Sam Horsfield (born 8 October 1996) is an English

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who plays on the

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Amateur career

Horsfield has lived in the United States since he was five years old. In 2014, he won the Junior Players Championship and was semi-finalist at the U.S. Junior Amateur. He attended the

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for two years 2015–17. Playing with the Florida Gators men's golf team he recorded 4 individual victories, was named First Team All-American, SEC Freshman of the Year, and semi-finalist for the Ben Hogan Award and Jack Nicklaus Award. Horsfield was selected for the 2015 Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club but withdrew two weeks before the event. It was later reported that he thought he may not have had the correct visa and was worried he would not be allowed to return to the United States after the event. He was runner-up at the 2016

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. Horsfield won the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup with the European team and turned professional in May 2017.

Professional career

Horsfield was the medalist at the 2017 European Tour Qualifying School to earn a place on the European Tour for 2018. He had a useful start to 2018, with a 4th place in the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth and finishing second at the Tshwane Open, two strokes behind George Coetzee. Later in the season he was tied for 5th place in the Sky Sports British Masters and finished 52nd in the Order of Merit. In early August

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, Horsfield had his breakthrough win on the European Tour when he won the Hero Open by one shot over Thomas Detry. Two weeks later, Horsfield won his second European Tour event at the Celtic Classic in Wales, two strokes ahead of Detry, who finished as runner-up again. In May 2022, Horsfield picked up his third European Tour victory at the Soudal Open in Belgium. Horsfield was part of the inaugural

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event at Centurion Club at London, where he placed 5th, winning $975,000. He collected a total of $3.5 million in individual prize money across the

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and

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

LIV seasons, despite missing most of the 2023 season due to hip surgery.

Amateur wins

*2013 Florida Amateur *2014 New Year's Invitational, Junior Players Championship *2015 New Year's Invitational *2016 Sea Best Invitational, Southern Highlands Collegiate, Mason Rudolph Championship *2017 Mason Rudolph Championship Source:

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = no tournament due to

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Team appearances

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(representing Europe):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(winners)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Horsfield, Sam English male golfers European Tour golfers LIV Golf players Golfers from Manchester 1996 births Living people 21st-century English sportsmen