DAAN HUIZING TURNS PROFESSIONAL ON HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY

Today, on his 22^nd birthday, Daan Huizing announces that he turms golfprofessional.

Huizing is currently  Europe’s number one amateur golfer and is ranked third in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Daan Huizing, who has almost finished his Economics degree at Utrecht University, made a big impression in 2012 by winning two of the biggest tournaments in British amateur golf within two months: the Lytham Trophy and the St. Andrews Links Trophy. He won by record-margins of 11 strokes at Lytham and 14 strokes at St. Andrews. He also posted a new record total of 23-under par at St. Andrews.

During 2010, 2011 and 2012, Huizing won twelve national and international titles. In 2011 he won the International German Amateur title, followed by the Turkish Amateur and the Argentine Amateur titles. Together with fellow Dutchman Robin Kind, he won the Copa Simon Bolivar in Venezuela and the Copa Juan Tailhade in Argentina.

In 2012, Daan Huizing represented Europe in the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy (vs. Asia/Pacific) and the Palmer Cup (vs. USA). Europe won both matches and Daan contributed both times by winning his singles matches.

In the recently played KLM Open he won the trophy for low amateur after making the ‘cut’. His successes made Huizing the highest ever ranked Dutchman in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).

Daan Huizing, a member of Golfsociety De Lage Vuursche, feels he is ready for the next step in his golfing career: “Especially the victories in South America at the end of last year gave me a lot of confidence. I thought it couldn’t get much better than that, but this year I was able to keep improving and now I’m just really looking forward to compete on a weekly basis against the professionals. The KLM Open this year was a nice test, and it only made me look forward even more. I’m very thankful to the Dutch Golf Federation and my coach Tim Giles for all the help they have given me over the years, because without them I could have never been where I am now.”

Niels Boysen, technical director of the Dutch Golf Federation, states: “We are going to miss Daan! In recent years Daan has made a huge impact both nationally as well as abroad. He has been a true ambassador for the Dutch Golf Federation and for amateur golf in The Netherlands in general. Daan will keep working with his current coaching staff so we are happy to say that he will not be out of sight. We feel he is ready for the next step in his career.”

In the next few weeks Daan Huizing will go to the European Qualifying School to try and get a tour card for the next year. From November 7-10 he will play the econd stage at Las Colinas Golf Club, Murcia, Spain. In preparation for this he will make his professional debut on October 30^th in an Evolve Pro Tour tournament in Spain.

Early December 2012, after the European Qualifying School, Daan Huizing will announce his plans for 2013.

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