David Horsey (born 14 April 1985) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the

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. He has won four events on the tour between 2010 and 2015.

Amateur career

Horsey had a successful amateur career, which included winning the 2005 Greek Amateur Championship and finishing as runner-up in the 2004

English Amateur The English Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of England. It has been played annually since 1925 (except for war years) and is organised by England Golf. The English Men's Amateur Championship is contested through tw ...

. He turned professional in 2007 after representing Great Britain and Ireland at the

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. Horsey appeared twice as an amateur at the

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's Oceânico Developments Pro-Am Challenge, held near his home, finishing in a tie for 13th in 2007.

Professional career

After turning professional in 2007, Horsey played three more events on Europe's development

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, before making his third attempt to win a place on the elite

via

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, but like his previous efforts, he failed to get through to the final stage. In his first full season on the Challenge Tour in 2008, Horsey recorded two victories, at the

Telenet Trophy The KPMG Trophy is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Belgium. It was first played in May 2006 as the Telenet Trophy at Limburg G&CC in Houthalen-Helchteren Houthalen-Helchteren (; li, Hôtele-Helichtre) is a municipality located ...

and the AGF-Allianz EurOpen de Lyon, and seven other top-ten finishes, as he ended the year on top of the rankings to graduate to the European Tour for 2009. During 2008, he also received several invites to full European Tour events, the highlight of which was his début appearance on the tour at the MasterCard Masters, where he finished in a tie for 5th place. In February 2009, Horsey collected the biggest cheque of his career by posting a final round 64 at the

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to finish as joint runner-up, just one stroke behind winner Anthony Kang. He retained his card for 2010, finishing within the top 100 of the

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. In June 2010, Horsey achieved his first European Tour win at the 2010

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. He finished the season ranked 32nd on the Order of Merit. In April 2011, Horsey won his second European Tour event, the Trophée Hassan II. He defeated Rhys Davies and

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at the second playoff hole with a birdie 3 while Davies and van Zyl parred. After finishing 7th in the 2011

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Horsey reached a career high of 77 in the world rankings.

Amateur wins

*2005 Greek Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (4)

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...

(representing England): 2007 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2007 Professional *

Seve Trophy The Seve Trophy was a biennial golf tournament between teams of professional male golfers; one team representing Great Britain and Ireland, the other team representing Continental Europe. The tournament was played in years when there is no Ryder ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 (winners)

References

External links

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David Horsey
at his management firm's official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Horsey, David English male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Stockport People from Wilmslow 1985 births Living people