Jean-François Remésy
Jean-François Remésy | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Nîmes, France | 5 June 1964
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Martigny, Switzerland |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1987 |
Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour PGA Tour Champions |
Professional wins | 11 |
Highest ranking | 97 (26 June 2005)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 3 |
Challenge Tour | 1 |
European Senior Tour | 1 |
Other | 6 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | T17: 2004 |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 |
Jean-François Remésy (born 5 June 1964) is a French professional golfer.
Remésy was born in Nîmes, Occitania. He won the French Amateur Championship in 1985 and turned professional in 1987. For much of his career he has struggled to establish himself as a tour golfer, and he has made over a dozen trips to the European Tour Qualifying School. His first professional win came in a small tournament in France in 1991 and he won on the Challenge Tour in 1994, but he didn't break into the top 100 on the European Tour Order of Merit until 1999. That year he won the Estoril Open on the main tour, and he has continued to progress since then. In 2004 he became the first Frenchman to win the Open de France in 35 years, and in 2005 he retained his title by beating fellow Frenchman Jean van de Velde in a playoff. He lost his card in 2008 after a poor season and went to qualifying school for the 13th time but was not able to earn his tour card for 2009. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit came in 2004 when he finished in 19th with €1,083,360.
Since turning 50, Remésy has played senior golf on the European Senior Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. On the PGA Tour Champions his best result was to be tied for 4th place in the 2016 American Family Insurance Championship. In 2018 he won the Swiss Seniors Open, his first win on the European Senior Tour.
Amateur wins (1)
- 1985 French Amateur Championship
Professional wins (11)
European Tour wins (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 18 Apr 1999 | Estoril Open | −2 (72-69-77-68=286) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2 | 27 Jun 2004 | Open de France | −12 (69-67-65-71=272) | 7 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 26 Jun 2005 | Open de France (2) | −11 (68-69-67-69=273) | Playoff | ![]() |
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2005 | Open de France | ![]() |
Won with double-bogey on first extra hole |
2 | 2007 | BA-CA Golf Open | ![]() |
Lost to par on first extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 11 Sep 1994 | Dutch Challenge Open | −14 (70-67-68-69=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Other wins (6)
- 1991 Challenge AGF (France)
- 1994 Vittel Open (France)
- 1999 French PGA Championship
- 2003 Masters 13 (France)
- 2007 Masters 13 (France)
- 2008 Open International Stade Français Paris (Alps Tour)
European Senior Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 8 Jul 2018 | Swiss Seniors Open | −11 (67-63-69=199) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||
PGA Championship | T17 | CUT |
Note: Remésy never played in the Masters Tournament nor the U.S. Open.
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing France): 1986
Professional
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing France): 1999, 2000
- World Cup (representing France): 1999
- Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2005
External links
- Jean-Franois Remésy at the European Tour official site
- Jean-François Remésy at the PGA Tour official site
- Jean-François Remésy at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- ^ "Week 26 2005 Ending 26 Jun 2005" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 31 October 2019.