Thomas Levet

Thomas Levet
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Jean Roger Levet
Born	(1968-09-05) 5 September 1968 (age 57) Paris, France
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality	France
Residence	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Caroline ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	3
Career
Turned professional	1988
Current tour(s)	European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Professional wins	15
Highest ranking	41 (2 January 2005) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	6
European Senior Tour	3
Other	6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T13: 2005
PGA Championship	T51: 2009
U.S. Open	T18: 2002
The Open Championship	T2: 2002

Thomas Jean Roger Levet (born 5 September 1968) is a French professional golfer who is a member of the European Tour and former member of the PGA Tour.

Career

Levet was born in Paris, France. He turned professional in 1988 and won the French PGA Championship that year. He first qualified for the European Tour for the 1991 season and spent the next six years on the tour, splitting time with the PGA Tour in 1994. He made only three cuts on the European Tour in 1996 and fell to the second-tier Challenge Tour. He regained his European Tour card in April 1998 by winning the Cannes Open, to which he had gained access through the French Golf Federation.

In 2002, he finished second at The Open Championship at Muirfield, being one of four players in a playoff. He had a good chance to win, but bogeyed the final hole of the four-hole playoff to fall into sudden death with Ernie Els, where he again bogeyed to lose to Els.

After spending 2003 on the PGA Tour, he returned to the European Tour in 2004. He claimed the most prestigious title of his career at the Scottish Open, and was a member of the winning 2004 European Ryder Cup Team. Levet ended the season 5th on the Order of Merit, and returned to the PGA Tour in 2005.

Levet suffers from severe vertigo, which almost forced him out of the game, ^[2] however he has made strides to overcome the condition, and has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

In 2008 he won his fourth European Tour title, beating nineteen-year-old Oliver Fisher in a sudden death playoff in the MAPFRE Open de Andalucia.

His fifth win on the European Tour came at the 2009 Open de España where he held off a charging Fabrizio Zanotti, who shot a final round 65, by two strokes finishing 18 under par. ^[3] With this win Levet became the leading Frenchman in terms of European Tour wins.

Levet won his sixth European Tour title in July 2011 when he triumphed in his native country, at the Alstom Open de France by one stroke from Englishman Mark Foster and Dane Thorbjørn Olesen. ^[4] He became the 7th French player to win the tournament after Jean-François Remésy. While celebrating his victory, Levet jumped into a lake, breaking his shin, and causing him to withdraw from The Open Championship. ^[5]

Professional wins (15)

European Tour wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Apr 1998	Cannes Open	−6 (69-71-65-73=278)	1 stroke	Phillip Price, Sven Strüver, Greg Turner
2	3 Jun 2001	Victor Chandler British Masters	−14 (69-69-67-69=274)	Playoff	Mathias Grönberg, David Howell, Robert Karlsson
3	11 Jul 2004	Barclays Scottish Open	−15 (70-67-69-63=269)	1 stroke	Michael Campbell
4	30 Mar 2008	MAPFRE Open de Andalucía	−16 (69-68-68-67=272)	Playoff	Oliver Fisher
5	3 May 2009	Open de España	−18 (64-67-71-68=270)	2 strokes	Fabrizio Zanotti
6	3 Jul 2011	Alstom Open de France	−7 (70-70-67-70=277)	1 stroke	Mark Foster, Thorbjørn Olesen

European Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2001	Victor Chandler British Masters	Mathias Grönberg, David Howell, Robert Karlsson	Won with birdie on third extra hole Howell and Karlsson eliminated by par on first hole
2	2002	The Open Championship	Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els	Els won with par on first extra hole after four-hole aggregate playoff; Els: E (4-3-5-4=16), Levet: E (4-2-5-5=16), Appleby: +1 (4-3-5-5=17), Elkington: +1 (5-3-4-5=17)
3	2004	Telecom Italia Open	Graeme McDowell	Lost to par on fourth extra hole
4	2008	MAPFRE Open de Andalucía	Oliver Fisher	Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (6)

• 1988 French PGA Championship
• 1990 National Omnium (France)
• 1991 French PGA Championship
• 1992 Championnat de France Pro
• 1997 Toulouse Open, New Caledonia French Masters

European Senior Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Oct 2019	Farmfoods European Senior Masters	−10 (69-69-68=206)	1 stroke	Markus Brier
2	4 Sep 2021	Legends Open de France	−13 (67-65-68=200)	3 strokes	David Morland IV
3	12 Sep 2021	Scottish Senior Open	−9 (70-69-65=204)	Playoff	Markus Brier

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2021	Scottish Senior Open	Markus Brier	Won with par on first extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2002	The Open Championship	Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els	Els won with par on first extra hole after four-hole aggregate playoff; Els: E (4-3-5-4=16), Levet: E (4-2-5-5=16), Appleby: +1 (4-3-5-5=17), Elkington: +1 (5-3-4-5=17)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Masters Tournament						CUT		T13	CUT
U.S. Open					T18		CUT	T52			CUT	T45		CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T49		T66	T2	T22	T5	T34				T38	CUT
PGA Championship					71		CUT	CUT				T51

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
The Open Championship	0	1	0	2	2	3	9	7
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Totals	0	1	0	2	2	5	22	13

• Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1999 Open Championship – 2002 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2003
The Players Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Match Play		R64
Championship	T28
Invitational	T32	T46	T54
Champions						T57

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 1985 ^[6]
• Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1985
• European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 1987
• Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 1988

Professional

• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing France): 1992, 1998, 2000
• World Cup (representing France): 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
• Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2002, 2005
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners)

See also

• 1993 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

References

1. "Week 1 2005 Ending 2 Jan 2005" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 3 October 2019.
2. "Quotes of the Week". BBC Sport . 30 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
3. "Levet victorious at Spanish Open". BBC Sport . 3 May 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
4. "Levet wins home tournament". European Tour. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
5. "Thomas Levet to miss Open after fracturing his shin jumping into lake". The Guardian. London. Press Association. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
6. "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.

External links

• Thomas Levet at the European Tour official site
• Thomas Levet at the PGA Tour official site
• Thomas Levet at the Official World Golf Ranking official site