Victor Dubuisson


Victor Dubuisson is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Amateur career

Dubuisson was born in Cannes. He enjoyed a successful amateur career, during which he won several major amateur tournaments, including the 2009 European Amateur, and was the number one ranked player 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 Challenge Tour. He qualified for his first European Tour event at 15 years old, at the 2005 Open de France, missing the cut. In 2010 he qualified for The Open Championship, missing the cut; he turned professional shortly after the Open.

Professional career

At the end of 2010 Dubuisson entered the European Tour qualifying school, 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 Turkish Airlines Open. 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 Jason Day. The match play event ended on the 23rd hole. Thanks to this result, he earned enough non-member FedEx Cup points to be eligible for "Special Temporary Membership" on the PGA Tour, which he accepted. This allowed him unlimited sponsor exemptions for the remainder of the 2014 season. He finished 9th at the 2014 Open Championship and 7th at the PGA Championship. At the end of the 2014 PGA Tour 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 2014 Ryder Cup. He paired with Graeme McDowell in two victorious foursomes matches against Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, and Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler ; in the final game of the singles, he halved his match with Zach Johnson.
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 Turkish Airlines Open, he failed to make an impact in America where he made only 4 cuts in the 10 events, finishing 190th in the FedEx Cup and losing his tour card.
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 Open de Espana 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."

Amateur wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
110 Nov 2013Turkish Airlines Open−24 2 strokes Jamie Donaldson
21 Nov 2015Turkish Airlines Open −22 1 stroke Jaco van Zyl

European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12014Nordea Masters Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai JaideeJaidee won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament201420152016
ChampionshipT62T62T52
Match Play2T52T38
InvitationalT31T50
ChampionsWD

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

PGA Tour career summary

SeasonStartsCuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop
10		Top
25		Earnings
Money
list rank
201010000000n/a
201100000000n/a
201200000000n/a
201300000000n/a
201410901034670,986n/a
201510600002354,625172
2016530000037,000n/a
Career*2618010361,062,611n/a

*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
Professional
2014Total
2.52.5