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Nicolas Colsaerts (14 November 1982) is a Belgian professional golfer who has played on the European Tour and PGA Tour. ==Professional career== Colsaerts, also known as "The Belgian Bomber," was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium. He turned professional in 2000, the day of his 18th birthday and went on to gain his European Tour card at the 2000 Qualifying School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nicolas Colsaerts - Bio )〕 Colsaerts first season on the European Tour was unsuccessful and having finished 172nd on the Order of Merit〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2000 Volvo Order of Merit )〕 Colsaerts lost his European Tour card. He spent the 2002 season playing on the Challenge Tour and despite a winless season〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nicolas Colsaerts - Career Record )〕 he finished 10th of the Challenge Tour Order of Merit to regain his European Tour card for 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Challenge Tour rankings 2002 )〕 Colsaerts continued to play on the European Tour throughout in next four seasons.〔 Colsaerts led the Nissan Irish Open at the halfway stage in 2006,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colsaerts takes Irish Open lead )〕 but fell away over the weekend and finished in a tie for 53rd place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nissan Irish Open - 2006 results )〕 Similarly, he led the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters after the third round but finished tied for 24th. Following a poor season in 2007 when he finished 201st on the Order of Merit, Colsaerts again lost his European Tour card and returned to the Challenge Tour for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2007 Order of Merit )〕 Colsaerts nearly won the 2009 Challenge of Ireland after a final round 68, but lost at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to English golfer Robert Coles. However, he eventually captured his maiden victory on the Challenge Tour a few weeks later at the SK Golf Challenge〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colsaerts Wins SK Golf Challenge after play-off )〕 and added the Dutch Futures later in October.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dutch delight for confident Colsaerts )〕 In 2010, he had a best finish of third at the BMW Italian Open, and retained his tour card for 2011 after finishing 67th on the Race to Dubai rankings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 Race to Dubai )〕 In 2011 he won his first European Tour title at the Volvo China Open. He then reached the semi-finals of the 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship in Spain, losing to eventual winner Ian Poulter after a playoff hole in the semi-finals. These results placed him high enough on the year's ranking to get him a spot for the 2011 Open Championship,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/33570381/ns/sports-player_news/ )〕 and two days later he won the European qualifying tournament for the 2011 U.S. Open at Walton Heath Golf Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/13601725.stm )〕 He finished the season ranked 20th in the Race to Dubai to secure invitations to at least two majors in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2011 Race to Dubai )〕 In May 2012, he won his biggest career title at the Volvo World Match Play Championship. He beat Graeme McDowell, 1 up, in the final and was never behind in the match at any point. On his way to the title he also beat Justin Rose 4&3,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Match Play: Ian Poulter and Justin Rose knocked out )〕 Brandt Snedeker 4&3,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Match Play: Paul Lawrie & Graeme McDowell reach semi-final )〕 and Paul Lawrie at the 20th hole in the semi-finals, after beginning four down after four holes.〔 Prior to all of this, he had only just advanced from the group stage after defeating Charl Schwartzel at the first playoff hole.〔 Colsaerts entered the top 50 in the world after his win took him to world number 32.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Week 20 - Jason Dufner win the HP Byron Nelson Championship and moves to world number 14 )〕 Colsaerts played in the 2012 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club and made the cut for the first time in a major championship, going on to finish tied 27th.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2012 US Open - Final Scores )〕 For a brief period during the third round Colsaerts was tied for the lead and started the final round just three strokes back of the leaders. However he fell away with a final round of 76. On 27 August 2012, he was selected by European captain José María Olazábal as a wildcard for the 2012 Ryder Cup team, becoming the first Belgian to play in the event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Harrington misses out on wild card )〕 He finished the season ranked 11th on the Race to Dubai.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2012 Race to Dubai )〕 In October, Colsaerts joined the PGA Tour, accepting Special Temporary Member status for the final three events of the season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Notes: Colsaerts takes up membership on PGA Tour )〕 Colsaerts made $677,011 as a non-member, finishing almost $30,000 ahead of Kevin Chappell, the golfer who earned the 125th and final PGA Tour card for 2013. The amount earned Colsaerts full membership into the PGA Tour for 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Five internationals join Tour for 2013 )〕 In 2013, Colsaerts finished tenth at the U.S. Open and reached round of 16 of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. In 2014 he finished second at the Portugal Masters and Malaysian Open, fourth at the Wales Open and sixth at the BMW Masters. During the 2015 season, Colsaerts finished seventh th the Nordea Masters, ninth at the Paul Lawrie Match Play and 13th at the Qatar Masters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicolas Colsaerts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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