Rolf Muntz

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Rolf Muntz
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Personal information
Full nameRolf Frederick Cornelis Muntz
Born (1969-03-26) 26 March 1969 (age 55)
Voorschoten, Netherlands
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Residence Brasschaat, Belgium
Career
Turned professional1993
Former tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1991
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1990, 1991, 2003

Rolf Frederick Cornelis Muntz (born 26 March 1969) is a Dutch professional golfer.

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Muntz was born in Voorschoten. As an amateur, he won three Dutch Amateur Championships and two Dutch Stroke Play Championships and became the first Dutchman to win The Amateur Championship. He also represented the Netherlands in the Eisenhower Trophy in 1990 and 1992 before quitting his law and psychology studies at Leiden University to turn professional in 1993.

Muntz began his career on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1994, finishing 13th on the end of season rankings, and picking up his first title. At the end of that year, he qualified for the elite European Tour for 1995 at final qualifying school. Having had to return to qualifying school at the end of his rookie season, where he was again successful, he maintained his status on the tour through the 2004 season through his position on the Order of Merit.

In 1999 Muntz came close to his first European Tour victory when he lost to Warren Bennett in a play-off for the Scottish PGA Championship. The following season he won the Qatar Masters to become the first Dutchman to win a European Tour event since the tour was founded in 1972 and the first to win a top level European professional tournament since Joop Rühl won the 1947 Dutch Open.

Muntz has also played on the Sunshine Tour and represented the Netherlands in the WGC-World Cup in 1999.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 Mar 2000 Qatar Masters −8 (68-73-67-72=280)5 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1999 Scottish PGA Championship Flag of England.svg Warren Bennett Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
13 Jul 1994 Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy −14 (67-67-65=199)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Neal Briggs, Flag of England.svg Philip Talbot,
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Westermark
25 Jun 1995 Challenge Chargeurs −20 (65-69-69-65=268)6 strokes Flag of France.svg Éric Giraud, Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Peter Thül

Other wins (4)

Results in major championships

Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUT
Tournament2000200120022003
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Muntz never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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