Antoine Rozner

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Antoine Rozner
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Personal information
Born (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 30)
Paris, France
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Career
College University of Missouri–Kansas City
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking 63 (14 March 2021) [1]
(as of 28 January 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Sunshine Tour1
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2021
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T20: 2023
Achievements and awards
European Tour
Graduate of the Year 		2020

Antoine Rozner (born 12 February 1993) is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won three times on the tour, including wins at the Golf in Dubai Championship in December 2020 and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in March 2021. He has also won twice on the second-tier Challenge Tour.

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Amateur career

Rozner attended University of Missouri–Kansas City from 2012 to 2016, winning six times. [2] He played in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship finishing in a tie for 8th place in the individual competition. [3] He represented Europe in the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup, winning all his four matches and represented France in the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy. [4]

Professional career

Rozner turned professional after the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy. At the end of 2016, he was joint winner of the Alps Tour Q-school to gain a place on the tour for 2017. He had a successful season finishing runner-up twice. Together with three other top-5 finishes he finished third in the Order of Merit to gain a place on the Challenge Tour for 2018.

Rozner played in 22 tournaments on the 2018 Challenge Tour, making the cut 14 times. He was a joint runner-up in the Open de Portugal behind Dimitrios Papadatos and tied for fourth in the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, finishing the season 45th in the Order of Merit.

Rozner played in two events in the early part of the 2019 Pro Golf Tour season, finishing runner-up on each occasion. In May, he won two tournaments on the Challenge Tour, the Challenge de España and the Prague Golf Challenge to lead the Order of Merit. He finished the season 8th in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the 2020 European Tour.

In December 2020, Rozner won the Golf in Dubai Championship on the Fire Course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates. He shot a final round 64 to overtake 54-hole leader Andy Sullivan. [5]

In March 2021, Rozner holed a 60-foot birdie putt on the last hole at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters to win by one shot for his second European Tour victory. [6]

In December 2022, Rozner won the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open by five shots to claim his third victory on the European Tour. [7]

Personal life

Rozner's older brother Olivier is also a professional golfer. Olivier won the Adamstal Open on the 2015 Pro Golf Tour. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [9]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
15 Dec 2020 Golf in Dubai Championship −25 (63-69-67-64=263)2 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Laporta, Flag of France.svg Mike Lorenzo-Vera,
Flag of England.svg Andy Sullivan, Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace
214 Mar 2021 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −8 (69-72-68-67=276)1 stroke Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar, Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt,
Flag of Italy.svg Guido Migliozzi
318 Dec 2022
(2023 season)		 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open 1−19 (70-64-68-67=269)5 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Alfredo García-Heredia

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Højgaard, Flag of Italy.svg Renato Paratore Højgaard won with eagle on third extra hole
Paratore eliminated by birdie on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
15 May 2019 Challenge de España −13 (69-73-67-66=275)4 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Antti Ahokas, Flag of Spain.svg Sebastián García Rodríguez,
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Højgaard, Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Simonsen,
Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Sjöholm
212 May 2019 Prague Golf Challenge −17 (70-65-68-68=271)7 strokes Flag of England.svg Richard Bland, Flag of France.svg Mathieu Fenasse,
Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Haastrup, Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Simonsen

Results in major championships

Tournament202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T59T20
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2021
Championship
Match Play T18
Invitational
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Sources: [9] [10]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Kansas City Roos Antoine Rozner". www.umkckangaroos.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "NCAA DI Championship − Stroke : Player Leaderboard" . Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Europe Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup at Formby Golf Club". Arnold Palmer Cup. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "France's Antoine Rozner grabs the glory on final day of inaugural Golf in Dubai Championship". Gulfnews. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rozner produces big finish to take trophy in Qatar". European Tour. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mauritius Open: Antoine Rozner pulls clear for five-shot victory to claim third DP World Tour title". Sky Sports. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Langer, Christian (3 June 2015). "Maiden win for Olivier Rozner". Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Antoine Rozner". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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