Wil Besseling

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Wil Besseling
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Personal information
Full nameWil Besseling
Born (1985-12-09) 9 December 1985 (age 37)
Hoorn, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Residence Schellinkhout, Netherlands
ChildrenDanae
Career
Turned professional2006
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T56: 2022
The Open Championship DNP

Wil Besseling (born 9 December 1985) is a Dutch professional golfer.

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Besseling was born in Utrecht. He won the Dutch Amateur Match Play Championship in 2001, just two years after taking up the sport. The highlight of his amateur career came in 2006, when he won the Eisenhower Trophy in partnership with Joost Luiten and Tim Sluiter, and also finished with the lowest individual score. [1]

After turning professional at the end of 2006, Besseling played on the EPD Tour, one of the developmental golf tours based in Europe, during 2007. He finished 5th on the 2007 Order of Merit, [2] having been in the top 20 in all but two events, with seven top tens and one victory. [3]

At the end of the year, Besseling attempted to gain his card on the European Tour via the qualifying school. He was unsuccessful, and had to settle playing on the second tier Challenge Tour in 2008. He won his first title on that tour at the second tournament of the season, the Club Colombia Masters, when he was a runaway winner, finishing seven strokes clear of the field. [4] He also collected three runners-up prizes during the year, and ended the season in 15th place on the money list to graduate directly to the European Tour for 2009. [5]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
113 Apr 2008 Club Colombia Masters 1−16 (67-66-69-66=268)7 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Antti Ahokas, Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Haastrup

1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2008 Trophée du Golf Club de Genève Flag of Sweden.svg Klas Eriksson, Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Rocha Eriksson won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Rocha eliminated by par on third hole
2 2013 Telenet Trophy Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Gaunt Lost to birdie on first extra hole

EPD Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning ccoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
123 Feb 2007 Real de Faula Classic−7 (70-67-72=209)Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Iñaki Alustiza-Martinez, Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Meitinger

Hi5 Pro Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
119 Mar 2017 KCB Karen Masters −12 (66-66=132)2 strokes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Reinier Saxton

Results in major championships

Tournament2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open T56
The Open Championship
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Luiten wins Trophy for Dutch". News24. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Renault EPD Tour Order of Merit 2007". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "EPD Tour 2007 Results – Wil Besseling". EPD Tour . Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Besseling romps to victory in Colombia". PGA European Tour. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Besseling back amongst familiar faces". PGA European Tour. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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