Sam Horsfield

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Sam Horsfield
Personal information
Born (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 (age 27)
Manchester, England
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
ResidenceManchester, England
Career
College University of Florida
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) European Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 64 (15 May 2022) [1]
(as of 30 June 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T49: 2021
U.S. Open CUT: 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022
The Open Championship T67: 2021
Achievements and awards
SEC Freshman of the Year2016

Sam Horsfield (born 8 October 1996) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

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Amateur career

Horsfield has lived in the United States since he was five years old. In 2014, he won the Junior Players Championship and was semi-finalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur. [2]

He attended the University of Florida for two years 2015–17. Playing with the Florida Gators men's golf team he recorded 4 individual victories, was named First Team All-American, SEC Freshman of the Year, and semi-finalist for the Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award. [3]

Horsfield was selected for the 2015 Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club but withdrew two weeks before the event. [4] It was later reported that he thought he may not have had the correct visa and was worried he would not be allowed to return to the United States after the event. [5] He was runner-up at the 2016 Western Amateur. [6] Horsfield won the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup with the European team and turned professional in May 2017. [3]

Professional career

Horsfield was the medalist at the 2017 European Tour Qualifying School to earn a place on the European Tour for 2018. [7] He had a useful start to 2018, with a 4th place in the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth and finishing second at the Tshwane Open, two strokes behind George Coetzee. [8] Later in the season he was tied for 5th place in the Sky Sports British Masters and finished 52nd in the Order of Merit.

In early August 2020, Horsfield had his breakthrough win on the European Tour when he won the Hero Open by one shot over Thomas Detry. [9] Two weeks later, Horsfield won his second European Tour event at the Celtic Classic in Wales, two strokes ahead of Detry, who finished as runner-up again. [10]

In May 2022, Horsfield picked up his third European Tour victory at the Soudal Open in Belgium. [11] [12]

Horsfield was part of the inaugural LIV Golf event at Centurion Club at London, where he placed 5th, winning $975,000. [13] He collected a total of $3.5 million in individual prize money across the 2022 and 2023 LIV seasons, despite missing most of the 2023 season due to hip surgery. [14] [15]

Amateur wins

Source: [16]

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
12 Aug 2020 Hero Open −18 (68-63-71-68=270)1 stroke Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Detry
216 Aug 2020 Celtic Classic −18 (67-64-68-67=266)2 strokes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Detry
315 May 2022 Soudal Open −13 (65-69-69-68=271)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan Fox, Flag of Germany.svg Yannik Paul

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament2015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T49CUT
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship NTT67CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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  2. ↑ "Davis Riley and William Zalatoris advance to US Junior Amateur final". PGA of America. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 Street, Turner F. (22 May 2017). "Sam Horsfield Turning Pro". Florida Gators. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sam Horsfield withdraws from Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team". R&A. 31 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sam Horsfield Thought Immigration Would Kick Him Out of USA if He Played Walker Cup for GB&I".
  6. ↑ Stainbrook, Michael (6 August 2016). "Strong putting helps Dylan Meyer capture Western Amateur title". Chicago Tribune.
  7. ↑ Romine, Brentley (16 November 2017). "Sam Horsfield earns European Tour card after dominating Q-School performance". Golfweek.
  8. ↑ "George Coetzee retains Tshwane Open lead as Sam Horsfield charges". Sky Sports. 3 April 2018.
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