Ugo Coussaud (born 10 October 1992) is a French professional golfer and European Tour player. He was runner-up at the 2024 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.[1]
| Ugo Coussaud | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 October 1992 Angoulême, France |
| Sporting nationality |  France |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2016 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour Alps Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
Amateur career
editCoussaud enjoyed international success as an amateur. He won the 2013 Canadian University & College Championship, and the 2015 the South African Stroke Play Championship. In 2015, he also reached the semi-finals of the Championnat de France - Coupe Ganay, and in 2016, he was runner-up at the Lytham Trophy in England.[2]
Coussaud represented France at the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy together with Jeremy Gandon and Antoine Rozner, where he finish 10th individually. He also played in the 2016 European Amateur Team Championship, where France recorded the best score in the qualification round, but fell to Sweden 21⁄2–51⁄2 in the quarter-finals to finish 5th.[3]
Professional career
editCoussaud turned professional in late 2016 and joined the 2017 Alps Tour. He finished runner-up to Lukas Nemecz at the Gösser Open, and secured his maiden professional win the following week at the Open Golf Clément Ader Paris, where he defeated Spanish amateur Adri Arnaus on the 5th hole of a playoff, having started the day 9 shots back of the lead.[4]
Coussaud finished second on the 2017 Alps Tour Order of Merit, to graduate to the 2018 Challenge Tour. He lost the final of the 2019 Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 to Eirik Tage Johansen 2 and 1, and lost a playoff at the 2022 D+D Real Czech Challenge to Nicolai Kristensen of Denmark.[5]
2023 would be his breakthrough season, where he won The Challenge in India and recorded a further three runner-up finishes at the Cape Town Open, UAE Challenge and Dormy Open, to finish fourth on the season-long rankings and graduate to the European Tour.[6]
In his rookie season on the European Tour, he finished runner-up at the 2024 Qatar Masters, a stroke behind Rikuya Hoshino of Japan.[7][8]
Amateur wins
edit- 2012 Open International du Haut Poitou
- 2013 Canadian University & College Championship, Grand Prix du Medoc
- 2015 South African Stroke Play Championship
Source:[2]
Professional wins (3)
editChallenge Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Apr 2023 | The Challenge1 | −18 (68-67-68-67=270) | 1 stroke |  Manuel Elvira,  Joel Girrbach
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | D+D Real Czech Challenge |  Nicolai Kristensen
|
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Alps Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 May 2017 | Open Golf Clément Ader Paris | −7 (67-76-66=209) | Playoff | Adri Arnaus (a)
|
French Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Nov 2017 | Internationaux de France Professionels de Double (with Robin Roussel)
|
−16 (65-70-65=200) | 2 strokes | Victor Riu and Alexis Weizman, Antoine Rozner and Olivier Rozner
|
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 2016
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 2016
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ugo Coussaud". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Ugo Coussaud". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship 2016". European Golf Association. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Coussaud wins five-hole playoff in Paris". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Play-off glory gives Kristensen D+D Real Czech Challenge title". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Coussaud cruises to graduation after fast start". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Hoshino claims maiden title in Doha". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Rikuya Hoshino earns first European Tour title with win at Qatar Open". The Japan Times. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
External links
edit- Ugo Coussaud at the European Tour official site
- Ugo Coussaud at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Ugo Coussaud at the Datagolf official site