- Olivier Edmond
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Olivier Edmond Personal information Full name Olivier Edmond Born 29 January 1970
Paris, FranceHeight 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Nationality 
FranceResidence NEuilly sur Seine, France Spouse Catherine Edmond Children Bruce 1998 Noa 1999 Career Turned professional 1990 Former tour(s) European Tour Professional wins 1 Number of wins by tour Challenge Tour 1 Achievements and awards Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year1998 Olivier Edmond (born 29 January 1970) is a French professional golfer.
Edmond was born in Paris. As an amateur, Edmond represented France in the Eisenhower Trophy. He won the 1990 French Amateur Championship and the Brabazon Trophy (tie with Gary Evans). He turned professional later that year. His brother, Pascal is also a professional golfer.
After several seasons on the second tier Challenge Tour, Edmond won a European Tour card at his fifth attempt at qualifying school in 1997. He carried his good form into his début season, and was named the European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 1998. In 1999, he was successfully treated for testicular cancer but after a moderately successful return to the tour in 2000, including a joint 7th place finish at the Volvo PGA Championship,[1] wasn't able to return to his previous form and his European Tour career came to an end after the 2003 season.
Having moved to live in Canada, where he became the head professional at Les Quatre Domaines in Mirabel, Quebec,[2] Edmond took just 26 strokes to complete the back nine at Club de Golf Beloeil on his way to setting the course record of 61.[3] In 2006, he finished tied for 2nd in the Canadian PGA Club Professional Championship.[4]
Contents
Amateur wins (2)
- 1990 Brabazon Trophy (tied with Gary Evans), French Amateur Championship
Professional wins (1)
Challenge Tour wins (1)
- 1997 BPGT Challenge
References
- ^ Mair, Lewine (9 March 2001). "Qatar Masters: Recovering Edmond ready to focus on title". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/3000458/Qatar-Masters-Recovering-Edmond-ready-to-focus-on-title.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "QPGA and PGA France to face off in team event". The Gazette (Montreal). 29 March 2007. http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=436cfa54-2204-4af0-915b-237ffcc0cda9. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "Ronde historique de 26 coups". Club de Golf Beloeil. http://golfbeloeil.qc.ca/histo/index.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "Danny King Wins Second Straight". Canadian Professional Golfers' Association. http://www.cpga.com/tournaments/index.aspx?l=0,1,45,93,149,209. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
External links
- Olivier Edmond at the European Tour official site
Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year 1960 Tommy Goodwin • 1961 Alex Caygill • 1962 No award • 1963 Tony Jacklin • 1964 No award • 1965 No award • 1966 Robin Liddle • 1967 No award • 1968 Bernard Gallacher • 1969 Peter Oosterhuis • 1970 Stuart Brown • 1971 David Llewellyn • 1972 Sam Torrance • 1973 Pip Elson • 1974 Carl Mason • 1975 No award • 1976 Mark James • 1977 Nick Faldo • 1978 Sandy Lyle • 1979 Mike Miller • 1980 Paul Hoad • 1981 Jeremy Bennett • 1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr • 1983 Grant Turner • 1984 Philip Parkin • 1985 Paul Thomas • 1986 José María Olazábal • 1987 Peter Baker • 1988 Colin Montgomerie • 1989 Paul Broadhurst • 1990 Russell Claydon • 1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson • 1992 Jim Payne • 1993 Gary Orr • 1994 Jonathan Lomas • 1995 Jarmo Sandelin • 1996 Thomas Bjørn • 1997 Scott Henderson • 1998 Olivier Edmond • 1999 Sergio García • 2000 Ian Poulter • 2001 Paul Casey • 2002 Nick Dougherty • 2003 Peter Lawrie • 2004 Scott Drummond • 2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño • 2006 Marc Warren • 2007 Martin Kaymer • 2008 Pablo Larrazábal • 2009 Chris Wood • 2010 Matteo ManasseroCategories:- French golfers
- European Tour golfers
- 1970 births
- Living people
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