Sam Horsfield (born 8 October 1996) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Amateur career Horsfield has lived in the United States since he was five years old. In 2014, he won the Junior Players Championship and was semi-finalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur.
He attended the University of Florida for two years 2015–17. Playing with the Florida Gators men's golf team he recorded 4 individual victories, was named First Team All-American, SEC Freshman of the Year, and semi-finalist for the Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award.
Horsfield was selected for the 2015 Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club but withdrew two weeks before the event. It was later reported that he thought he may not have had the correct visa and was worried he would not be allowed to return to the United States after the event. He was runner-up at the 2016 Western Amateur. Horsfield won the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup with the European team and turned professional in May 2017.
Professional career Horsfield was the medalist at the 2017 European Tour Qualifying School to earn a place on the European Tour for 2018. He had a useful start to 2018, with a 4th place in the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth and finishing second at the Tshwane Open, two strokes behind George Coetzee. Later in the season he was tied for 5th place in the Sky Sports British Masters and finished 52nd in the Order of Merit.
In early August 2020, Horsfield had his breakthrough win on the European Tour when he won the Hero Open by one shot over Thomas Detry. Two weeks later, Horsfield won his second European Tour event at the Celtic Classic in Wales, two strokes ahead of Detry, who finished as runner-up again.
In May 2022, Horsfield picked up his third European Tour victory at the Soudal Open in Belgium.
Horsfield was part of the inaugural LIV Golf event at Centurion Club at London, where he placed 5th, winning $975,000. He collected a total of $3.5 million in individual prize money across the 2022 and 2023 LIV seasons, despite missing most of the 2023 season due to hip surgery.
Amateur wins 2013 Florida Amateur 2014 New Year's Invitational, Junior Players Championship 2015 New Year's Invitational 2016 Sea Best Invitational, Southern Highlands Collegiate, Mason Rudolph Championship 2017 Mason Rudolph Championship
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Professional wins (3) European Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up12 Aug 2020Hero Open−18 (68-63-71-68=270)1 stroke Thomas Detry216 Aug 2020Celtic Classic−18 (67-64-68-67=266)2 strokes Thomas Detry315 May 2022Soudal Open−13 (65-69-69-68=271)2 strokes Ryan Fox, Yannik Paul
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2015201620172018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipPGA Championship Tournament201920202021202220232024Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipT49CUTU.S. OpenCUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipNTT67CUTCUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances Amateur Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2016 (winners)
See also 2017 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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