Grégory Bourdy
Grégory Bourdy is a French professional golfer who competes on the European Tour.
Bourdy was born in Bordeaux. He turned professional in 2003. His cousin Nicolas Beaufils is also a professional golfer, who has played on the Challenge Tour.
Bourdy has played on the European Tour full-time since 2005, having previously competed on the second-tier Challenge Tour. Bourdy won his first European Tour event on 28 October 2007 at the Mallorca Classic. That win helped him to finish 39th on the European Tour's Order of Merit list, the first time he had broken the top 100. He has been the highest ranked French golfer on the Official World Golf Rankings.
Bourdy also has three victories on the Alps Tour, one of Europe's third-tier development tours, between 2003 and 2005, and won the South African PGA Championship on the Sunshine Tour in 2006. Bourdy was also a member of the France team that finished in 2nd place at the 2002 Eisenhower Trophy.
After his first European Tour win at the 2007 Mallorca Classic, Bourdy collected another victory at the Estoril Open de Portugal in 2008.
In November 2009, Bourdy held off the challenge of Rory McIlroy to win the UBS Hong Kong Open by two strokes.
At the Lyoness Open in June 2015, Bourdy held a two-stroke advantage going into the final round, having led from day one. However, in the final round who shot a six-over-par 78 that included five bogeys and a double bogey to finish in a tie for sixth.
In 2016, Bourdy finished T18 at both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship – his best finishes at major championships to date – and shared 21st place at the Olympic Games in Brazil.
Amateur wins (1)
- 2002 Scottish Youths Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (8)
European Tour wins (4)
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian TourEuropean Tour playoff record
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
1 | 2008 | Estoril Open de Portugal | Alastair Forsyth, David Howell | Won with birdie on third extra hole Forsyth eliminated by par on second hole |
Asian Tour wins (1)
1Co-sanctioned by the European TourSunshine Tour wins (1)
Alps Tour wins (3)
- 2003 Open de la Commission Professionnelle, Open de Bordeaux
- 2005 Open International Stade Français
Results in major championships
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order before 2015."T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Amateur- Eisenhower Trophy : 2002