Dawie van der Walt

Dawie van der Walt
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Isak Dawid van der Walt
Born (1983-02-11) 11 February 1983
Paarl, South Africa
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 118 kg (260 lb; 18.6 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Residence Kingwood, Texas, U.S.
Spouse Bobbie Jo van der Walt
Children Allie, Mia
Career
College Lamar University
Turned professional 2007
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
European Tour
Professional wins 8
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
Sunshine Tour 2
Web.com Tour 2
Other 4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2014
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner		 2013

Isak Dawid "Dawie" van der Walt (born 11 February 1983) is a South African professional golfer.

Van der Walt was born in Paarl, South Africa. He played college golf at Lamar University in the United States,[1] graduating in 2007.[2]

Van der Walt turned professional in 2007 and played on the Sunshine Tour and U.S. mini-tours since 2008. He won four mini-tour events between 2008 and 2011. His best finish on the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit was 18th in 2012. In 2011 and 2012, he also played on the Web.com Tour where his best finish was 2nd at the 2012 Cox Classic.

In 2013, Van der Walt won the Tshwane Open, co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour and the European Tour.[3]

Van der Walt's busy schedule for 2013 also included the Web.com Tour (where he tried to earn a PGA Tour card) and the European Tour, where he has status until 2015 provided he plays a minimum thirteen events a year.[4] Van der Walt finished 52nd on the 2013 Web.com Tour money list and didn't make a cut during the Web.com Tour Finals.

Van der Walt earned his second win of 2013 at the Nelson Mandela Championship. Although he was not the Sunshine Tour's leading money winner, he was named the winner of the Order of Merit since Charl Schwartzel did not play enough events to be rated. The honour also earned him entry into the 2014 Open Championship, his first major. He was part of the longest playoff in Web.com Tour history during the 2014 Cleveland Open, losing to New Zealand's Steven Alker on the eleventh playoff hole.

After three runner-up finishes on the Web.com Tour, Van der Walt finally earned his first tour win at the 2015 Chile Classic.

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 3 Mar 2013 Tshwane Open1 −21 (68-65-67-67=267) 2 strokes South Africa Darren Fichardt
2 14 Dec 2013 Nelson Mandela Championship1 −15 (67-62-66=195) 2 strokes England Matthew Baldwin, Spain Jorge Campillo

1 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 3 Mar 2013 Tshwane Open1 −21 (68-65-67-67=267) 2 strokes South Africa Darren Fichardt
2 14 Dec 2013 Nelson Mandela Championship1 −15 (67-62-66=195) 2 strokes England Matthew Baldwin, Spain Jorge Campillo

1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 22 Mar 2015 Chile Classic 64-66-68-65=263 −21 2 strokes United States Erik Barnes
2 16 Aug 2015 Price Cutter Charity Championship 63-65-65-72=265 −23 2 strokes United States Smylie Kaufman

Other wins (4)

Team appearances

Amateur

Equipment

Source:[8]

Sponsors

Source:[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dawie van der Walt profile". Lamar University. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dawie van der Walt – Media Guide". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Dawes, Mike (3 March 2013). "Against the odds: World No 436 Van der Walt wins Tshwane Open on home soil". Daily Mail. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Shain, Jeff (15 May 2013). "Insider: Van der Walt's schedule will remain jammed for rest of season". PGA Tour. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mary Bird Perkins Merrill Lynch Open – Past Champions". Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dawie van der Walt – Player Stats". NGA Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Adams Tour stops in Lake Charles for tournament". 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "What's In The Bag". PGA Tour. 16 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sponsors". dawievanderwalt.com. December 2013.

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