Daan Huizing

{{short description|Dutch professional golfer (born 1990)}}

{{BLP sources|date=September 2013}}

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Daan Huizing (born 22 October 1990) is a Dutch professional golfer.

Huizing entered the European Tour qualifying school at the end of 2012. Because of his high ranking as an amateur, he was exempt from the first stage of qualifying. He made it through to the third stage where he finished 80th, earning a place in some Challenge Tour events for 2013.

Huizing won twice in 2013, at the Northern Ireland Open Challenge{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/23922637 |title=Dutchman Daan Huizing beats Oliver Wilson in NI Open play-off |work=BBC Sport |date=1 September 2013 |accessdate=5 September 2013}} and two weeks later at the Kharkov Superior Cup. He was also joint runner-up in the Kärnten Golf Open and finished the year in sixth place in the Challenge Tour standings, and graduated to the European Tour for 2014. Huizing had a disappointing 2014 with best finishes of tied for 12th place.

Since 2015 Huizing has mostly played on the Challenge Tour. Until 2021 his best finishes were joint runner-up finishes in the 2015 Cordon Golf Open and the 2017 Viking Challenge. In 2019 Huizing won the Jordan Mixed Open, a mixed event that included players from the Challenge Tour, the European Senior Tour and the Ladies European Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/11686238/daan-huizing-claims-historic-jordan-mixed-open-victory |title=Daan Huizing claims historic Jordan Mixed Open victory |publisher=Sky Sports |date=6 April 2019}} In 2021 he won the Irish Challenge on the Challenge Tour, beating Eduard Rousaud in a sudden-death playoff.

Amateur wins

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/daan-huizing-1349 |title=Daan Huizing |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=12 September 2019}}

Professional wins (6)

=Challenge Tour wins (3)=

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

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|align=right|1 Sep 2013

|Northern Ireland Open Challenge

|−13 (65-66-66-74=271)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Wilson

align=center|2

|align=right|15 Sep 2013

|Kharkov Superior Cup

|−15 (70-69-67-67=273)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sihwan Kim

align=center|3

|align=right|30 May 2021

|Irish Challenge

|−9 (71-69-68-67=275)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Eduard Rousaud

Challenge Tour playoff record (2–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2013

|Northern Ireland Open Challenge

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Wilson

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

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|align=center|2

|2021

|Irish Challenge

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Eduard Rousaud

|Won with par on first extra hole

=Other wins (3)=

  • 2010 Dutch National Open Championship (as an amateur)
  • 2012 Dutch National Open Championship (as an amateur)
  • 2019 Jordan Mixed Open

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

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