Victor Dubuisson (born 22 April 1990) is a French former professional golfer who played primarily on the European Tour, winning twice at the Turkish Airlines Open in 2013 and 2015. He also played in the 2014 Ryder Cup and lost in the final of the 2014 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
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 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 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 (won by 3 and 2), and Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler (won by 5 and 4); 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. He missed most of the 2018 season after having an operation on his sinuses in late 2017, and then perforating an eardrum while flying back from the Open de España in April.
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.
In December 2023, Dubuisson announced his retirement from professional golf at the age of 33. He briefly came out of retirement in July 2025, playing in the Biarritz Cup on the Alps Tour. He went on to win the tournament, also forfeiting the first place prize money of 7600 Euros.
Amateur wins 2006 French Amateur (closed) 2008 Mexican Amateur 2009 European Amateur, Trophée des Régions
Professional wins (4) European Tour wins (2) Legend Race to Dubai finals series (2) Other European Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1 10 Nov 2013Turkish Airlines Open−24 (67-65-63-69=264)2 strokes Jamie Donaldson21 Nov 2015Turkish Airlines Open (2)−22 (69-64-67-66=266)1 stroke Jaco van Zyl
European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12014Nordea Masters Stephen Gallacher, Thongchai JaideeJaidee won with birdie on first extra hole
Alps Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1 27 Jul 2025Biarritz Cup−19 (62-65-61=188)Playoff Jorge Maicas
French Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1 6 Nov 2010Finale Allianz de Barbaroux−8 (69-70-69=208)Playoff Édouard Dubois
Results in major championships Tournament2010201120122013201420152016Masters TournamentCUTCUTT42U.S. OpenT28CUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTT9CUTCUTPGA ChampionshipT7T18CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships Results not in chronological order before 2015. Tournament 2014 2015 2016ChampionshipT62T62T52Match Play2T52T38InvitationalT31T50ChampionsWD
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play WD = withdrew "T" = tied
PGA Tour career summary
Season Starts Cutsmade Wins 2nd 3rd Top10 Top25 Earnings($) Moneylist rank 2010 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 2014 10 9 0 1 0 3 4 670,986 n/a 2015 10 6 0 0 0 0 2 354,625 172 2016 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 37,000 n/a Career* 26 18 0 1 0 3 6 1,062,611 n/a *As of the 2015–16 season.
European Tour career summary Season Starts Cutsmade Wins 2nd 3rd Top10 Earnings(€) Moneylist rank 2005 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 2010 10 2 0 0 0 0 21,800 220 2011 21 15 0 0 0 3 285,401 106 2012 20 13 0 0 1 4 573,249 52 2013 21 13 1 0 3 7 2,031,675 6 2014 21 19 0 4 0 8 2,338,782 5 2015 21 18 1 0 0 3 1,800,767 11 2016 17 11 0 0 1 3 997,561 38 2017 19 10 0 0 2 3 1,051,053 37 2018 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 2019 22 15 0 0 0 1 317,589 111 2020 7 5 0 0 0 2 255,890 106 2021 19 9 0 0 0 2 241,256 111 2022 17 6 0 0 0 1 294,930 115 2023 8 2 0 0 0 0 7,285 284 Career* 226 136 2 4 7 37 10,113,984 68 *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 European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 2005, 2007 European Youths' Team Championship (representing France): 2006 Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2006 (winners) Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2006 (tie, Cup retained) European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 2007 European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 2008 Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2010 (selected, but tournament cancelled)
Professional World Cup (representing France): 2013, 2016 EurAsia Cup (representing Europe): 2014, 2016 (winners) Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2014 (winners)
Ryder Cup points record 2014 Total 2.5 2.5
See also 2010 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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