Marc Cayeux

Marc Cayeux
Marc Cayeux
Personal information
Full name	Marc Elton Cayeux
Born	22 February 1978 (age 46); Lancaster, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationality	Zimbabwe
Residence	Harare, Zimbabwe; Johannesburg, South Africa
Spouse	Jana
Children	2
Career
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	9
Challenge Tour	3
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2009

Marc Elton Cayeux (born 22 February 1978) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer.

Early life

Cayeux's father is South African and his mother English. He was born in Lancaster, England and raised in Zimbabwe, leaving school at 14 to pursue a career in golf.^[1] He is a Zimbabwean/British dual national, but plays golf as a Zimbabwean.^[2]

Professional career

Cayeux finished fourth on the Challenge Tour in 2004, to gain exemption to the full European Tour for 2005. That year he finished 82nd on the Order of Merit, with a best of third in the Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg. He also won the Vodacom Tour Championship on the Sunshine Tour, on his way to fifth in the end of season standings. That win gained him entry to the WGC-NEC Invitational, where he played with World Number 1 and eventual winner Tiger Woods in the first round.

A less successful season in 2006 saw Cayeux return to the Sunshine Tour the following year, where he had four top three finishes on his way to eighth in the Order of Merit. In 2008, he won the Nashua Masters, and regained his place on the European Tour through the qualifying school.

In September 2010, Cayeux was involved in an automobile accident that resulted in serious injuries to himself and was fatal to the other driver involved. He was not expected to play until early 2011.^[3]

Professional wins (11)

Sunshine Tour wins (9)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Nov 1998	Zambia Open	−11 (68-70-67-68=273)	1 stroke	Chris Davison, Hennie Otto
2	21 Feb 1999	Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open	−22 (67-68-65-66=266)	3 strokes	Mark McNulty
3	13 May 2000	Pietersburg Classic	−14 (68-70-64=202)	4 strokes	Dean van Staden
4	31 Mar 2001	FNB Botswana Open	−16 (66-63-68=197)	2 strokes	Hendrik Buhrmann, Grant Muller
5	10 Mar 2002	Stanbic Zambia Open¹ (2)	−22 (69-66-65-70=270)	2 strokes	André Cruse, Richard Sterne
6	10 May 2003	Limpopo Industrelek Classic	−19 (68-64-65=197)	3 strokes	Tyrol Auret
7	27 Feb 2005	Vodacom Tour Championship	−20 (70-70-67-61=268)	6 strokes	Keith Horne
8	7 Oct 2007	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	−14 (71-69-62=202)	3 strokes	Ulrich van den Berg
9	3 Feb 2008	Nashua Masters	−12 (66-67-67-68=268)	2 strokes	Bradford Vaughan

¹Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2001	Bearing Man Highveld Classic	Justin Hobday	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	2007	Platinum Classic	Adilson da Silva, Louis Oosthuizen	Oosthuizen won with par on second extra hole da Silva eliminated by par on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	10 Mar 2002	Stanbic Zambia Open¹	−22 (69-66-65-70=270)	2 strokes	André Cruse, Richard Sterne
2	21 Mar 2004	Kenya Open	−10 (65-63-75-67=270)	Playoff	Leif Westerberg
3	26 Sep 2004	Open de Toulouse	−12 (65-71-72-68=276)	Playoff	David Drysdale

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2004	Kenya Open	Leif Westerberg	Won with par on first extra hole
2	2004	Open de Toulouse	David Drysdale	Won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	2009
The Open Championship	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Cayeux only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2005
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	T49

Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Zimbabwe): 1996

References

^ James, Richard (28 July 2005). "Cayeux leads from front". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
^ English pair secure Open places, BBC, 4 February 2009.
^ Cayeux remains optimistic despite serious injuries Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Marc Cayeux at the European Tour official site
Marc Cayeux at the Sunshine Tour official site
Marc Cayeux at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[1] James, Richard (28 July 2005). "Cayeux leads from front". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 January 2009.

[2] English pair secure Open places, BBC, 4 February 2009.

[3] Cayeux remains optimistic despite serious injuries Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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