Laurie Canter

Laurie Canter
Laurie Canter
Personal information
Full name	Laurence Richard Canter
Born	3 November 1989 (age 32); Bath, Somerset, England
Sporting nationality	England
Career
Turned professional	2011
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour; PGA EuroPro Tour
Highest ranking	85 (19 December 2021); (as of 19 December 2021)
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T37: 2017

Laurence Richard Canter (born 3 November 1989) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Amateur career[]

Canter had a successful year in 2010, winning the South African Amateur Championship and playing in the St Andrews Trophy and Eisenhower Trophy. He was also part of the England team that won the European Amateur Team Championship that year and he also qualified for the 2010 Open Championship. He won the 2011 Spanish Amateur Open Championship.^[2]

Professional career[]

Canter turned professional in 2011, after winning the Spanish Amateur Open Championship.^[2] He played on the Challenge Tour from 2011 to 2013 before dropping down to the Pro Golf Tour in 2014 and 2015.

Canter has an unusual records of qualifying for the European Tour through Q-school, four separate times. He qualified in 2015, 2016 and 2017 but failed to regain his place on the tour on each occasion. After a season returning to the Challenge Tour, he finished tied for 5th in the 2019 European Tour Qualifying School to gain a place on the European Tour for 2020.^[2] 2020 proved to be more successful than his previous attempts on the tour. He had his first top-10 finish in the Hero Open and followed this with a tie for 5th place in the ISPS Handa Wales Open and runner-up finishes in the Portugal Masters and the Italian Open.^[2]^[3]

He finished tied-second at the 2021 BMW PGA Championship; one shot behind Billy Horschel.^[4]

Amateur wins[]

2010 South African Amateur Championship
2011 Spanish International Amateur Championship

Playoff record[]

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2019	KPMG Trophy		Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Tournament	2010	2017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	T37
PGA Championship

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament	2021
Championship	T64
Match Play
Invitational
Champions	NT¹

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances[]

Amateur

St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2010
European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 2010 (winners)
Eisenhower Trophy (representing England): 2010

References[]

^ "Week 51 2021 Ending 19 Dec 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Player Profile Laurie Canter". European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "Italian Open: Englishman Ross McGowan wins first title for 11 years". BBC Sport. 25 October 2020.
^ "Laurie Canter finishes tied-second at 2021 BMW PGA Championship". Swindon Advertiser. 13 September 2021.

External links[]

Laurie Canter at the European Tour official site
Laurie Canter at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w202151-1] "Week 51 2021 Ending 19 Dec 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[et-2] "Player Profile Laurie Canter". European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[3] "Italian Open: Englishman Ross McGowan wins first title for 11 years". BBC Sport. 25 October 2020.

[4] "Laurie Canter finishes tied-second at 2021 BMW PGA Championship". Swindon Advertiser. 13 September 2021.

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