Martin Couvra

Martin Couvra (born 17 January 2003) is a French professional golfer and European Tour player. He won the 2025 Turkish Airlines Open, and previously had captured the 2023 Challenge de España to become the 7th amateur to win on the Challenge Tour.^[1]

Martin Couvra
Personal information
Born	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 22)
Sporting nationality	France
Residence	Cannes, France
Career
Turned professional	2023
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Challenge Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2025

Amateur career

Couvra was trained at the École de Golf de Frégate in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer. He won the 2022 French Amateur for the Coupe Murat, five strokes ahead of the runners-up.^[2]

In 2023, Couvra won three trophies in the space of two weeks in South Africa. He became the first ever player to win, in the same season, the South African Stroke Play Championship and the South African Amateur Championship, including the Proudfoot Trophy as medalist of the 36-hole stroke play qualifying after a playoff with Aldrich Potgieter.^[3]

Professional career

Couvra turned professional and joined the Challenge Tour after he won the Challenge de España as an amateur in September 2023.^[4] He became the seventh amateur in history to win on the Challenge Tour after prevailing in a playoff with Andrea Pavan and Dermot McElroy.^[5]

Couvra finished 17th in the rankings and graduated to the European Tour for 2025. He recorded several top-5 finishes early on in his rookie season before winning the Turkish Airlines Open.^[6][7]

Amateur wins

• 2019 Tournoi Federal Jeunes U16 Boys
• 2020 Grand Prix du Medoc, Grand Prix Jean Louis Jurion
• 2022 Internationaux de France - Coupe Murat, Open d'Arcachon
• 2023 South African Stroke Play Championship, South African Amateur Championship

Source:^[8]

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	11 May 2025	Turkish Airlines Open	−17 (65-66-72-64=267)	2 strokes	Jorge Campillo, Li Haotong

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	10 Sep 2023	Challenge de España (as an amateur)	−12 (67-70-66-65=268)	Playoff	Dermot McElroy, Andrea Pavan

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2023	Challenge de España (as an amateur)	Dermot McElroy, Andrea Pavan	Won with par on second extra hole Pavan eliminated by par on first hole

French Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	16 Oct 2022	Open d'Arcachon 2022 (as an amateur)	−14 (64-67-68=199)	1 stroke	Antoine Auboin, Grégory Havret

Results in major championships

Tournament	2025
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 2021
• European Amateur Team Championship (representing France): 2022, 2023
• St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2022
• European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande (representing France): 2023

Source:^[8]

See also

• 2024 Challenge Tour graduates