Darius van Driel

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Darius van Driel
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van Driel in January 2020
Personal information
Full nameDarius Arjen Joel van Driel
Born (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 35)
Leidschendam, Netherlands
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Residence Leidschendam, Netherlands
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour2
Other4
Achievements and awards
NGF Young Talent of the Year2015
Alps Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2015
Dutch Golfer of the Year2019

Darius Arjen Joel van Driel (born 2 June 1989) is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

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Amateur career

Born in Leidschendam, Netherlands, van Driel 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-19 (2007) [1] and under-22 (2010). [2]

He also won the 2008 Dutch National Strokeplay Championship, [3] which earned him entry to that year's KLM Dutch Open where he missed the cut (+11) but finished as second Dutch amateur player. [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 the Johan Cruyff Institute in Amsterdam.

In 2013 he won the Dutch National Matchplay Championship. [5] and in 2014, his last year as an amateur, he finished second at the Lytham Trophy [6] 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 [7] in the qualifying school for the 2015 season of the Alps Tour, one of the European third-tier professional tours.

Professional career

2015–2019

In 2015, his first year as a professional golfer, van Driel competed in the Alps Tour. With one victory, [8] [9] and five 2nd places he won the overall Alps Tour Order of Merit. [8] [10] and gained automatic entry to the 2016 Challenge Tour. [11]

In 2016, van Driel finished 34th in the 2016 Challenge Tour Order of Merit [12] ensuring his place in the 2017 Challenge Tour. He also represented the Netherlands, partnering Joost Luiten in the 2016 World Cup of Golf where they finished T17. [13]

In 2017, in a year hampered by a minor back problem, van Driel could only finish 91st in the final Challenge Tour rankings.

In 2018, van Driel claimed the first Challenge Tour win by a Dutch golfer in 5 years, in the Euram Bank Open in Austria in July. [14] and ended in 34th position in the year-end Challenge Tour rankings. [15]

2019 was van Driel's fourth season on the Challenge Tour. He won the Rolex Trophy [16] [17] and with six other top-10 finishes he ended 13th in the 2019 Order of Merit, [18] earning direct promotion to the 2020 European Tour in Category 14. He also played in four main tour events, with a best result of 2nd place in the Belgian Knockout. [19] In December he was voted Dutch Golfer of the year. [20]

2020

In a European Tour season seriously disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, van Driel finished 157th in the Race to Dubai year end rankings. [21]

2021

With the rankings from 2019 carried forward for an extra year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, van Driel played his 2nd European Tour season in Category 14. With one 2nd-place finish, in the Porsche European Open, [22] 4th place in the Dutch Open [23] and three other top-10 finishes, van Driel ended 97th in the Race to Dubai 2021 year end rankings., [24] earning a full Tour card in Category 10 for 2022.

Amateur wins

Source: [25]

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
125 Feb 2024 Magical Kenya Open −14 (66-69-68-67=270)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Joe Dean, Flag of Spain.svg Nacho Elvira

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
129 Jul 2018 Euram Bank Open −17 (70-64-62-67=263)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg David Law
224 Aug 2019 Rolex Trophy −23 (68-70-63-64=265)1 stroke Ulster Banner.svg Cormac Sharvin

Alps Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
127 Sep 2015 Open International de Marcilly−11 (66-65-71=202)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Damien Perrier, Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Verselin

Other wins (3)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "NGF 2007".
  2. ↑ "NGF 2010".
  3. ↑ "NGF 2008".
  4. ↑ "2008 KLM Open Leaderboard". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "NGF 2013".
  6. ↑ "Lytham Trophy 2014". Royal Lytham.
  7. ↑ "2014 Alps Tour Qualifying School - Final Result".
  8. 1 2 "Darius van Driel – Player Tour Season Record: 2015". Alps Tour Golf. Archived from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  9. ↑ "Van Driel breekt de ban". golf.nl (in Dutch). 27 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Israel Masters – Final Day". Alps Tour.
  11. ↑ "Darius van Driel profile". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Challenge Tour Road To Oman – 2016". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "European Tour WCG 2016".
  14. ↑ "Euram Bank Open 2018". European Tour.
  15. ↑ "Challenge Tour Road To Ras Al Khaimah – 2018". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Rolex Trophy 2019". European Tour.
  17. ↑ "Dutchman van Driel goes lowest to win Rolex Trophy at Geneva". Scottish Golf View. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  18. ↑ "European Tour 2019 Rankings". European Tour.
  19. ↑ "European Tour 2019 BKO". European Tour.
  20. ↑ "Golf Awards 2019". Golf.nl (in Dutch).
  21. ↑ "European Tour Rankings 2020". European Tour.
  22. ↑ "Porsche European Open Results 2021". European Tour.
  23. ↑ "Dutch Open Results 2021". European Tour.
  24. ↑ "European Tour Rankings 2021". European Tour.
  25. 1 2 "Darius van Driel". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  26. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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