Darius van Driel

Darius van Driel
— Golfer —

Noordwijk, September 2016
Personal information
Full name Darius Arjen Joel van Driel
Born (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989
Leidschendam, Netherlands
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Nationality  Netherlands
Residence The Hague, Netherlands
Career
Turned professional 2015
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) Alps Tour
Professional wins 3
Achievements and awards
NGF Young Talent of the Year 2015

Darius Arjen Joel van Driel (born 2 June 1989) is a Dutch professional golfer. He lives in The Hague and is a member of the Noordwijk Golf Club.

Amateur career

Van Driel was born in Leidschendam, Netherlands. He took up golf at the age of 11. His junior and amateur career, up to and including 2014, saw him win the Dutch National Strokeplay Championship under-18 (2007)[1] and under-21 (2010).[2] He also won the 2008 Dutch National Strokeplay Championship,[3] and the 2013 Dutch National Matchplay Championship.[4] He was selected as a member of the Dutch team for the European Amateur Team Championship in 2007 and 2010. Also during this period he took some time away from the game to complete a bachelor's degree in Economics and Sports Marketing at University of Amsterdam. In 2014, his last year as an amateur, he finished second at the Lytham Trophy[5] and was again selected as a member of the Dutch team for the European Amateur Team Championship. He ended his amateur career by taking second place[6] in the qualifying school for the 2015 season of the Alps Tour, one of the European third-level satellite tours.

Professional career

2015

In his first year as a professional golfer, van Driel competed in the Alps Tour. With one victory,[7][8] five 2nd places and four top-10 finishes, he won the overall Alps Tour Order of Merit.[7][9] As the 2015 Alps Tour champion, van Driel gained automatic entry to the 2016 Challenge Tour.[10]

In August 2015, van Driel also won the Dutch National Strokeplay Championship[11] and in December 2015 he was given the award for Talent of the year[12] by the Dutch Golf Federation.

2016

In 2016, van Driel competed in almost every round of the Challenge Tour, and with one second place finish and five other top-10s, he finished 34th in the 2016 Order of Merit [13] ensuring his place in the 2017 Challenge Tour. He also represented the Netherlands, partnering with Joost Luiten,[14] in the 2016 World Cup of Golf held in Melbourne, Australia, from 24–27 November 2016. The Dutch team finished T17 on 8 under par.[15]

In his last tournament of the year, van Driel ended T6 in the 2016 Australian PGA Championship, one of the first tournaments of the 2017 European Tour. [16]

During 2016 he was the number 2 Dutch golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking[17] after Luiten.

Amateur wins

Source:[18]

Professional wins

Alps Tour wins

Other wins

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

External links

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