Nicolas Colsaerts

Nicolas Colsaerts
Personnel
Nation:	Belgium
Nickname:	The Muscles from Brussels
Career data
Professional since:	2000
Current tour:	European Tour
Tournament wins:	10

Nicolas Colsaerts (born November 14, 1982 in Schaerbeek ) is a Belgian professional golfer on the European Tour . He was the second youngest player to qualify for the European Tour at the time.

After a nationally and internationally successful amateur career, he became a professional golfer at the age of 18 .

Life / career

Colsaerts survived all three stages of the Tour School 2000 without any problems and qualified fourth in the final tournament for the European Tour . In the first year he was not able to assert himself, but managed to get back on track immediately via the Challenge Tour and was a member of the major European tournament series from 2003 to 2006 and achieved his best result for the time being with second place at the traditional Johnnie Walker Championship in 2005 in Gleneagles . After Colsaerts lost his eligibility to play the European Tour at the end of the 2006 season, he played on the Challenge Tour again from 2007 to 2009 before qualifying for the European Tour again from 2010. In April 2011 Colsaerts achieved the first victory at the highest tournament level by winning the China Open .

The most valuable win to date came in May 2012 when he won the Volvo World Match Play Championship . As a result, he temporarily moved into the top 50 of the golf world rankings .

In September 2014 Colsaerts played the longest drive in European Tour history in the first round of the ISPS Handa Wales Open . His tee shot on the 18th hole of the Celtic Manor Resort only came to a halt after 408 meters.

Amateur victories (2)

• 2000 Belgian Stroke Play Championship, Belgian Match Play Championship, French Boys Championship

Professional victories (10)

European Tour (3)

No.	date	competition	Win score	head Start	Runner-up
1	April 24, 2011	Volvo China Open	-24 (65-67-66-66 = 264)	4 strokes	Søren Kjeldsen , Peter Lawrie , Danny Lee , Pablo Martín
2	May 20, 2012	Volvo World Match Play Championship	Match game over 18 holes	1 on	Graeme McDowell
2	20th October 2019	Open de France	-12 (67-66-67-72 = 272)	1 hit	Joachim B. Hansen

Challenge Tour (2)

No.	date	competition	Win score	head Start	Runner-up
1	August 9, 2009	SK Golf Challenge	-25 (70-71-70-66 = 264)	Playoff	Rhys Davies , Julien Guerrier
2	September 13, 2009	Dutch futures	-17 (69-66-67-69 = 271)	4 strokes	Andrew McArthur , Julien Quesne

Others (5)

• 2000 World Travel Open (PGA of Belgium) (as an amateur)
• 2002 Belgian Match Play Championship
• 2003 Omnium of Belgium
• 2005 Open International de Bordeaux ( Alps Tour )
• 2010 Mauritius Golf Masters

Results at major championships

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T27	T10	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T7	CUT	DNP	DNP	T46	DNP	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

Participation in major team competitions

• Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2011, 2013 (winner)
• World Cup (for Belgium): 2011, 2013, 2016
• Ryder Cup (for Europe): 2012 (winner)
• Royal Trophy (for Europe): 2013 (winner)

See also

• List of Ryder Cup players in Europe

Web links

• Personal Website (English)
• Player profile on the European Tour
• Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1] longest drive