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JOOST LUITEN
NETHERLANDS
Height:
5 ft, 10 in
Weight:
154 lbs
Birthday:
01/07/1986
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| INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES | |
| (3): 2007 Vodafone Challenge [EurChall], Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse [EurChall]. Iskandar Johor Open [Asia]. | |
| 2011 Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T4-- OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--2; in money--1; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Made his PGA TOUR debut, at the Memorial Tournament. Was disqualified following the first round after signing an incorrect scorecard. Was third at the Austrian Golf Open in September on the strength of a final-round 68. Had a T3 at the BMW International Open. He began the day five strokes off the lead but shot a Sunday 67. Added another top-five performance in June with a T5 at the BMW Italian Open, thanks to four rounds in the 60s. Enjoyed a T6 in his native Netherlands when a third-round 64 put him in contention. He followed that 64 with a Sunday 69 to move up the leaderboard. Contended late in the year at the Barclays Singapore Open before he struggled on the final two holes and settled for a Sunday 67 in the rain-shortened event to T5. Was ninth at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. A final-round 72 derailed his chances at victory. After contending at several tournaments late in the year, he finally broke through with a victory, at the rain-shortened iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia. After opening with a 63 at Horizon Hills G&CC in Johor Bahru, he closed with a 6-under 65 to defeat Daniel Chopra by one stroke. His Netherlands team that included teammate Robert Jan Derksen shot rounds of 64-68 on the weekend at the OMEGA Misison Hills World Cup to move up the leaderboard into a T4 in China. 2010: Played in 27 European Tour events, missed only two cuts and enjoyed six top-10 finishes. He finished 28th in the Race to Dubai. His top showing was a runner-up showing at the Portugal Masters, where he tied with Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Robert Karlsson and Francesco Molinari, two strokes behind winner Richard Green. Was third at the Castello Masters, fifth at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters, sixth at the Open de Andalucia de Golf and the Joburg Open and ninth at the 3 Irish Open. 2009: Had seven European Tour starts, with his T17 at the Austrian Golf Open his best finish. 2008: In 16 European Tour starts, counted two top 10s—a T5 at the Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open and a solo fourth at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. 2007: Qualified for the 2008 European Tour after a stellar season that saw him win twice, at the Vodafone Challenge and the Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse on the European Challenge Tour. Just missed on additional wins, finishing second at The KLM Open on the European Tour and ending T2 at the Challenge Tour's Apulia San Domenico Grand Final. At the Vodafone Challenge, he entered the final round tied for seventh but shot a Sunday 61 to storm back to win by two over Magnus Carlsson in Dusseldorf, Germany. At the KLM Open in his native Netherlands, he shot rounds of 68-64-71-66 to fall by one stroke to Ross Fisher at Kennemer G&CC. Amateur: Won the 2004 Dutch Boys Championship and the Dutch Youths Championship and traveled to the Netherlands in 2005 and won the Spanish Amateur Open Championship and the German Amateur Open Championship. |
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| National Teams | |
| World Cup (1), 2011; Eisenhower Trophy (1), 2006. | |
