Marc Cayeux

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Marc Cayeux
Personal information
Full nameMarc Elton Cayeux
Born (1978-02-22) 22 February 1978 (age 43)
Lancaster, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality Zimbabwe
ResidenceHarare, Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, South Africa
SpouseJana
ChildrenRoss Matthew, Jason Luke
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins11
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour9
Challenge Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2009

Marc Elton Cayeux (born 22 February 1978) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. His father is South African, and his mother English. He was born in Lancaster, England and raised in Zimbabwe, leaving school at 14 to pursue a career in golf.[1] He is a Zimbabwean/British dual national, but plays golf as a Zimbabwean.[2]

Cayeux finished fourth on the Challenge Tour in 2004, to gain exemption to the full European Tour for 2005. That year he finished 82nd on the Order of Merit, with a best of third in the Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg. He also won the Vodacom Tour Championship on the Sunshine Tour, on his way to fifth in the end of season standings. That win gained him entry to the WGC-NEC Invitational, where he played with World Number 1 and eventual winner Tiger Woods in the first round.

A less successful season in 2006 saw Cayeux return to the Sunshine Tour the following year, where he had four top three finishes on his way to eighth in the Order of Merit. In 2008, he won the Nashua Masters, and regained his place on the European Tour through the qualifying school.

In September 2010, Cayeux was involved in an automobile accident that resulted in serious injuries to himself and was fatal to the other driver involved. He was not expected to play until early 2011.[3]

Professional wins (11)[]

Sunshine Tour wins (9)[]

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (8)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 22 Nov 1998 Zambia Open −11 (68-70-67-68=273) 1 stroke South Africa , South Africa Hennie Otto
2 21 Feb 1999 Stenham Royal Swazi Sun Open −22 (67-68-65-66=266) 3 strokes Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
3 13 May 2000 −14 (68-70-64=202) 4 strokes South Africa
4 31 Mar 2001 −16 (66-63-68=197) 2 strokes South Africa Hendrik Buhrmann, South Africa Grant Muller
5 10 Mar 2002 Stanbic Zambia Open1 (2) −22 (69-66-65-70=270) 2 strokes South Africa , South Africa Richard Sterne
6 10 May 2003 −19 (68-64-65=197) 3 strokes South Africa
7 27 Feb 2005 Vodacom Tour Championship −20 (70-70-67-61=268) 6 strokes South Africa Keith Horne
8 7 Oct 2007 Bearing Man Highveld Classic −14 (71-69-62=202) 3 strokes South Africa Ulrich van den Berg
9 3 Feb 2008 Nashua Masters −12 (66-67-67-68=268) 2 strokes South Africa Bradford Vaughan

1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2007 Platinum Classic Brazil Adilson da Silva, South Africa Louis Oosthuizen Oosthuizen won with par on second extra hole
da Silva eliminated by par on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (3)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 10 Mar 2002 Stanbic Zambia Open1 −22 (69-66-65-70=270) 2 strokes South Africa , South Africa Richard Sterne
2 21 Mar 2004 Kenya Open −10 (65-63-75-67=270) Playoff Sweden Leif Westerberg
3 26 Sep 2004 Open de Toulouse −12 (65-71-72-68=276) Playoff Scotland David Drysdale

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2004 Kenya Open Sweden Leif Westerberg Won with par on first extra hole
2 2004 Open de Toulouse Scotland David Drysdale Won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Tournament 2009
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Cayeux only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament 2005
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T49
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ James, Richard (28 July 2005). "Cayeux leads from front". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  2. ^ English pair secure Open places, bbc.co.uk, 4 February 2009.
  3. ^ Cayeux remains optimistic despite serious injuries Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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