Clément Sordet (born 22 October 1992) is a French professional golfer.
Career Sordet played college golf at Texas Tech where he won six times. After graduating in 2015 and playing in the Palmer Cup, Sordet turned professional. He began playing on the Challenge Tour. In August 2015, he won his first tournament as a professional, at the Northern Ireland Open, playing on a national invitation. It was only his fourth event as a professional. Sordet finished 2015 by finishing joint runner-up in the Thailand Golf Championship. This was one of the Open Qualifying Series and gained him entry to the 2016 Open Championship.
Sordet won his second professional tournament on the Challenge Tour in 2016 at the Turkish Airlines Challenge. Then in 2017, he won both the Viking Challenge and NBO Golf Classic Grand Final and finished second on the 2017 Challenge Tour Order of Merit, which earned him full-time status on the European Tour for 2018.
Amateur wins 2011 The Carmel Cup, UTSA/Oak Hills Invitational (tied) 2013 Black Horse Match 2014 Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate 2015 Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, NCAA Lubbock Regional (tie with Blair Hamilton)
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Professional wins (6) Sunshine Tour wins (1) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up127 Mar 2022SDC Open1−21 (64-66-70-67=267)Playoff Ruan Conradie 1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12022SDC Open Ruan ConradieWon with birdie on first extra hole
Challenge Tour wins (5) Legend Grand Finals (1) Other Challenge Tour (4) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up19 Aug 2015Northern Ireland Open−17 (67-66-68-66=267)1 stroke John Hahn28 May 2016Turkish Airlines Challenge−20 (66-68-65-69=268)1 stroke Matthieu Pavon320 Aug 2017Viking Challenge−13 (70-66-67=203)5 strokes Jack Doherty, Charlie Ford, Daan Huizing44 Nov 2017NBO Golf Classic Grand Final−15 (68-67-68-70=273)2 strokes Marcus Kinhult527 Mar 2022SDC Open1−21 (64-66-70-67=267)Playoff Ruan Conradie 1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12022SDC Open Ruan ConradieWon with birdie on first extra hole
Alps Tour wins (1) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up126 Jun 2011Allianz Open de la Mirabelle d'Or(as an amateur)−15 (66-72-65-66=269)Playoff Émilien Chamaulte
Results in major championships Tournament2016 2017 2018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship Tournament2019Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipU.S. OpenT72The Open Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 2009, 2010 European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 2013, 2014 Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 2014 Palmer Cup (represent Europe): 2015
See also 2017 Challenge Tour graduates 2018 European Tour Qualifying School graduates 2022 Challenge Tour graduates 2024 European Tour Qualifying School graduates List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins
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