Anne van Dam

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Anne van Dam
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Personal information
Born (1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 29)
Arnhem, Netherlands
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2015)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series
Symetra Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour5
ALPG Tour1
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T44: 2020
Women's PGA C'ship T69: 2020
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2018, 2019, 2020
Women's British Open T17: 2024
Evian Championship T37: 2018

Anne van Dam (born 2 October 1995) is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, where she has five wins. She played in the 2019 Solheim Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

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Career

Van Dam turned professional in 2015. She began playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LET Access Series (LETAS), where she won the HLR Golf Academy Open in Finland. [3]

In 2016, she again played on both tours and won the CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy on home turf, and the Xiamen International Ladies Open in China, her first LET title. [4] [5] In 2017, she played mainly on the LET where she finished 3rd at the Hero Women's Indian Open and fourth at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France and Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. She finished fifth on the LET Order of Merit.

In 2018, van Dam divided her time between the LET and the Symetra Tour in the United States, where her best finish was a tie for 8th at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship. She won twice on the LET, at the Estrella Damm Ladies Open and Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino, [6] [7] and finished second in the LET Order of Merit behind Georgia Hall.

In 2019, she won twice on the LET, the ActewAGL Canberra Classic and the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino. [8] She earned a spot on the European Solheim Cup team via her LET Solheim Cup points ranking. [9]

Van Dam earned her LPGA Tour card for 2019 by finishing T-15 in the inaugural LPGA Q-Series. In her rookie season, she made the cut in 13 of 21 starts and recorded a season-best finish of T-6 at the Ladies Scottish Open, to finish 82nd in the rankings. In 2020 she made 11 cuts in 14 starts, and finished 81st. By 2021 she dropped to 120th in the season rankings, and in 2022 to 150th. [1]

Van Dam is known for her driving distance. [10] She led the category on the LET in 2017 and 2018, and held the lead on both the LET and LPGA Tour as of August 2019. [1] [2]

Professional wins (7)

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
116 Oct 2016 Xiamen International Ladies Open 170-66-67-68=271−171 stroke Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Ting-shi
223 Sep 2018 Estrella Damm Ladies Open 64-64-65-65=258−268 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Caroline Hedwall
Flag of South Korea.svg Selin Hyun (a)
Flag of Germany.svg Caroline Masson
322 Nov 2018 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino 68-67-66-70=271−133 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Azahara Muñoz
43 Mar 2019 ActewAGL Canberra Classic 268-63-65=196−173 strokes Flag of Slovenia.svg Katja Pogačar
51 Dec 2019 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino (2)68-69-68-70=275−131 stroke Flag of India.svg Aditi Ashok
Flag of Denmark.svg Nanna Koerstz Madsen

1 Co-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour
2 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2023 KPMG Women's Irish Open Flag of Sweden.svg Lisa Pettersson
Flag of Denmark.svg Smilla Tarning Sønderby 		Sønderby won with eagle on first extra hole

LET Access Series wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
130 Aug 2015 HLR Golf Academy Open 72-62-73=207−63 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Gustavsson
216 Jul 2016 CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy 70-70-67=207−123 strokes Flag of France.svg Justine Dreher
Flag of Denmark.svg Daisy Nielsen

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship CUTT44
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship T71T69CUT
The Evian Championship CUTT37T52NTCUTT44
Women's British Open CUTT39CUTT44T45CUTT17
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000021
U.S. Women's Open 00000030
Women's PGA Championship 00000032
The Evian Championship 00000053
Women's British Open 00000174
Totals0000012010

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career41–3–00–1–00–1–01–1–0125.0
2019 41–3–00–1–0 lost to L. Salas 1 dn0–1–0 lost w/ A. Nordqvist 2&11–1–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 4&2
lost w/ S. Pettersen 1 dn		125.0

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Anne van Dam". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Anne van Dam". Rolex Rankings. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Van Dam Wins CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy". LET Access Series. 16 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Van Dam earns breakthrough win". SuperSport.com. 16 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Bethel, Elizabeth (23 September 2018). "Anne Van Dam notches 2nd pro win at Estrella Damm". ForeGals.
  7. ↑ "2019 LPGA Rookie Anne Van Dam Wins on Ladies European Tour". LPGA. 25 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Dutch golfer Anne van Dam wins Canberra Classic". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. 2 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Anne van Dam among eight automatic qualifiers for Europe's Solheim Cup team". Golfweek. Associated Press. 11 August 2019.
  10. ↑ Nichols, Beth Ann (24 March 2019). "LPGA rookie Anne van Dam is turning heads with her massive distance". Golfweek.
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