Maarten Lafeber

Maarten Lafeber
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1974-12-11) 11 December 1974
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 166 lb (75 kg; 11.9 st)
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
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Challenge Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2003, 2006, 2011
The Open Championship T41: 2005
PGA Championship CUT: 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, Noord-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 (4)

Professional wins (2)

European Tour (1)

Challenge Tour (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT T41 DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 2010 2011
Masters Tournament DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also


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