Dawie van der Walt

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Dawie van der Walt
Personal information
Full nameIsak Dawid van der Walt
Born (1983-02-11) 11 February 1983 (age 41)
Paarl, South Africa
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb; 18.6 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Kingwood, Texas, U.S.
SpouseBobbie Jo van der Walt
Children2
Career
College Lamar University
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Sunshine Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2014
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2013

Isak Dawid "Dawie" van der Walt (born 11 February 1983) is a South African professional golfer. He won twice on the European Tour in 2013, both times in South Africa, and won twice on the Web.com Tour in 2015. He currently plays on the PGA Tour.

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Amateur career

Van der Walt was born in Paarl, South Africa. He played college golf at Lamar University in the United States, [1] graduating in 2007. [2] He represented South Africa in the 2004 and 2006 Eisenhower Trophy events.

Professional career

Van der Walt turned professional in 2007 and played on the Sunshine Tour and U.S. mini-tours since 2008. He won four mini-tour events between 2008 and 2011. His best finish on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit was 18th in 2012. In 2011 and 2012, he also played on the Web.com Tour where his best finish was 2nd at the 2012 Cox Classic.

In 2013, van der Walt won the Tshwane Open, co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour. [3]

Van der Walt's busy schedule for 2013 also included the Web.com Tour (where he tried to earn a PGA Tour card) and the European Tour, where he has status until 2015 provided he plays a minimum thirteen events a year. [4] Van der Walt finished 52nd on the 2013 Web.com Tour money list and didn't make a cut during the Web.com Tour Finals.

Van der Walt earned his second win of 2013 at the Nelson Mandela Championship. Although he was not the Sunshine Tour's leading money winner, he was named the winner of the Order of Merit since Charl Schwartzel did not play enough events to be rated. The honour also earned him entry into the 2014 Open Championship, his first major. He was part of the longest playoff in Web.com Tour history during the 2014 Cleveland Open, losing to New Zealand's Steven Alker on the eleventh playoff hole.

After three runner-up finishes on the Web.com Tour, van der Walt finally earned his first tour win at the 2015 Chile Classic. He won the Price Cutter Charity Championship later in the season. The finished the season second in the money list and gained a place on the 2015–16 PGA Tour.

Van der Walt made the cut just 11 times in 25 events on the 2015–16 PGA Tour and lost his card, returning to the Web.com for 2017. His best finish since 2017 has been tied for third place in the 2019 TPC Colorado Championship.

In 2021, van der Walt earned his PGA Tour card for the 2021–22 PGA Tour season by finishing 17th in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
13 Mar 2013 Tshwane Open 1−21 (68-65-67-67=267)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt
214 Dec 2013
(2014 season)		 Nelson Mandela Championship 1−15 (67-62-66=195)*2 strokes Flag of England.svg Matthew Baldwin, Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo

*Note: The 2013 Nelson Mandela Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
13 Mar 2013 Tshwane Open 1−21 (68-65-67-67=267)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt
214 Dec 2013 Nelson Mandela Championship 1−15 (67-62-66=195)*2 strokes Flag of England.svg Matthew Baldwin, Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo

*Note: The 2013 Nelson Mandela Championship was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2011 BMG Classic Flag of South Africa.svg James Kamte Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
122 Mar 2015 Chile Classic −21 (64-66-68-65=263)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Erik Barnes
216 Aug 2015 Price Cutter Charity Championship −23 (63-65-65-72=265)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Smylie Kaufman

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Cleveland Open Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker Lost to birdie on eleventh extra hole

NGA Hooters Tour wins (1)

Adams Pro Golf Tour wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament2014
The Open Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: van der Walt only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2014
Match Play
Championship 65
Invitational
Champions T41
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Dawie van der Walt profile". Lamar University. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dawie van der Walt – Media Guide". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Borland, Ken (4 March 2013). "Tshwane Open: Dawie van der Walt wins by sticking to his guns". Daily Maverick.
  4. ↑ Shain, Jeff (15 May 2013). "Insider: Van der Walt's schedule will remain jammed for rest of season". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dawie van der Walt – Player Stats". NGA Pro Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Mary Bird Perkins Merrill Lynch Open – Past Champions" . Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Adams Tour stops in Lake Charles for tournament". 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
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