Laurie Canter
Personal information
Full nameLaurence Richard Canter
Born (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989
Bath, Somerset, England
Sporting nationality England
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
LIV Golf
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking81 (16 January 2022)[1]
(as of 14 January 2024)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT48: 2022
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT17: 2023

Laurence Richard Canter (born 3 November 1989) is an English professional golfer who has been ranked inside the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has been a member of the European Tour, and also played on LIV Golf, the Asian Tour, and several lower level tours. He is a former amateur champion in both South Africa and Spain.

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]

In 2022, Canter joined LIV Golf. As a result he was suspended and fined by the DP World Tour, and ultimately did not retain his exemption status at the end of the season. In 2023, he was retained as a reserve by LIV Golf.[5] He substituted for Cleeks team captain Martin Kaymer in the first three events of the season,[6] and subsequently for Sam Horsfield, on the Majesticks team, for several events after he withdrew injured during the fourth event in Adelaide.[7]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Jamega Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 15 Sep 2015 The Players Club −12 (67-65=132) Playoff England Jack Heasman, England Bradley Moore (a)

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2019 KPMG Trophy England Dale Whitnell Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT T37
PGA Championship
Tournament 20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T48
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NT T79 T17
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2021
Championship T64
Match Play
Invitational
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 3 2022 Ending 16 Jan 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ Leighfield, Jonny (13 September 2021). "Laurie Canter finishes tied-second at 2021 BMW PGA Championship". Swindon Advertiser.
  5. ↑ Huggan, John (22 August 2023). "He's paid his fine and served his suspension. But this DP World Tour pro has found a way to keep playing LIV Golf". Golf Digest. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Smith, Ben (29 March 2023). "Martin Kaymer forced out of LIV Golf Orlando; Another Pro Withdraws". GolfMagic. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Roberts, Andy (11 May 2023). "LIV Golf Pro Forced Out For 'Few Months' As Replacement Comes In". GolfMagic. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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