Benjamin Hébert

Benjamin Hébert
Personal information
Born (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987
Brive, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality  France
Residence Moliets-et-Maa, France
Career
Turned professional 2009
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 6
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2008
PGA Championship DNP

Benjamin Hébert (born 19 February 1987) is a French professional golfer.

Early life

Hébert was born in Brive, France.[1] His parents are Jean-Luc, a former pentathlete, and Françoise, a former swimmer, both of whom now work as teachers. He also has one sister, Audrey. Hébert spent some of his childhood in Tahiti, from age 14 to 18, before graduating from high school in 2005.[2]

Amateur career

Hébert enjoyed a successful amateur career. He spent three years on the French national team, the highlight being representing his country at the 2008 Eisenhower Trophy. He won a number of individual tournaments, the most notable being the European Amateur in 2007, which gained him entry to the following year's Open Championship. He also represented Europe in the St Andrews Trophy.[3]

Professional career

Hébert turned professional in 2009. He enjoyed immediate success on the Challenge Tour, recording a third-place finish in the Piemonte Open after receiving a special invite. He recorded his first professional victory on the third-level Alps Tour later in the summer, before earning a card for the European Tour at qualifying school at the end of the year. However, he struggled to settle at this level, making twelve cuts but not recording a single top-twenty finish, and he failed to retain his card. In July 2011, Hébert won his first tournament on the Challenge Tour at the Credit Suisse Challenge. He followed up with a second win a week later at the English Challenge. He won his third tournament of the year, the Rolex Trophy, in August to earn a promotion to the European Tour.[4]

On the European Tour in 2012, Hébert finished in the top-10 once, T-6 at the Lyoness Open and finished 195th on the Race to Dubai, losing his tour card. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2013 and 2014. In 2014, he won his fourth Challenge Tour event in August at the Norwegian Challenge,[5] he soon followed this up with his second with of the 2014 season in September at the Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne.[6] In the final event of the 2014 season at the Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final, he secured his third Challenge Tour win of the season and 6th career win on the tour. In doing so Hébert finished second in the Challenge Tour Rankings behind Andrew Johnston, which earned him European Tour card for 2015 and became the first player to have three Challenge Tour wins in two separate seasons.[7]

Amateur wins

  • 2006 Grand Prix de Niort
  • 2007 European Amateur, La Coupe Mouchy (joint), Grand Prix de Bordeaux-Lac, Grand Prix Palmola, Grand Prix de Saint Cyprien

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 17 Jul 2011 Credit Suisse Challenge −12 (67-67-67-71=272) 4 strokes England Jamie Moul
2 24 Jul 2011 English Challenge −12 (71-66-69-70=276) 2 strokes France Victor Riu
3 27 Aug 2011 Rolex Trophy −19 (66-65-71-67=269) 1 stroke Spain Jorge Campillo, England Tommy Fleetwood
4 10 Aug 2014 Norwegian Challenge −15 (65-67-69-72=273) 2 strokes Germany Florian Fritsch
5 7 Sep 2014 Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne −15 (66-66-67-66=265) 3 strokes Scotland Andrew McArthur
6 8 Nov 2014 Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final −12 (70-69-68-69=276) 5 strokes France Jérôme Lando-Casanova

Alps Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 9 Aug 2009 Omnium of Belgium - Challenge Flory van Donck −16 (69-71-66-66=272) 1 stroke Netherlands Joost Luiten

Results in major championships

Tournament 2008
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Hébert only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ European Tour - Benjamin Hébert - Biography
  2. ↑ Benjamin Hebert official website - Bio personal Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Benjamin Hebert official website - Bio golf Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Hebert in hat-trick heaven with Rolex Trophy win
  5. ↑ "Hebert takes Norwegian Challenge title". Fox News. 10 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Hebert wins by 3 in France". Miami Herald. 7 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Benjamin Hébert wins third Challenge Tour title of the season in Dubai as the top-ranked 15 rise up to The European Tour". The Daily Mail. London. 9 November 2014.
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