Clément Sordet
{{short description|French golfer}}
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| birth_place = Charbonnières-les-Bains, France
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| college = Texas Tech
| yearpro = 2015
| tour = European Tour
| extour = Sunshine Tour
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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)
Professional wins (6)
=Sunshine Tour wins (1)=
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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
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 |
style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|1 |2022 |{{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 |
align=center|1
|align=right|9 Aug 2015 |−17 (67-66-68-66=267) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} John Hahn |
align=center|2
|align=right|8 May 2016 |−20 (66-68-65-69=268) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|FRA}} Matthieu Pavon |
align=center|3
|align=right|20 Aug 2017 |−13 (70-66-67=203)* |5 strokes |{{flagicon|SCO}} Jack Doherty, {{flagicon|ENG}} Charlie Ford, |
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|align=center|4 |align=right|4 Nov 2017 |−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 |
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 |{{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 |
align=center|1
|align=right|26 Jun 2011 |Allianz Open de la Mirabelle d'Or |−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 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
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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{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 2009, 2010{{cite web |title=European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-boys-team-championship |access-date=22 January 2023}}
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 2013, 2014
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 2014
- Palmer Cup (represent Europe): 2015
See also
References
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External links
- {{EuroTour player|39466}}
- {{OWGR|17718}}
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Category:Texas Tech Red Raiders men's golfers
Category:European Tour golfers