Maarten Lafeber

Maarten Lafeber (born December 11, 1974 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch golfer, who won the Dutch, Swiss and Spanish amateur championships before turning professional in 1997.

Lafeber 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.

Lafeber sold shares in himself to finance his career, and bought the shareholders out at a profit of 85 per cent at the end of the 2004 season.

Amateur wins (4)

*1995 Dutch Amateur Stroke Play Championship
*1997 Dutch Amateur Championship, Spanish Amateur Open Championship, Swiss Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (2)

European Tour (1)

*2003 Dutch Open

Challenge Tour (1)

*1999 Tusker Kenya Open

Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

Amateur

*Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Netherlands): 1994, 96
*St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 1996

Professional

*World Cup (representing the Netherlands): 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
*Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2005

External links

* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=1167 Profile on the European Tour's official site]