Season 2023
Overall, 2023 was a good year.
André’s highlight was his 4th place finish at the Swiss Seniors Open with his daughter Nina as caddy. He started the golf season not knowing how many tournaments he would be able to play on the Legends Tour, due to his category & he was therefore under pressure to perform when he got the chance.
André was fortunate to get a wild card invite into the Austrian Legends event and promptly finished 7th. To fill the gap before his next Legends Tour event, he entered the Memorial Barras Championship and with a good final round finished tied 1st, unfortunately falling short in the 6-man playoff. However, this gave him lots of confidence going into the Swiss Seniors Open on the Legends Tour the following week where he finished 4th.
This top 5 finish in Bad Ragaz was huge for André as it got him into 2 events which he wouldn’t have got into: the Senior Open Championship in Royal Porthcawl (one of the 3 Majors in senior golf) & the JCB Champs one of the highest prize money events of the season. André made the cut in the 2 most prestigious events of the year; the Senior Open where he finished 48th and the Senior PGA where he finished 30th playing the 3rd round with former Masters Champion Jose Maria Olazabal & beating him by 3 shots on the day. BTW André has played in 16 Majors (regular & senior) in his career making 80 % of the cuts with his best finish being 23rd.
André got into several other tournaments, but ultimately only played in 50% of the total number of LT events. Even though he didn’t feel as though he took full advantage of all his playing opportunities it was a good achievement to still make it to the Tour Finals in Mauritius, top 48 players. Finally finishing 43rd on the 2023 Legend Tour Order of Merit.
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