Grégory Havret

Grégory Havret
Havret at the 2012 KLM Open
Personal information
Born (1976-11-25) 25 November 1976 (age 48)
La Rochelle, France
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality France
ResidenceAix-en-Provence, France
Children2
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking82 (14 September 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2011
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2007
U.S. Open2nd: 2010
The Open ChampionshipT19: 2008
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari Men's team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bari Individual

Grégory Havret (born 25 November 1976) is a French professional golfer.

Amateur career

Havret won the French Amateur Championship three years in a row from 1997 to 1999, and in 1999 he won the European Amateur. He also won a minor professional tournament as an amateur, the 1998 Omnium National.

Professional career

Havret turned professional in 1999 and won a place on the European Tour at the 2000 Qualifying School. He finished 60th on the Order of Merit in 2001, his rookie season, recording a maiden tour victory at the Italian Open. Havret's biggest win to date came in the 2007 Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond, where he overcame major winner Phil Mickelson in a playoff. In August 2008, Havret recorded a second tournament victory in Scotland (third overall), leading the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles at the end of every round in recording a one shot win over Graeme Storm.

Havret's best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit is 19th in 2007. In 2008 Havret reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking and established himself as the highest ranked French golfer.

As a qualifier and ranked 391 in the world, Havret was the runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, California, finishing one stroke behind Graeme McDowell.[2]

In 2024, Havret was by the French Golf Federation appointed head of men's elite golf in France.[3]

Amateur wins

  • 1997 (1) French Native Amateur Championship
  • 1998 (1) French Native Amateur Championship
  • 1999 (2) French Native Amateur Championship, European Amateur Championship

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 4 Nov 2001 Atlanet Italian Open −20 (65-66-68-69=268) 1 stroke Wales Bradley Dredge
2 15 Jul 2007 Barclays Scottish Open −14 (68-64-70-68=270) Playoff United States Phil Mickelson
3 31 Aug 2008 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles −14 (68-71-69-70=278) 1 stroke England Graeme Storm

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 Dunhill Championship France Raphaël Jacquelin, Germany Marcel Siem Siem won with birdie on third extra hole
Havret eliminated by birdie on second hole
2 2007 Barclays Scottish Open United States Phil Mickelson Won with par on first extra hole
3 2014 BMW International Open Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Sweden Henrik Stenson,
Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti 		Zanotti won with par on fifth extra hole
Cabrera-Bello eliminated by par on fourth hole
Havret eliminated by birdie on second hole

French Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 17 Dec 2011 AfrAsia Golf Masters −3 (76-67-70=213) Playoff South Africa Hennie Otto, France Julien Quesne

Other wins (1)

  • 1998 Omnium National (France, as an amateur)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open 2 T30
The Open Championship CUT T19 CUT T57 CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
U.S. Open 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 0 1 0 1 1 2 9 4
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2007 2008 2009
Match Play
Championship T15
Invitational T69 T74
Champions
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 37 2008 Ending 14 Sep 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ DiMeglio, Steve (2010-06-21). "Graeme McDowell holds off challengers to win U.S. Open". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  3. ^ Vella, Lionel (2024-06-18). "Gregory Havret: "A mission that suits me 100%"". ffgolf.org. French Golf Federation. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  4. ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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