Floris de Vries | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Floris Jan Willem de Vries |
Born | Rheden, Netherlands | 18 August 1989
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Sporting nationality | Netherlands |
Residence | Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2009 |
Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour Pro Golf Tour |
Professional wins | 3 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Challenge Tour | 1 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T48: 2011 |
Floris Jan Willem de Vries (born 18 August 1989) is a Dutch professional golfer.
De Vries was born in Rheden and turned professional in 2009 having had a successful amateur career. He qualified for the Challenge Tour by finishing in the top five of the rankings on the EPD Tour, one of Europe's third tier development tours, in 2009.
In his rookie season on the Challenge Tour De Vries won the Mugello Tuscany Open, defeating Thorbjørn Olesen in a sudden-death playoff. [1] [2] He ended the season in 4th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2011.
De Vries finished his professional playing career in 2014 at the Deutsche Bank Polish Masters Pro Golf Tour Championship on the Pro Golf Tour. He capped his career off with a victory. [3]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 23 May 2010 | Mugello Tuscany Open | −10 (67-68-71-68=274) | Playoff | Thorbjørn Olesen |
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2010 | Mugello Tuscany Open | Thorbjørn Olesen | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 24 Jun 2009 | Bohemia Franzensbad Classic | −10 (72-70-67=209) | 9 strokes | Richard Kind, Marek Nový |
2 | 26 Sep 2014 | Deutsche Bank Polish Masters Pro Golf Tour Championship | −4 (69-69-71=209) | 1 stroke | Stephan Gross, Anton Kirstein, Marcel Schneider |
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