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Dutch professional golfer
Wil Besseling
Personal information
Full nameWil Besseling
Born (1985-12-09) 9 December 1985 (age 39)
Hoorn, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality Netherlands
ResidenceSchellinkhout, Netherlands
Children1
Career
Turned professional2006
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
EPD Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT56: 2022
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Wil Besseling (born 9 December 1985) is a Dutch professional golfer.

Besseling was born in Utrecht. He won the Dutch Amateur Match Play Championship in 2001, just two years after taking up the sport. The highlight of his amateur career came in 2006, when he won the Eisenhower Trophy in partnership with Joost Luiten and Tim Sluiter, and also finished with the lowest individual score.

After turning professional at the end of 2006, Besseling played on the EPD Tour, one of the developmental golf tours based in Europe, during 2007. He finished 5th on the 2007 Order of Merit, having been in the top 20 in all but two events, with seven top tens and one victory.

At the end of the year, Besseling attempted to gain his card on the European Tour via the qualifying school. He was unsuccessful, and had to settle playing on the second tier Challenge Tour in 2008. He won his first title on that tour at the second tournament of the season, the Club Colombia Masters, when he was a runaway winner, finishing seven strokes clear of the field. He also collected three runners-up prizes during the year, and ended the season in 15th place on the money list to graduate directly to the European Tour for 2009.

Amateur wins

  • 2001 Dutch Amateur Match Play Championship

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 13 Apr 2008 Club Colombia Masters −16 (67-66-69-66=268) 7 strokes Finland Antti Ahokas, Denmark Mark Haastrup

Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2008 Trophée du Golf Club de Genève Sweden Klas Eriksson, Brazil Alexandre Rocha Eriksson won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Rocha eliminated by par on third hole
2 2013 Telenet Trophy Australia Daniel Gaunt Lost to birdie on first extra hole

EPD Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning ccore Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 23 Feb 2007 Real de Faula Classic −7 (70-67-72=209) Playoff Spain Iñaki Alustiza-Martinez, Germany Nicolas Meitinger

Hi5 Pro Tour wins (1)

  • 2008 Hi5 Pro Tour Al Torreal

Other wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 19 Mar 2017 KCB Karen Masters −12 (66-66=132) 2 strokes Netherlands Reinier Saxton

Results in major championships

Tournament 2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open T56
The Open Championship
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Luiten wins Trophy for Dutch". News24. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  2. "Renault EPD Tour Order of Merit 2007". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  3. "EPD Tour 2007 Results – Wil Besseling". EPD Tour. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  4. "Besseling romps to victory in Colombia". PGA European Tour. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. "Besseling back amongst familiar faces". PGA European Tour. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  6. "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

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