Ugo Coussaud

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Ugo Coussaud
Personal information
Born (1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 32)
Angoulême, France
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3

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]

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Amateur career

Coussaud 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 Jérémy 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 212–512 in the quarter-finals to finish 5th. [3]

Professional career

Coussaud 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

Source: [2]

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
12 Apr 2023 The Challenge 1−18 (68-67-68-67=270)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Elvira, Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Joel Girrbach

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 D+D Real Czech Challenge Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Kristensen Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Alps Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
127 May 2017 Open Golf Clément Ader Paris−7 (67-76-66=209)Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Adri Arnaus (a)

French Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
125 Nov 2017Internationaux de France Professionels de Double
(with Flag of France.svg Robin Roussel)
−16 (65-70-65=200)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Victor Riu and Flag of France.svg Alexis Weizman,
Flag of France.svg Antoine Rozner and Flag of France.svg Olivier Rozner
23 May 2025Championnat de France Professionnel MCA−10 (68-64-68=200)4 strokes Flag of France.svg Oïhan Guillamoundeguy

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Ugo Coussaud". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Ugo Coussaud". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. "European Amateur Team Championship 2016". European Golf Association. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  4. "Coussaud wins five-hole playoff in Paris". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  5. "Play-off glory gives Kristensen D+D Real Czech Challenge title". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  6. "Coussaud cruises to graduation after fast start". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  7. "Hoshino claims maiden title in Doha". European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  8. "Rikuya Hoshino earns first European Tour title with win at Qatar Open". The Japan Times. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.