Thomas Jean Roger Levet (born 5 September 1968) is a French professional golfer who is a member of the European Tour and former member of the PGA Tour.
Career Levet was born in Paris, France. He turned professional in 1988 and won the French PGA Championship that year. He first qualified for the European Tour for the 1991 season and spent the next six years on the tour, splitting time with the PGA Tour in 1994. He made only three cuts on the European Tour in 1996 and fell to the second-tier Challenge Tour. He regained his European Tour card in April 1998 by winning the Cannes Open, to which he had gained access through the French Golf Federation.
In 2002, he finished second at The Open Championship at Muirfield, being one of four players in a playoff. He had a good chance to win, but bogeyed the final hole of the four-hole playoff to fall into sudden death with Ernie Els, where he again bogeyed to lose to Els.
After spending 2003 on the PGA Tour, he returned to the European Tour in 2004. He claimed the most prestigious title of his career at the Scottish Open, and was a member of the winning 2004 European Ryder Cup Team. Levet ended the season 5th on the Order of Merit, and returned to the PGA Tour in 2005.
Levet has severe vertigo, which almost forced him out of the game, however he has made strides to overcome the condition, and has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
In 2008 he won his fourth European Tour title, beating nineteen-year-old Oliver Fisher in a sudden death playoff in the MAPFRE Open de Andalucia.
His fifth win on the European Tour came at the 2009 Open de España where he held off a charging Fabrizio Zanotti, who shot a final round 65, by two strokes finishing 18 under par. With this win Levet became the leading Frenchman in terms of European Tour wins.
Levet won his sixth European Tour title in July 2011 when he triumphed in his native country, at the Alstom Open de France by one stroke from Englishman Mark Foster and Dane Thorbjørn Olesen. He became the 7th French player to win the tournament after Jean-François Remésy. While celebrating his victory, Levet jumped into a lake, breaking his shin, and causing him to withdraw from The Open Championship.
Professional wins (15) European Tour wins (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up119 Apr 1998Cannes Open−6 (69-71-65-73=278)1 stroke Phillip Price, Sven Strüver, Greg Turner23 Jun 2001Victor Chandler British Masters−14 (69-69-67-69=274)Playoff Mathias Grönberg, David Howell, Robert Karlsson311 Jul 2004Barclays Scottish Open−15 (70-67-69-63=269)1 stroke Michael Campbell430 Mar 2008MAPFRE Open de Andalucía−16 (69-68-68-67=272)Playoff Oliver Fisher53 May 2009Open de España−18 (64-67-71-68=270)2 strokes Fabrizio Zanotti63 Jul 2011Alstom Open de France−7 (70-70-67-70=277)1 stroke Mark Foster, Thorbjørn Olesen
European Tour playoff record (2–2) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12001Victor Chandler British Masters Mathias Grönberg, David Howell, Robert KarlssonWon with birdie on third extra holeHowell and Karlsson eliminated by par on first hole22002The Open Championship Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, Ernie ElsEls won with par on first extra hole after four-hole aggregate playoff;Els: E (4-3-5-4=16),Levet: E (4-2-5-5=16),Appleby: +1 (4-3-5-5=17),Elkington: +1 (5-3-4-5=17)32004Telecom Italia Open Graeme McDowellLost to par on fourth extra hole42008MAPFRE Open de Andalucía Oliver FisherWon with par on first extra hole
Other wins (6) 1988 French PGA Championship 1990 National Omnium (France) 1991 French PGA Championship 1992 Championnat de France Pro 1997 Toulouse Open, New Caledonia French Masters
European Senior Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up16 Oct 2019Farmfoods European Senior Masters−10 (69-69-68=206)1 stroke Markus Brier24 Sep 2021Legends Open de France−13 (67-65-68=200)3 strokes David Morland IV312 Sep 2021Scottish Senior Open−9 (70-69-65=204)Playoff Markus Brier
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12021Scottish Senior Open Markus BrierWon with par on first extra hole
Playoff record PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12002The Open Championship Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, Ernie ElsEls won with par on first extra hole after four-hole aggregate playoff;Els: E (4-3-5-4=16),Levet: E (4-2-5-5=16),Appleby: +1 (4-3-5-5=17),Elkington: +1 (5-3-4-5=17)
Results in major championships Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Masters TournamentCUTT13CUTU.S. OpenT18CUTT52CUTT45CUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTT49T66T2T22T5T34T38CUTPGA Championship71CUTCUTT51
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3The Open Championship 0 1 0 2 2 3 9 7PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2Totals 0 1 0 2 2 5 22 13 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1999 Open Championship – 2002 PGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2003The Players ChampionshipCUT CUT = missed the halfway cut
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament200420052006200720082009Match PlayR64ChampionshipT28InvitationalT32T46T54ChampionsT57
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 1985 Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1985 European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 1987 Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 1988
Professional Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing France): 1992, 1998, 2000 World Cup (representing France): 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2002, 2005 Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners)
See also 1993 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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