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Nicolas Colsaerts
Personal information
Full nameNicolas Colsaerts
Born (1982-11-14) 14 November 1982 (age 42)
Schaerbeek, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sporting nationality Belgium
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking32 (20 May 2012)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Challenge Tour2
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT27: 2012
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2004

Nicolas Colsaerts (14 November 1982) is a Belgian professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.

Professional career

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,[2] but fell away over the weekend and finished in a tie for 53rd place.[3] Similarly, he led the Scandinavian Open after the third round but finished tied for 24th.[4]

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.[5] These results placed him high enough on the year's ranking to get him a spot for the 2011 Open Championship,[6] and two days later he won the European qualifying tournament for the 2011 U.S. Open at Walton Heath Golf Club.[7] He finished the season ranked 20th in the Race to Dubai to secure invitations to at least two majors in 2012.

In May 2012, he won his biggest career title at the Volvo World Match Play Championship. He beat Graeme McDowell 1 up in the final and was never behind in the match at any point. On his way to the title he also beat Justin Rose 4&3, Brandt Snedeker 4&3 and Paul Lawrie at the 20th hole in the semi finals, after beginning match 4 down after 4 holes. Prior to all of his he had only just advanced from the group stage after defeating Charl Schwartzel at the first playoff hole. Colsaerts entered the top 50 in the world after his win took him to world number 32.

Colsaerts played in the 2012 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club and made the cut for the first time in a major championship, going on to finish tied 27th. For a brief period during the third round Colsaerts was tied for the lead and started the final round just three strokes back of the leaders. However he fell away with a final round of 76.

Amateur wins (3)

  • 2000 Belgian Stroke Play Championship, Belgian Match Play Championship, French Boys Championship

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (2)

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 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen, Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie,
New Zealand Danny Lee, Spain Pablo Martín
2 20 May 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship 1 up Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell

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 Wales Rhys Davies, France Julien Guerrier
2 13 Sep 2009 Dutch Futures –17 (69-66-67-69=271) 4 strokes Scotland Andrew McArthur, France Julien Quesne

Other wins (5)

  • 2000 World Travel Open (PGA of Belgium) (as an amateur)
  • 2002 Belgian Match Play Championship
  • 2003 Omnium of Belgium
  • 2005 Open International de Bordeaux (Alps Tour)
  • 2010 Mauritius Golf Masters

Results in major championships

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T27
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. ^ "Week 20 2012 Ending 20 May 2012" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ BBC article
  3. ^ Irish Open 2006 result
  4. ^ USAToday story on the Scandinavian Open
  5. ^ "Poulter denies Donald No. 1". Boston Globe. AP. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Aiken punches his fifth ticket to the British". MSNBC. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Richie Ramsay arrives too late for US Open play-off". BBC. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

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