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Laurie Canter
English professional golfer (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laurence Richard Canter (born 3 November 1989) is an English professional golfer who has been ranked inside the top 50 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.
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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
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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] At the promotions event, he lost in a playoff for the final spot on a team roster for 2024. He played in the opening two events of the season as a wild card before being replaced by Anthony Kim.[8]
In June 2024, Canter won for the first time on the European Tour, at the European Open in Germany.[9] In February 2025, he claimed his second title, winning the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship in a playoff with Pablo Larrazábal and Dan Brown.[10].
In March 2025, Canter competed in the Players Championship, despite having been a LIV Golf member in the past, he became the first former LIV golfer to play in a strictly PGA Tour event.
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Amateur wins
- 2010 South African Amateur Championship, Hampshire Hog, West of England Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- 2011 Spanish International Amateur Championship
Professional wins (3)
European Tour wins (2)
European Tour playoff record (1–1)
Jamega Pro Golf Tour wins (1)
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Playoff record
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Results in World Golf Championships
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
Professional
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