Daan Huizing (born 22 October 1990) is a Dutch professional golfer.
Career 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 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. In 2021 he won the Irish Challenge on the Challenge Tour, beating Eduard Rousaud in a sudden-death playoff.
Amateur wins
2010 Netherlands National Match Play 2011 National Stroke Play (Netherlands), German International Amateur, BrabantsOpen/Zomerwedstrijid, Turkish Amateur Open, Copa Juan Carlos Tailhade, Argentine Amateur Championship 2012 Lytham Trophy, St Andrews Links Trophy
Source:
Professional wins (6) Challenge Tour wins (3) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up11 Sep 2013Northern Ireland Open Challenge−13 (65-66-66-74=271)Playoff Oliver Wilson215 Sep 2013Kharkov Superior Cup−15 (70-69-67-67=273)2 strokes Sihwan Kim330 May 2021Irish Challenge−9 (71-69-68-67=275)Playoff Eduard Rousaud
Challenge Tour playoff record (2–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12013Northern Ireland Open Challenge Oliver WilsonWon with birdie on first extra hole22021Irish Challenge Eduard RousaudWon 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
European Boys' Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 2007, 2008 European Amateur Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 2010 Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Netherlands): 2010, 2012 Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2012 (winners) Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2012 (winners)
Professional World Cup (representing the Netherlands): 2018
See also 2013 Challenge Tour graduates 2021 Challenge Tour graduates
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