Thomas Detry

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Thomas Detry
File:KLM Open 2009 Thomas Detry.JPG
Detry at the 2009 KLM Open
Personal information
Born (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 33)
Uccle, Belgium
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Sporting nationalityFile:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
ResidenceDubai, United Arab Emirates
Career
CollegeUniversity of Illinois
Turned professional2016
Current toursPGA Tour
European Tour
Former tourChallenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking22 (9 February 2025)[1]
(as of 14 December 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2025
PGA ChampionshipT4: 2024
U.S. OpenT14: 2024
The Open ChampionshipT13: 2023

Thomas Detry (born 13 January 1993) is a Belgian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour. He was a highly ranked amateur golfer before turning professional. In his first professional win at the Bridgestone Challenge, he set Challenge Tour records for largest margin of victory and tied for lowest score under-par with Ivó Giner. In 2025, he became the first Belgian to win on the PGA Tour when he won the WM Phoenix Open by seven shots.

Early life

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Detry was born in 1993 in Uccle, Belgium south of Brussels.[2] He started playing golf when he was 5, but also played tennis and lawn hockey. He started competing in international golf tournaments when he was 13 years old. He studied at the Golf Flanders Topsportschool Vlaanderen in Hasselt until 2012. In 2009, when he was 16 years old, Detry won the Dutch Junior Open, a competition for young golfers aged under 21.[3][4]

Amateur career

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After being part of the winning Belgian team at the 2010 European Boys' Team Championship at Klassis C&CC, Turkey, Detry was selected for the Junior Ryder Cup team (a competition between American and European youth) in 2010 and the Jacques Léglise Trophy team (pitting continental European boys against a team from the British Isles) in 2010 and 2011.[3][4]

Detry represented Belgium at the Eisenhower Trophy three times, first time, in 2010, only 17 years old. He also represented Belgium at the European Amateur Team Championship and Europe in the Palmer Cup in 2014 and 2015.[5]

Following fellow golfer and good friend Thomas Pieters,[6] Detry studied Business Management at the University of Illinois from 2012 to 2016. He was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2013 and the Big Ten Golfer of the Year in 2015.[7]

He was named the best Belgian amateur golfer in 2013 and 2015.[3]

After winning the 2016 Big Ten Championship, he was ranked the 5th best amateur golfer in the world by the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[8][9]

Professional career

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Detry turned professional in June 2016 and started competing on the Challenge Tour. He made the cut in his first 10 professional events, culminating in his win at the 2016 Bridgestone Challenge. With this win, he equaled the record for lowest under-par finish ever on the Challenge Tour (29 under par, set in 2003 by Ivó Giner), and set a new record for the win by the widest margin ever on the Challenge Tour – 12 strokes ahead of the second-place finisher.[6][10] He also broke the course record at Heythrop Park Resort with his first round of 60 (12 under par).[6][10]

On 24 November 2018, Detry won the 2018 World Cup of Golf with partner Thomas Pieters, representing Belgium, at Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.[11]

In August 2020, Detry twice finished solo runner-up at tournaments on the European Tour, at the Hero Open in Birmingham, England[12] and at the Celtic Classic at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales, both times beaten by Sam Horsfield,[13] and advanced to 75th on the Official World Golf Ranking.

In February 2025, Detry became the first Belgian to win on the PGA Tour when he won the WM Phoenix Open. He won by seven shots ahead of Daniel Berger and Michael Kim.[14]

Amateur wins

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  • 2009 Riverwoods Junior Open
  • 2010 Belgian National Juniors
  • 2011 Grand Prix AFG, King's Prize, Belgium National Match Play
  • 2012 Championnat de Ligue Amateur, Grand Prix AFG
  • 2013 European Challenge Trophy (individual), Belgian International Amateur, Wolf Run Intercollegiate
  • 2014 Sagamore Fall Preview
  • 2015 Louisiana Classics, Boilermaker Invitational
  • 2016 Big Ten Championship[5]

Source:[8]

Professional wins (3)

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PGA Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 9 Feb 2025 WM Phoenix Open −24 (66-64-65-65=260) 7 strokes United States Daniel Berger, United States Michael Kim

Challenge Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 28 Aug 2016 Bridgestone Challenge −29 (60-67-69-63=259) 12 strokes South Africa Thriston Lawrence

Other wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 25 Nov 2018 ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf
(with Belgium Thomas Pieters) 		−23 (63-71-63-68=265) 3 strokes  Australia − Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith,
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico − Abraham Ancer and Roberto Díaz

Playoff record

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European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2021 Abrdn Scottish Open England Matt Fitzpatrick, Australia Min Woo Lee Lee won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship CUT T40 T4 CUT
U.S. Open T49 CUT T14 T23
The Open Championship NT CUT T34 T13 T45
  Did not play
  Top 10

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
Totals 0 0 0 1 1 4 13 8
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2022 Open Championship – 2024 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2023 2024 2025
The Players Championship CUT T62 CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2021
Championship T28
Match Play
Invitational
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

  • World Cup (representing Belgium): 2018 (winners)
  • Hero Cup (representing Continental Europe): 2023 (winners)

See also

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References

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