Antoine Rozner Facts: 15 Things You Didn't Know About The French Golfer
Discover more about French professional golfer Antoine Rozner via these facts regarding his life and career so far...
Antoine Rozner is a French professional golfer who plays on both the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour. Get to know him a little better with these facts about his life and career in the game so far...
ANTOINE ROZNER FACTS
1. Antoine Rozner was born in Paris, France on February 12, 1993.
2. Rozner comes from a golfing family, his mother Laurence was a good player and got Antoine started at a young age. Rozner’s older brother Olivier is also a professional golfer who has won on the European third tier and competed on the Challenge Tour.
3. As an amateur, the Frenchman won nine titles between 2014-2016.
4. Rozner went to the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 2012 to 2016, winning six times. He also finished T8th in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.
5. He played for Europe in the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup, winning all his four matches, and played for France in the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy.
6. Rozner turned pro right after the Eisenhower Trophy and played on the Alps Tour in 2017. In his debut campaign, he twice finished runner-up and claimed three other top-five results to end third in the Order of Merit and achieve a place on the Challenge Tour.
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7. Both of Rozner's Challenge Tour victories arrived in consecutive weeks during 2019 - the Challenge de Espana was first before the Prague Golf Challenge followed seven days later.
8. Rozner has won three times on the DP World Tour. His first win was claimed at the 2020 Golf In Dubai Championship, coming from four strokes back, and the second followed a few months later at the 2021 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. There, Rozner holed a 60-foot putt on the final hole to win by one-stroke and become the fastest Frenchman to land two victories on the DP World Tour (29 starts). His most recent success arrived at the 2022 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.
9. Aside from an Odyssey putter, Rozner uses a full bag of Titleist golf clubs at the moment. He also has sponsorships with Lacoste and Golf Plus.
10. He attended every day of the 2018 Ryder Cup as a fan, which was hosted by Le Golf National in Paris.
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11. In his younger days, Rozner used to be play field hockey.
12. His interests away from golf lie in soccer and rugby union.
13. Rozner is attached to golf club, RCF La Boulie, located next to Versailles and just outside of Paris.
14. In 2023, Rozner was a part of the Continental Europe side which claimed victory in the Hero Cup - a competition designed to give would-be Ryder Cup stars a taste of the competition in case they are called up to make their debut.
15. At the end of the 2024 DP World Tour season, Rozner secured the final PGA Tour card available to the top-10 non-exempt players in Europe. His final three results were fourth, T6th, T3rd to help him take the last card by just 10 points.
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ANTOINE ROZNER BIO
Born | February 12, 1993 - Paris, France |
Height | 6ft (1.84m) |
College | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
Turned Pro | 2016 |
Former Tours | Alps Tour, Challenge Tour |
Current Tours | DP World Tour, PGA Tour |
Pro Wins | 5 |
Highest OWGR | 63rd |
Best Major Result | T20th (2023 Open Championship) |
ANTOINE ROZNER PRO WINS
Tour | Event | Winning Score |
---|---|---|
Challenge Tour | 2019 Challenge de Espana | -13 (four strokes) |
Challenge Tour | 2019 Prague Golf Challenge | -17 (seven strokes) |
DP World Tour | 2020 Golf In Dubai Championship | -25 (two strokes) |
DP World Tour | 2021 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | -8 (one stroke) |
DP World Tour/Sunshine Tour | 2022 AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | -19 (five strokes) |
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