# Benjamin Hébert

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French professional golfer (born 1987)

For the Canadian curler, see [Ben Hebert](/source/Ben_Hebert).

Benjamin Hébert Personal information Born (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 39) Brive, France Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) Sporting nationality France Residence El Tarter, Andorra Career Turned professional 2009 Current tour European Tour Former tour Challenge Tour Professional wins 8 Highest ranking 89 (10 November 2019)[1] Number of wins by tour Challenge Tour 6 (Tied-5th all-time) Other 2 Best results in major championships Masters Tournament DNP PGA Championship CUT: 2020 U.S. Open DNP The Open Championship T33: 2021

**Benjamin Hébert** (born 19 February 1987) is a French [professional golfer](/source/Professional_golfer).

## Early life

In 1987, Hébert was born in [Brive](/source/Brive), [France](/source/France).[2] His parents are Jean-Luc, a former pentathlete, and Françoise, a former swimmer, both of whom now work as teachers. He also has one sister, Audrey. Hébert spent some of his childhood in [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti), from age 14 to 18, before graduating from high school in 2005.[3]

## Amateur career

Hébert enjoyed a successful amateur career. He spent three years on the French national team, the highlight being representing his country at the 2008 [Eisenhower Trophy](/source/Eisenhower_Trophy). He won a number of individual tournaments, the most notable being the [European Amateur](/source/European_Amateur) in 2007, which gained him entry to the following year's [Open Championship](/source/Open_Championship). He also represented Europe in the [St Andrews Trophy](/source/St_Andrews_Trophy).[4]

## Professional career

In 2009, Hébert turned professional. He enjoyed immediate success on the [Challenge Tour](/source/Challenge_Tour), recording a third-place finish in the [Piemonte Open](/source/Piemonte_Open_(golf)) after receiving a special invite. He recorded his first professional victory on the third-level [Alps Tour](/source/Alps_Tour) later in the summer, before earning a card for the [European Tour](/source/European_Tour) at [qualifying school](/source/Qualifying_school) at the end of the year. However, he struggled to settle at this level, making twelve cuts but not recording a single top-twenty finish, and he failed to retain his card. In July 2011, Hébert won his first tournament on the [Challenge Tour](/source/Challenge_Tour) at the [Credit Suisse Challenge](/source/Credit_Suisse_Challenge). He followed up with a second win a week later at the [English Challenge](/source/English_Challenge). He won his third tournament of the year, the [Rolex Trophy](/source/Rolex_Trophy), in August to earn a promotion to the [European Tour](/source/European_Tour).[5]

In 2012, while on the [European Tour](/source/European_Tour), Hébert finished in the top-10 once, T-6 at the [Lyoness Open](/source/Lyoness_Open) and finished 195th on the Race to Dubai, losing his tour card. He returned to the Challenge Tour in 2013 and 2014. In 2014, he won his fourth Challenge Tour event in August at the [Norwegian Challenge](/source/Norwegian_Challenge),[6] he soon followed this up with his second with of the 2014 season in September at the [Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne](/source/Open_Blue_Green_C%C3%B4tes_d'Armor_Bretagne).[7] In the final event of the 2014 season at the [Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final](/source/Dubai_Festival_City_Challenge_Tour_Grand_Final), he secured his third Challenge Tour win of the season and 6th career win on the tour. In doing so Hébert finished second in the Challenge Tour Rankings behind [Andrew Johnston](/source/Andrew_Johnston_(golfer)), which earned him European Tour card for 2015 and became the first player to have three Challenge Tour wins in two separate seasons.[2]

Since 2015 Hébert has played on the [European Tour](/source/European_Tour). He was runner-up in the 2018 [Belgian Knockout](/source/Belgian_Knockout) where he lost to [Adrián Otaegui](/source/Adri%C3%A1n_Otaegui) in the final.[8] He lost in a playoff for the 2019 [Volvo China Open](/source/Volvo_China_Open) against [Mikko Korhonen](/source/Mikko_Korhonen).[9] He also lost in a playoff for the 2019 [Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open](/source/Aberdeen_Standard_Investments_Scottish_Open) against [Bernd Wiesberger](/source/Bernd_Wiesberger).[10]

## Amateur wins

- 2006 Grand Prix de Niort

- 2007 [European Amateur](/source/European_Amateur), La Coupe Mouchy (joint), Grand Prix de Bordeaux-Lac, Grand Prix Palmola, Grand Prix de Saint Cyprien

## Professional wins (8)

### Challenge Tour wins (6)

Legend Grand Finals (1) Other Challenge Tour (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up 1 17 Jul 2011 Credit Suisse Challenge −12 (67-67-67-71=272) 4 strokes Jamie Moul 2 24 Jul 2011 English Challenge −12 (71-66-69-70=276) 2 strokes Victor Riu 3 27 Aug 2011 Rolex Trophy −19 (66-65-71-67=269) 1 stroke Jorge Campillo, Tommy Fleetwood 4 10 Aug 2014 Norwegian Challenge −15 (65-67-69-72=273) 2 strokes Florian Fritsch 5 7 Sep 2014 Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne −15 (66-66-67-66=265) 3 strokes Andrew McArthur 6 8 Nov 2014 Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final −12 (70-69-68-69=276) 5 strokes Jérôme Lando-Casanova

**Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)**

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result 1 2024 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge Joel Moscatel Lost to par on first extra hole

### Alps Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up 1 9 Aug 2009 Omnium of Belgium −16 (69-71-66-66=272) 1 stroke Joost Luiten

### French Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up 1 18 Oct 2014 Richard Mille Invitational 2 and 1 Édouard Dubois

## Playoff record

**European Tour playoff record (0–3)**

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1 2019 Volvo China Open Mikko Korhonen Lost to birdie on first extra hole 2 2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Bernd Wiesberger Lost to par on third extra hole 3 2019 Turkish Airlines Open Tyrrell Hatton, Kurt Kitayama, Victor Perez, Matthias Schwab, Erik van Rooyen Hatton won with par on fourth extra hole Kitayama eliminated by birdie on third hole Hébert, Perez and van Rooyen eliminated by birdie on first hole

## Results in major championships

*Results not in chronological order in 2020.*

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Masters Tournament U.S. Open The Open Championship CUT PGA Championship

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 Masters Tournament PGA Championship CUT U.S. Open The Open Championship T41 NT T33

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = No tournament due to [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic)

## Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2019 2020 Championship T18 Match Play NT1 Invitational Champions T65 NT1

1Cancelled due to [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic)

  Did not play

NT = No tournament "T" = Tied

## Team appearances

**Amateur**

- [European Amateur Team Championship](/source/European_Amateur_Team_Championship) (representing France): [2008](/source/2008_European_Amateur_Team_Championship)

- [Eisenhower Trophy](/source/Eisenhower_Trophy) (representing France): [2008](/source/2008_Eisenhower_Trophy)

- [St Andrews Trophy](/source/St_Andrews_Trophy) (representing the Continent of Europe): 2008

- [Bonallack Trophy](/source/Bonallack_Trophy) (representing Europe): 2008 (winners)

- European Team Championships (representing France): 2008

## See also

- [2009 European Tour Qualifying School graduates](/source/2009_European_Tour_Qualifying_School_graduates)

- [2011 Challenge Tour graduates](/source/2011_Challenge_Tour_graduates)

- [2014 Challenge Tour graduates](/source/2014_Challenge_Tour_graduates)

- [2024 Challenge Tour graduates](/source/2024_Challenge_Tour_graduates)

- [List of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins](/source/List_of_golfers_with_most_Challenge_Tour_wins)

- [List of golfers to achieve a three-win promotion from the Challenge Tour](/source/List_of_golfers_to_achieve_a_three-win_promotion_from_the_Challenge_Tour)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-w201945_1-0)** ["Week 45 2019 Ending 10 Nov 2019"](https://www.owgr.com/archive/PastRankings/2019/owgr45f2019.pdf) (pdf). [OWGR](/source/OWGR). Retrieved 11 November 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ET_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ET_2-1) ["Benjamin Hébert"](https://www.europeantour.com/players/benjamin-hebert-35509/). European Tour. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Benjamin Hebert official website - Bio personal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724070034/http://www.benjaminhebert.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=17). Archived from [the original](http://www.benjaminhebert.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=17) on 24 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Benjamin Hebert official website - Bio golf"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724070029/http://www.benjaminhebert.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=16). Archived from [the original](http://www.benjaminhebert.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=16) on 24 July 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Hebert in hat-trick heaven with Rolex Trophy win"](https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/hebert-in-hat-trick-heaven-with-rolex-trophy-win/). PGA European Tour. 27 August 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Hebert takes Norwegian Challenge title"](https://www.foxnews.com/sports/hebert-takes-norwegian-challenge-title/). *[Fox News](/source/Fox_News)*. Sports Network. 10 August 2014. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150226013605/http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/08/10/hebert-takes-norwegian-challenge-title/) from the original on 26 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Hebert wins by 3 in France"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150109233853/http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/golf/article1990498.html). *[Miami Herald](/source/Miami_Herald)*. Sports Network. 7 September 2014. Archived from [the original](http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/golf/article1990498.html) on 9 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Otaegui the Knockout king in Belgium"](https://www.europeantour.com/european-tour/news/articles/detail/otaegui-the-knockout-king-in-belgium/). PGA European Tour. 20 May 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Korhonen claims play-off glory in China"](https://www.europeantour.com/european-tour/news/articles/detail/korhonen-claims-play-off-glory-in-china/). PGA European Tour. 5 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Scott, Steve (14 July 2019). ["Bernd Weisberger edges Benjamin Hebert in the gloaming to take Scottish Open title"](https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/golf/935505/bernd-weisberger-edges-benjamin-hebert-in-the-gloaming-to-take-scottish-open-title/). *The Courier*. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

## External links

- [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20110809060724/http://www.benjaminhebert.fr:80/) (in French)

- [Benjamin Hébert](https://www.europeantour.com/players/35509/) at the [European Tour](/source/PGA_European_Tour) official site

- [Benjamin Hébert](https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/12213) at the [Official World Golf Ranking](/source/Official_World_Golf_Ranking) official site

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