Matthieu Pavon

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Matthieu Pavon
Personal information
Born (1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 32)
Toulouse, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Residence Médoc, France
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking 20 (5 May 2024) [1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour1
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T12: 2024
PGA Championship CUT: 2024
U.S. Open 5th: 2024
The Open Championship T50: 2024

Matthieu Pavon (born 2 November 1992) is a French professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. With his victory at the 2024 Farmers Insurance Open, Pavon became the first French golfer to win on the PGA Tour since 1907.

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Professional career

After turning professional Pavon played on the Alps Tour in 2014 and 2015. He won the Open International de Rebetz in 2014 and the Servizitalia Open in 2015. [2] He reached the final stage of the 2015 European Tour Q School and gained a place on the Challenge Tour for 2016. [3]

Pavon didn't win on the 2016 Challenge Tour but he finished in second place three times: at the Turkish Airlines Challenge, Montecchia Golf Open and Foshan Open. [4] [5] [6] He was joint third in the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final and finished sixth on the Road To Oman Rankings to earn his 2017 European Tour card. [3] [7] [8]

Pavon's first season on the European Tour was moderately successful and he finished 49th in the Order of Merit. His best result was to finish second in the 2018 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at Anahita after a final round 67. He finished third in the 2017 Scottish Open. The tournament was one of the Open Qualifying Series events and his high finish gave him an entry to the 2017 Open Championship the following week. He had rounds of 74 and 78 and missed the cut.

Pavon had less success on the 2018 European Tour, finishing the season 89th in the Order of Merit. He finished tied for 5th in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open at the end of 2017 but his only other top-10 finish was in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. He qualified for his first U.S. Open. He started with a 71 and made the cut, despite a second round 77, finishing in a tie for 25th place.

In October 2023, Pavon won his first European Tour event at the Acciona Open de España. He recorded a total of 261 (23-under-par) to win wire-to-wire by four shots. [9] He finished the 2023 European Tour season in 15th place on the Race to Dubai, earning him PGA Tour membership for the 2024 season. [10]

In January 2024, he won the Farmers Insurance Open by one stroke over Nicolai Højgaard. With this win, he became the first Frenchman to win on the PGA Tour since Arnaud Massy won the 1907 Open Championship (later recognised as a PGA Tour victory). [11] [12] In February, he finished third at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California. He earned $1.36m in prize money and finished at −15, 2 strokes behind the winner Wyndham Clark.

Personal life

His father is French former professional footballer Michel Pavon. [13]

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
127 Jan 2024 Farmers Insurance Open −13 (69-65-72-69=275)1 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Højgaard

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
115 Oct 2023 Acciona Open de España −23 (63-68-66-64=261)4 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Zander Lombard

Alps Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
13 May 2014 Open International de Rebetz−7 (70-69-70=209)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Baptiste Chapellan, Flag of France.svg Thomas Elissalde
217 Jul 2015 Servizitalia Open−17 (66-68-65=199)Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Piris

French Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
16 Apr 2018Open Mont de Marsan−9 (67-69-68=204)4 strokes Flag of France.svg Guillaume Cambis, Flag of France.svg Louis Cohen-Boyer
210 Dec 2023Internationaux de France Professionnels de Double
(with Flag of France.svg Julien Quesne)		−18 (63-68-67=198)2 strokes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Axel de Smet and Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christopher Mivis

Results in major championships

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T25
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament T12
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUTCUT5
The Open Championship NTT50
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

Professional

See also

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