Guido van der Valk

Guido van der Valk (born 26 January 1980) is a Dutch professional golfer.

Guido van der Valk
Personal information
Born (1980-01-26) 26 January 1980
Lelystad, Netherlands
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight158 lb (72 kg; 11.3 st)
Nationality Netherlands
ResidenceLelystad, Netherlands
Manila, Philippines
Career
Turned professional2002
Former tour(s)Asian Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3

After a successful amateur career, which included representing his country at the Eisenhower Trophy, van der Valk turned down several college offers to turn professional in 2002. He joined the Challenge Tour and finished 36th in the standings in his debut season, the highlight being a second-place finish behind Iain Pyman at the BMW Russian Open.[1] After two disappointing seasons he joined the Asian Tour in 2005. In 2007 he just missed out on retaining his card by finishing one place out at 61st in the Order of Merit; Thammanoon Sriroj in 60th earned just $455 more. However, van der Valk rectified this the following year by enjoying his most successful Asian season to date in 2008, finishing 52nd on the Order of Merit.

In 2011, van der Valk posted his best result to date on the Asian Tour, losing out in a five-man playoff to Himmat Rai at the ISPS Handa Singapore Classic.[2] Two weeks later he won on the Asian Development Tour at the PGM-MIDF KLGCC Classic.[3] Going into the final event of the main tour season, the Thailand Golf Championship, he was 83rd on the Order of Merit, but he finished T6th to climb to 59th and retain his card.[4] It was the first time he had retained his card automatically since 2008.

Professional wins (3)

Asian Development Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 25 Sep 2011 PGM-MIDF KLGCC Classic −7 (71-70-67-73=281) 7 strokes Gerald Rosales

Other wins (2)
  • 2004 ABN Amro, Dutch PGA Championship

Playoff record

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2011 ISPS Handa Singapore Classic Adilson da Silva, Himmat Rai,
Elmer Salvador, Tjaart van der Walt		 Rai won with birdie on sixth extra hole
da Silva, van der Valk and van der Walt eliminated by birdie on second hole

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  2. Himmat Rai beats Elmer Salvador to win ISPS Handa Singapore Classic
  3. Seventh Heaven for Guido
  4. "Van der Valk saves tour card". Archived from the original on 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
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