Raphaël Jacquelin (born 8 May 1974) is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Career Jacquelin was born in Lyon. He turned professional in 1995, after winning the French Amateur Championship.
Jacquelin began his professional career on the Challenge Tour. In 1997 he claimed two wins on his way to fourth on the season ending money list, which was sufficient to grant him full playing privileges on the European Tour for the following season.
Jacquelin had to wait for his first title at the top level, eventually winning on his 238th European Tour start at the 2005 Open de Madrid. His second victory came in 2007 at the BMW Asian Open. His best finish on the Order of Merit to date has been 20th in 2003.
During part of 2007 and 2008 Jacquelin was the highest ranked French golfer on the Official World Golf Ranking.
Jacquelin won his third Tour title in 2011 at the Sicilian Open with a one stroke victory over England's Anthony Wall. The event had to be concluded on a Monday after bad weather had curtailed Sunday's play. As a result of this win, Jacquelin climbed back into the world's top 100.
In April 2013, Jacquelin claimed his fourth European Tour title in a record equaling sudden-death playoff at the Open de España. After shooting a one-under-par 71 in the final round, Jacquelin was in a three-way tie at the top alongside Felipe Aguilar and Maximilian Kieffer. All three parred the first two playoff holes, before Aguilar was eliminated on the third when he could only make par. Jacquelin and Kieffer played the 18th hole five more times with scores of par made by both. Jacquelin had a putt on the eighth extra hole of six feet to win but could not convert, however at the ninth extra hole he hit his approach to five feet and when Kieffer could only par, Jacquelin converted to clinch victory. The playoff, lasting over two hours, was the joint longest (nine holes) in the history of the European Tour alongside the 1989 KLM Dutch Open.
Amateur wins 1995 French Amateur Championship
Professional wins (8) European Tour wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up116 Oct 2005Open de Madrid−23 (64-64-64-69=261)3 strokes Paul Lawrie222 Apr 2007BMW Asian Open1−10 (66-69-70-73=278)2 strokes Søren Kjeldsen321 Mar 2011Sicilian Open−12 (66-69-69-68=272)1 stroke Anthony Wall421 Apr 2013Open de España−5 (73-66-73-71=283)Playoff Felipe Aguilar, Maximilian Kieffer 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12004Dunhill Championship Grégory Havret, Marcel SiemSiem won with birdie on third extra holeHavret eliminated by birdie on second hole22013Open de España Felipe Aguilar, Maximilian KiefferWon with birdie on ninth extra holeAguilar eliminated by birdie on third hole
Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up122 Jun 1997Memorial Olivier Barras−5 (68-69=137)2 strokes Carlos Duran, Denny Lucas, Gary Marks, Matt McGuire, Marcos Moreno, Mario Tadini231 Aug 1997Steelcover Dutch Challenge−11 (68-71-68-70=277)3 strokes Andrew Butterfield, Mathew Goggin, Roger Winchester
French Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up123 Nov 2013Richard Mille Invitational3 and 1 Édouard Dubois
Other wins (1) 1997 Championnat de France Pro
Results in major championships Tournament199719981999Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipT13CUTT53T54T65CUTPGA ChampionshipCUTCUT Tournament201020112012201320142015Masters TournamentU.S. OpenT21The Open Championship8CUTCUTPGA ChampionshipCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 5PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0Totals 0 0 0 0 1 3 16 6
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013Match PlayChampionshipT59InvitationalT77Champions73
"T" = Tied
Team appearances Amateur European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 1995
Professional Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing France): 2000 World Cup (representing France): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011
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