Darius van Driel
Darius van Driel | |
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— Golfer — | |
Noordwijk, September 2016 | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Darius Arjen Joel van Driel |
Born |
Leidschendam, Netherlands | 2 June 1989
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Nationality | Netherlands |
Residence | The Hague, Netherlands |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2015 |
Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Former tour(s) | Alps Tour |
Professional wins | 3 |
Achievements and awards | |
NGF Young Talent of the Year | 2015 |
Darius Arjen Joel van Driel (born 2 June 1989) is a Dutch professional golfer. He lives in The Hague and is a member of the Noordwijk Golf Club.
Amateur career
Van Driel was born in Leidschendam, Netherlands. He took up golf at the age of 11. His junior and amateur career, up to and including 2014, saw him win the Dutch National Strokeplay Championship under-18 (2007)[1] and under-21 (2010).[2] He also won the 2008 Dutch National Strokeplay Championship,[3] and the 2013 Dutch National Matchplay Championship.[4] He was selected as a member of the Dutch team for the European Amateur Team Championship in 2007 and 2010. Also during this period he took some time away from the game to complete a bachelor's degree in Economics and Sports Marketing at University of Amsterdam. In 2014, his last year as an amateur, he finished second at the Lytham Trophy[5] and was again selected as a member of the Dutch team for the European Amateur Team Championship. He ended his amateur career by taking second place[6] in the qualifying school for the 2015 season of the Alps Tour, one of the European third-level satellite tours.
Professional career
2015
In his first year as a professional golfer, van Driel competed in the Alps Tour. With one victory,[7][8] five 2nd places and four top-10 finishes, he won the overall Alps Tour Order of Merit.[7][9] As the 2015 Alps Tour champion, van Driel gained automatic entry to the 2016 Challenge Tour.[10]
In August 2015, van Driel also won the Dutch National Strokeplay Championship[11] and in December 2015 he was given the award for Talent of the year[12] by the Dutch Golf Federation.
2016
In 2016, van Driel competed in almost every round of the Challenge Tour, and with one second place finish and five other top-10s, he finished 34th in the 2016 Order of Merit [13] ensuring his place in the 2017 Challenge Tour. He also represented the Netherlands, partnering with Joost Luiten,[14] in the 2016 World Cup of Golf held in Melbourne, Australia, from 24–27 November 2016. The Dutch team finished T17 on 8 under par.[15]
In his last tournament of the year, van Driel ended T6 in the 2016 Australian PGA Championship, one of the first tournaments of the 2017 European Tour. [16]
During 2016 he was the number 2 Dutch golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking[17] after Luiten.
Amateur wins
- 2007 National Under 18 Championship
- 2010 National Under 21 Championship
- 2013 Dutch National Match Play Championship
Source:[18]
Professional wins
Alps Tour wins
- 2015 Open International du Marcilly
Other wins
- 2015 Dutch National Strokeplay Championship
- 2016 Duinzicht Invitational
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 2007, 2010, 2014
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2014[18]
Professional
References
- ↑ "NGF 2007".
- ↑ "NGF 2010".
- ↑ "NGF 2008".
- ↑ "NGF 2013".
- ↑ "Lytham Trophy 2014". Royal Lytham.
- ↑ "2014 Alps Tour Qualifying School - Final Result".
- 1 2 "Darius van Driel – Player Tour Season Record: 2015". Alps Tour Golf.
- ↑ "Van Driel breekt de ban". golf.nl (in Dutch). 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Israel Masters – Final Day". Alps Tour.
- ↑ "Darius van Driel profile". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ↑ "Nationaal Open prooi voor Van Dam en Van Driel". golf.nl (in Dutch). 22 August 2015.
- ↑ "Golf Awards 2015". golf.nl (in Dutch).
- ↑ "Challeng Tour Road To Oman – 2016". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "World Cup of Golf – Field". PGA Tour.
- ↑ http://www.pgatour.com/competition/2017/isps-handa-world-cup-of-golf/leaderboard.html
- ↑ http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2017/tournamentid=2016096/leaderboard/index.html#/results
- ↑ "Week 43 – 23 October 2016 – Netherlands". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Darius van Driel". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
External links
- Darius van Driel at the European Tour official site
- Darius van Driel at the Official World Golf Ranking official site