Victor Dubuisson (born 22 April 1990) is a French

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who plays on the

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Amateur career

Dubuisson was born in

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. He enjoyed a successful amateur career, during which he won several major amateur tournaments, including the 2009

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, and was the number one ranked amateur player in the world for eight weeks from 4 November to 23 December 2009. As an amateur he also entered and made the cut in several professional tournaments, the highlight being a third-place finish at the 2009 Allianz EurOpen de Lyon on the

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. He qualified for his first European Tour event at 15 years old, at the 2005

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, missing the cut. In 2010 he qualified for

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, missing the cut; he turned professional shortly after the Open.

Professional career

At the end of 2010 Dubuisson entered the

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, where he finished 11th earning a tour card. He ended 52nd in the 2012 Race to Dubai. He won for the first time as a professional at the 2013

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. With seven top 10s, he ranked sixth at the 2013 Race to Dubai. Dubuisson finished second in the 2014 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship to

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. The match play event ended on the 23rd hole. Thanks to this result, he earned enough non-member

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points to be eligible for "Special Temporary Membership" on the

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, which he accepted. This allowed him unlimited sponsor exemptions for the remainder of the 2014 season. He finished 9th at the

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and 7th at the

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. At the end of the

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season, his total earnings of US$670,000 as a non-member allowed him to earn a PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season. In September 2014 he gained an automatic selection to represent the winning European team at the

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. He paired with

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in two victorious foursomes matches against

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and

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(won by 3 and 2), and

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and

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(won by 5 and 4); in the final game of the singles, he halved his match with

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. In 2015 Dubuisson shared his time between the European Tour and the PGA Tour. While his season in Europe was successful, with a second win at the

, he failed to make an impact in America where he made only 4 cuts in the 10 events, finishing 190th in the

and losing his tour card. Victor Dubuisson at 2015 PGA Championship

In 2016 and 2017 Dubuisson played on the European Tour. He made 21 cuts and earned more than €2,000,000 in total during those two seasons. In 2018, he was sidelined for the majority of the season with a pretty serious injury. After undergoing an operation on his sinuses in late 2017, Dubuisson suffered a perforated eardrum after flying back from the

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and was ruled out indefinitely. "My eardrum was hit on the plane on the way back from Spain then, back home, it exploded," he told reporters in late May 2018. "I was forced to have surgery and I can't fly. My season is over. I can't hear anything on the left side." Dubuisson returned to the European Tour in 2019, making the cut in 13 of his 20 tournaments and placing in the top 20 on five occasions. He played only seven times on the 2020 Tour, however these appearances included two top 10 finishes. 2021 has seen Dubuisson return as a regular player on the European Tour again, including 8 tournament entries by May.

Amateur wins (4)

*2006 French Amateur (closed) *2008 Mexican Amateur *2009

, Trophée des Régions

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

French Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

PGA Tour career summary

*As of the 2015–16 season.

European Tour career summary

*As of 23 October 2018. There is duplication between PGA Tour and European Tour stats for wins, top 10s and money earned in World Golf Championships and Major Championships.

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing France): 2007 *

Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has b ...

(representing Continental Europe): 2006 (winners) *

Junior Ryder Cup The Junior Ryder Cup is a team golf competition between Europe and the United States for junior golfers aged 18 and under. It is based on the men's Ryder Cup and is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe. The 2018 ...

(representing Europe): 2006 (tie, Cup retained) *

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 France):

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

(representing France):

Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first compe ...

(representing Europe): 2010 (selected, but tournament cancelled) Professional *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

(representing France):

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

EurAsia Cup The EurAsia Cup was a biennial men's professional team golf tournament between teams representing Europe and Asia. It started in 2014, superseding the Royal Trophy which had been played from 2006 to 2013. It was previously held at the Glenmarie ...

(representing Europe):

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

(winners) *

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...

(representing Europe):

(winners) Ryder Cup points record

References

External links

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Amateur career

Professional career

Amateur wins (4)

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

French Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Results in World Golf Championships

PGA Tour career summary

European Tour career summary

Team appearances

See also

References

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