Ugo Coussaud (born 10 October 1992) is a French

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

and

European Tour The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European ...

player. He was runner-up at the 2024

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters The Qatar Masters is a European Tour golf tournament held at Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. When founded in 1998, it was one of two European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but was at one point, one of six. From 2005 to 2007 ...

Amateur career

Coussaud enjoyed international success as an amateur. He won the 2013 Canadian University & College Championship, and the 2015 the South African Stroke Play Championship. In 2015, he also reached the semi-finals of the Championnat de France - Coupe Ganay, and in 2016, he was runner-up at the

Lytham Trophy The Lytham Trophy is an amateur golf tournament founded in 1965 by the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where it has always been held. It is a 72-hole scratch stroke play competition, and is classified as a Category A event by the World Amateur ...

in England. Coussaud represented France at the

2016 Eisenhower Trophy The 2016 Eisenhower Trophy took place 21–24 September at the Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club and the Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club on the Riviera Maya, south of Cancun, Mexico. It was the 30th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhow ...

together with Jérémy Gandon and

Antoine Rozner Antoine Rozner (born 12 February 1993) is a French professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won three times on the tour, including wins at the Golf in Dubai Championship in December 2020 and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in ...

, where he finish 10th individually. He also played in the

2016 European Amateur Team Championship The 2016 European Amateur Team Championship took place 5–9 July at Golf de Chantilly, outside Paris, France. It was the 33rd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship. Venue The hosting club, Golf de Chantilly, was founded in 1909. The ...

, where France recorded the best score in the qualification round, but fell to Sweden 2–5 in the quarter-finals to finish 5th.

Professional career

Coussaud turned professional in late 2016 and joined the 2017

Alps Tour The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men's golf in Eur ...

. He finished runner-up to

Lukas Nemecz Lukas Nemecz (born 17 August 1989) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. On the 2021 Challenge Tour, he was runner-up at the Italian Challenge, the German Challenge, and the Hopps Open de Provence. Early life and ...

at the Gösser Open, and secured his maiden professional win the following week at the Open Golf Clément Ader Paris, where he defeated Spanish amateur

Adri Arnaus Adrià Arnaus Antúnez (born 17 October 1994) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2022 Catalunya Championship on the European Tour. Amateur career Arnaus attended Texas A&M University from 2012 to 2016. ...

on the 5th hole of a playoff, having started the day 9 shots back of the lead. Coussaud finished second on the 2017 Alps Tour Order of Merit, to graduate to the 2018

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ...

. He lost the final of the 2019 Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 to Eirik Tage Johansen 2 and 1, and lost a playoff at the 2022

D+D Real Czech Challenge D, or d, is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''dee'' (pronounced ), plural ''dees''. History T ...

Nicolai Kristensen Nicolai may refer to: *Nicolai (given name) people with the forename ''Nicolai'' *Nicolai (surname) people with the surname ''Nicolai'' *Nicolai (crater), a crater on the Moon See also

* Niccolai, a surname * Nicolae (disambiguation) * Nicola ...

of Denmark. 2023 would be his breakthrough season, where he won The Challenge in India and recorded a further three runner-up finishes at the Cape Town Open,

UAE Challenge The UAE Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier men's professional golf tour, held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. First played in 2023, the event was held at the Gary Player-designed Saadiyat Beach Golf Clu ...

and

Dormy Open The Dormy Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played in 2021 on the Öster by Stenson course at Österåker Golf Club in Åkersberga, Sweden, 20 km north-east of Stockholm. It was the last of two Challenge Tour even ...

, to finish fourth on the season-long rankings and graduate to the European Tour. In his rookie season on the

, he finished runner-up at the 2024

Qatar Masters The Qatar Masters is a European Tour golf tournament held at Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. When founded in 1998, it was one of two European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but was at one point, one of six. From 2005 to 2007 ...

, a stroke behind

Rikuya Hoshino Rikuya Hoshino (星野陸也, ''Hoshino Rikuya''; born 12 May 1996) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he claimed his first win in 2024 at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. He has also played on the Japan Gol ...

of Japan.

Amateur wins

*2012 Open International du Haut Poitou *2013 Canadian University & College Championship, Grand Prix du Medoc *2015 South African Stroke Play Championship Source:

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Professional Golf Tour of India The Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) is a professional golf tour for men based in India. The tour was formed in 2006, as the successor to the Indian PGA Golf Tour, which ran from 1997 to 2006. The PGTI serves as a feeder tour for higher l ...

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Alps Tour wins (1)

French Tour wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...

(representing France):

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 ...

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...

(representing France):

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coussaud, Ugo French male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Angoulême 1992 births Living people 21st-century French sportsmen