Maarten Lafeber

Maarten Lafeber
Personal information
Born (1974-12-11) 11 December 1974 (age 50)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight166 lb (75 kg; 11.9 st)
Sporting nationality Netherlands
ResidenceLake Nona, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional1997
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking88 (17 July 2005)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2005
U.S. OpenCUT: 2003, 2006, 2011
The Open ChampionshipT41: 2005

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 Sweden Mathias Grönberg, Denmark 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 Sweden Erik Andersson

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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

Professional

See also

References

  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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