Maarten Lafeber
| Maarten Lafeber | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 11 December 1974 Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 166 lb (75 kg; 11.9 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Netherlands |
| Residence | Lake Nona, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1997 |
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Highest ranking | 88 (17 July 2005)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2005 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2003, 2006, 2011 |
| The Open Championship | T41: 2005 |
Maarten Lafeber (born 11 December 1974) is a Dutch professional golfer who won the Dutch, Swiss and Spanish amateur championships before turning professional in 1997.
Lafeber was born in Eindhoven, North Brabant. He earned a European Tour card at the first attempt, but lost it at the end of 1998. After spending time on the second tier Challenge Tour, where he won the 1999 Tusker Kenya Open, he regained his place on the main tour for the 2000 season. In 2003 he became the first home player to win the Dutch Open since Joop Rühl 1947, and that remains his only win on the European Tour. In July 2005 he reached a career high ranking of 88 in the World Golf Ranking.
Lafeber sold shares in himself to finance his career, and bought the shareholders out at a profit of 85% at the end of the 2004 season.
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1995 Dutch Amateur Stroke Play Championship
- 1997 Dutch Amateur Championship, Spanish Amateur Open Championship, Swiss Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (2)
[edit]European Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Oct 2003 | Dutch Open | −13 (67-69-64-67=267) | 1 stroke |  Mathias Grönberg,  Søren Hansen
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Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Mar 1999 | Tusker Kenya Open | −19 (66-66-69-64=265) | 3 strokes | Erik Andersson
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Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T41 | |||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | ||
| PGA Championship |
Note: Lafeber never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 1993, 1995, 1997
- European Youths' Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 1994[2]
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Netherlands): 1994, 1996
- St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1996
Professional
- World Cup (representing the Netherlands): 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
- Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2005
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Week 29 2005 Ending 17 Jul 2005" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Maarten Lafeber at the European Tour official site
- Maarten Lafeber at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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