represented Europe in the St Andrews Trophy.^[3]

Professional career

Hebert turned professional in 2009. He enjoyed immediate success on the Challenge Tour, recording a third-place finish in the Piemonte Open after receiving a special invite. He recorded his first professional victory on the third-level Alps Tour later in the summer, before earning a card for the European Tour at qualifying school at the end of the year. However, he struggled to settle at this level, making twelve cuts but not recording a single top-twenty finish, and he failed to retain his card. In July 2011, Hebert won his first tournament on the Challenge Tour at the Credit Suisse Challenge. He followed up with a second win a week later at the English Challenge. He won his third tournament of the year, the Rolex Trophy, in August to earn a promotion to the European Tour.^[4]

On the European Tour in 2012, Hebert finished in the top-10 once, T-6 at the Lyoness Open and finished 195th on the Race to Dubai, losing his tour card. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and 2014. In 2014, he won his fourth Challenge Tour event in August at the Norwegian Challenge,^[5] he soon followed this up with his second with of the 2014 season in September at the Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne.^[6] In the final event of the 2014 season at the Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final, he secured his third Challenge Tour win of the season and 6th career win on the tour. In doing so Hebert finished second in the Challenge Tour Rankings behind Andrew Johnston, which earned him European Tour card for 2015 and became the first player to have three Challenge Tour wins in two separate seasons.^[7]

Amateur wins

2006 Grand Prix de Niort
2007 European Amateur, La Coupe Mouchy (joint), Grand Prix de Bordeaux-Lac, Grand Prix Palmola, Grand Prix de Saint Cyprien

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	17 Jul 2011	Credit Suisse Challenge	−12 (67-67-67-71=272)	4 strokes	Jamie Moul
2	24 Jul 2011	English Challenge	−12 (71-66-69-70=276)	2 strokes	Victor Riu
3	27 Aug 2011	Rolex Trophy	−19 (66-65-71-67=269)	1 stroke	Jorge Campillo, Tommy Fleetwood
4	10 Aug 2014	Norwegian Challenge	−15 (65-67-69-72=273)	2 strokes	Florian Fritsch
5	7 Sep 2014	Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	−15 (66-66-67-66=265)	3 strokes	Andrew McArthur
6	8 Nov 2014	Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final	−12 (70-69-68-69=276)	5 strokes	Jérôme Lando Casanova