Moritz Lampert

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Moritz Lampert
Personal information
Full nameMoritz Horst Lampert
NicknameMo [1]
Born (1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 30)
Schwetzingen, Germany
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Residence Sandhausen, Germany
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Other4

Moritz Horst Lampert (born 14 May 1992) is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour. [2] He played on the European Tour in 2013 and 2015 but failed to regain his card on both occasions. He won three events on the 2014 Challenge Tour, reaching a career-high of 146 in the world rankings during that year.

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Amateur career

Lampert had an accomplished junior career winning national boys titles in France and Germany in 2010. [2] As a junior, Lampert played on national and European teams including in the Junior Ryder Cup (twice) [3] [4] and the Jacques Léglise Trophy (twice).

Lampert continued his success at junior level into his senior amateur career winning the Portuguese International Amateur in February 2012, [5] and followed this up with a win in the German International Amateur in July of the same year. [6]

Following this, Lampert went on to represent Germany at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy in a team with Marcel Schneider and Max Rottluff, Lampert individually finished third and the German team finished in a tie for third behind the United States and Mexico alongside South Korea and France. [7] He also represented Europe at the Bonallack Trophy and St Andrews Trophy.

In 2012. still as an amateur, Lampert played all three stages and finished T-4 at the European Tour Qualifying School earning him his playing rights on the European Tour for 2013. [8] Immediately following this result, Lampert turned professional in preparation for the 2013 season. [2]

Professional career

Lampert had an unsuccessful first season as a professional making only four cuts in 22 events on the 2013 European Tour, eventually finishing in 184th on Race to Dubai and losing his European Tour playing rights for the 2014 season. [9] He also finished 109th in the 2013 Challenge Tour Order of Merit, to earn a low exemption category for the 2014 Challenge Tour. [10]

For the 2014 season, Lampert played on the Challenge Tour, initially with invitations, and the Germany-based EPD Tour. He recorded his first victory as a professional at the EPD Tour's Open Al Maaden in Morocco. [11] Following this, Lampert recorded his first win[ citation needed ] on the Challenge tour at the Kärnten Golf Open in May 2014. [12] He followed this up with further wins on the challenge tour at the Fred Olsen Challenge de España [12] in June and the Azerbaijan Golf Challenge Open in August. [13] The third win of the season meant that Lampert earned direct promotion to the European Tour for the remainder of 2014 and all of 2015. [14] Lampert lost his Tour card after the 2015 season. He won an event on the third-tier ProGolf Tour in preparation for the Challenge Tour.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 May 2014 Kärnten Golf Open −19 (69-66-65-65=265)1 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg An Byeong-hun
28 Jun 2014 Fred Olsen Challenge de España −20 (69-66-66-63=264)2 strokes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hugues Joannes
33 Aug 2014 Azerbaijan Golf Challenge Open −16 (72-65-69-66=272)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Mike Lorenzo-Vera

Pro Golf Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
111 Jul 2012 Bayreuth Open
(as an amateur)		−15 (66-65-70=201)6 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Heisele
221 Feb 2014 Open Al Maaden−19 (66-66-65=197)7 strokes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Kind, Flag of Germany.svg Max Kramer,
Flag of Scotland.svg David Law
38 Feb 2016 Open Ocean−16 (64-68-65=197)7 strokes Flag of Morocco.svg Younes El Hassani
44 Mar 2019 Open Madaef Golfs−17 (64-68-67=199)3 strokes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Albertus

Team appearances

Amateur

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  2. 1 2 3 "European Tour – Player Profile". European Tour . Retrieved 27 May 2014.
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  6. 1 2 "German International Amateur Championships 2012". European Golf Rankings. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
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  9. ↑ "European Tour – Race to Dubai rankings 2013". PGA European Tour . Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Challenger Tour rankings". European Tour . Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "−19! Impressive win of Moritz Lampert in Morocco". PGA of Germany. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Kaymer welcomes Lampert's top flight return". European Tour. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Lampert takes title in Azerbaijan". FOX News . Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Rampant Lampert runs up hat-trick of titles". PGA European Tour. 3 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "The Jacques Leglise Trophy gets underway this Friday". The R&A . Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "Teams announced for Jacques Leglise Trophy Match". The R&A . Retrieved 28 May 2014.
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  18. ↑ "Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy - Team Europe Selections" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  19. ↑ "Continent of Europe victorious in St Andrews & Jacques Leglise Trophy Matches". The R&A. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
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