Maarten Lafeber

Maarten Lafeber
Maarten Lafeber
Personal information
Born	11 December 1974 (age 48); Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	166 lb (75 kg; 11.9 st)
Sporting 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
Highest ranking	88 (17 July 2005)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 2005
U.S. Open	CUT: 2003, 2006, 2011
The Open Championship	T41: 2005

Last updated August 16, 2023

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, North 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

1995 Dutch Amateur Stroke Play Championship
1997 Dutch Amateur Championship, Spanish Amateur Open Championship, Swiss Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	12 Oct 2003	Dutch Open	−13 (67-69-64-67=267)	1 stroke	Mathias Grönberg, Søren Hansen

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Mar 1999	Tusker Kenya Open	−19 (66-66-69-64=265)	3 strokes	Erik Andersson

Results in major championships

Tournament	2000	2003	2004	2005	2006
U.S. Open		CUT			CUT
The Open Championship	CUT		CUT	T41
PGA Championship				CUT

Tournament	2010	2011
U.S. Open		CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

Note: Lafeber never played in the Masters Tournament.

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

European Amateur Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 1993, 1995, 1997
European Youths' Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 1994^[2]
Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Netherlands): 1994, 1996
St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1996

Professional

World Cup (representing the Netherlands): 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2005

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References

↑ "Week 29 2005 Ending 17 Jul 2005" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
↑ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

External links

Maarten Lafeber at the European Tour official site
Maarten Lafeber at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[w200529-1] "Week 29 2005 Ending 17 Jul 2005" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[2] "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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