Nicolas Vanhootegem

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Nicolas Vanhootegem
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Personal information
Full nameNicolas Vanhootegem
Born (1972-10-07) 7 October 1972 (age 50)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Residence Brussels, Belgium
SpouseAgnès
Children2
Career
Turned professional1994
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T30: 2001

Nicolas Vanhootegem (born 7 October 1972) is a Belgian professional golfer.

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Career

Vanhootegem was born in Brussels. He won several tree international tournaments as an amateur, including the Belgium international, the Luxembourg international and the Welsh Open Stroke Play, turned professional in 1994. He has spent his career fluctuating between membership of the main European Tour and the second tier Challenge Tour.

Vanhootegem has won three tournaments on the Challenge Tour, he lost in play off against Thomas Bjorn on his first Challenge Tour professional event in 1995 and in his second professional event, he as won the Neuchatel Open SBS Trophy Switserland, the 2002 Aa St Omer Open France, and the 2007 Telenet Trophy, which was held in his home country. He also won the 1991, 1993 and 1997 Omnium of Belgium. He represented his country at the World Cup & european Cup as an amateur player.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
12 Jul 1995 Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy −13 (66-66-68=200)2 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Michele Reale
216 Jun 2002 Aa St Omer Open −7 (75-70-67-65=277)4 strokes Flag of England.svg Lee S. James, Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Rojas
320 May 2007 Telenet Trophy −17 (68-65-68-70=271)4 strokes Flag of Chile.svg Felipe Aguilar

BeNeLux Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
17 Sep 2012Pro-Am de la Construction−6 (69-69=138)7 strokes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Alain Anthonissen, Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gilles Monville

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament2001
The Open Championship T30

"T" = tied
Note: Vanhootegem only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.