Clément Sordet

{{short description|French golfer}}

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Alps Tour

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Clément Sordet (born 22 October 1992) is a French professional golfer.

Sordet played college golf at Texas Tech where he won six times.{{cite web |url=http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/clement_sordet_769790.html |title=Clement Sordet Bio |publisher=Texas Tech Red Raiders |accessdate=14 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905212127/http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/clement_sordet_769790.html |archive-date=5 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} After graduating in 2015 and playing in the Palmer Cup, Sordet turned professional. He began playing on the Challenge Tour. In August 2015, he won his first tournament as a professional, at the Northern Ireland Open, playing on a national invitation. It was only his fourth event as a professional.{{cite web |url=http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-golf/spec-rel/081115aaa.html |title=Sordet Clinches First Professional Win at Northern Ireland Open |publisher=Texas Tech Red Raiders |date=10 August 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/33841090 |title=Northern Ireland Open: Clement Sordet clinches Galgorm win |work=BBC Sport |date=9 August 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015762/teetimes/index.html|title = 2015 Schedule - Challenge Tour}} Sordet finished 2015 by finishing joint runner-up in the Thailand Golf Championship. This was one of the Open Qualifying Series and gained him entry to the 2016 Open Championship.

Sordet won his second professional tournament on the Challenge Tour in 2016 at the Turkish Airlines Challenge. Then in 2017, he won both the Viking Challenge and NBO Golf Classic Grand Final and finished second on the 2017 Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which earned him full-time status on the European Tour for 2018.

Amateur wins

  • 2011 The Carmel Cup, UTSA/Oak Hills Invitational (tied)
  • 2013 Black Horse Match
  • 2014 Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate
  • 2015 Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, NCAA Lubbock Regional (tie with Blair Hamilton)

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.wagr.com/en/Ranking/Player.aspx?playerid=3940&isMens=True |title=Clement Sordet |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=14 August 2015}}

Professional wins (6)

=Sunshine Tour wins (1)=

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|27 Mar 2022

|SDC Open1

|−21 (64-66-70-67=267)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan Conradie

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2022

|SDC Open

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan Conradie

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

=Challenge Tour wins (5)=

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! Legend

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| Grand Finals (1)

Other Challenge Tour (4)

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|9 Aug 2015

|Northern Ireland Open

|−17 (67-66-68-66=267)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Hahn

align=center|2

|align=right|8 May 2016

|Turkish Airlines Challenge

|−20 (66-68-65-69=268)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Matthieu Pavon

align=center|3

|align=right|20 Aug 2017

|Viking Challenge

|−13 (70-66-67=203)*

|5 strokes

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Jack Doherty, {{flagicon|ENG}} Charlie Ford,
{{flagicon|NLD}} Daan Huizing

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|align=center|4

|align=right|4 Nov 2017

|NBO Golf Classic Grand Final

|−15 (68-67-68-70=273)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Kinhult

align=center|5

|align=right|27 Mar 2022

|SDC Open1

|−21 (64-66-70-67=267)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan Conradie

*Note: The 2017 Viking Challenge was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2022

|SDC Open

|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ruan Conradie

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

=Alps Tour wins (1)=

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

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|align=right|26 Jun 2011

|Allianz Open de la Mirabelle d'Or
(as an amateur)

|−15 (66-72-65-66=269)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Émilien Chamaulte

Results in major championships

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!Tournament

!2016 !! 2017 !! 2018

align=left|Masters Tournament

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align=left|U.S. Open

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align=left|The Open Championship

|CUT

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align=left|PGA Championship

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!Tournament

!2019

align=left|Masters Tournament

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align=left|PGA Championship

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align=left|U.S. Open

|T72

align=left|The Open Championship

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CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied for place

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

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