Romain Langasque
| Romain Langasque | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 18 May 1995 European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Highest ranking | 93 (20 September 2020)[1] (as of 21 April 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T39: 2016 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T34: 2020 |
| The Open Championship | T33: 2023 |
Romain Langasque (born 18 May 1995) is a French
Amateur career
Langasque won The Amateur Championship in 2015 at Carnoustie Golf Links, beating Grant Forrest 4 and 2 in the final.[2]
His Amateur Championship win gave an entry to the 2015 Open Championship where he made the cut and finished tied for 65th place.[3] He also got an entry to the 2016 Masters Tournament where he was one of two amateurs to make the cut and finished tied for 39th place.
Professional career
Langasque turned professional after the 2016 Masters Tournament, thus forfeiting his exemption into the 2016 U.S. Open.[4]
Langasque played on the
Langasque started the
In December 2017 he finished tied third at the
Langasque had a successful start to the 2019 European Tour season, finishing second in the South African Open in December 2018. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish gave him an entry to the 2019 Open Championship, his first major as a professional. He had solo third-place finishes in the Made in Denmark tournament and the Scottish Open and finished the 2019 season 24th in the Order of Merit.
On 23 August 2020, Langasque won the
On 29 September 2022, in the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Langasque tied the course record at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland, with score of 11-under-par 61.
Amateur wins
- 2011 Tournoi Federal Jeunes
- 2013 Grand Prix de la Ligue Messieurs
- 2014 Grand Prix de Bordeaux, Trophee des Regions
- 2015 Southern Cross Invitational, Coupe Frayssineau Mouchy, The Amateur Championship
- 2016 Spanish International Amateur Championship
Source:[7]
Professional wins (3)
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Aug 2020 | ISPS Handa Wales Open
|
−8 (71-68-72-65=276) | 2 strokes |  Sami Välimäki
|
Challenge Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Sep 2018 | Hopps Open de Provence
|
−15 (66-69-71-67=273) | 3 strokes |  Joel Girrbach,  Joel Sjöholm
|
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | D+D Real Slovakia Challenge
|
 Espen Kofstad
|
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
French Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Nov 2018 | Internationaux de France Professionels de Double (with  Antoine Schwartz)
|
−20 (63-70-63=196) | 1 stroke | Alexandre Daydou and Julien Forêt
|
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T39 | |||
| U.S. Open | ||||
| The Open Championship | T65 | |||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| PGA Championship | |||||
| U.S. Open | T34 | T54 | |||
| The Open Championship | T63 | NT | CUT | T33 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2019 |
|---|---|
Championship
|
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Match Play
|
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Invitational
|
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| Champions | T46 |
"T" = Tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe) : 2012 (winners), 2013
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing France) : 2011, 2012, 2013 (winners)
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing France) : 2015
Professional
Source:[8]
See also
References
- OWGR. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Bisset, Fergus (20 June 2015). "Romain Langasque wins 120th Amateur Champs". Golf Monthly.
- ^ McCabe, Jim (19 July 2015). "Tiger Woods in lowly company after missing British Open cut". Fox Sports.
- ^ "Romain's road to Egypt for first pro event". European Tour. 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Stats Overview - Challenge Tour".
- ^ "Romain Langasque comes from nowhere to win Wales Open". RTE. 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Romain Langasque". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championships". European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
External links
- Romain Langasque at the European Tour official site
- Romain Langasque at the Official World Golf Ranking official site