Thomas Pieters

Thomas Pieters
— Golfer —

Pieters in 2009
Personal information
Full name Thomas Pieters
Born (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992[1]
Geel, Belgium[2]
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)[1]
Nationality  Belgium
Residence Antwerp, Belgium
Career
College University of Illinois
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T30: 2016
PGA Championship 86th: 2016

Thomas Pieters (27 January 1992) is a Belgian professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.

Biography

Pieters was born in Geel, Belgium in 1992.[1] He started playing golf at the age of five, learning the game at the Witbos Golf Club in Noorderwijk, Belgium.[3]

Amateur career

In 2010, he joined the University of Illinois for which he won the individual 2011 Jack Nicklaus Invitational and the individual 2012 NCAA Division I Championship in his second year; the next year, he finished second with his team at the 2013 NCAA Division I Championship and won the individual 2013 Big Ten Conference Championship.[4]

Professional career

In summer 2013, Pieters decided to forgo his senior year at the University of Illinois and turn professional. He made his debut on the European Tour in July at the Alstom Open de France, where he finished 29th; at the end of the year he battled through all three stages of the European Tour Qualifying School taking the 20th card at the Final Stage, and qualified to play on the European Tour.

His best result in his first year was as runner-up in the 2014 Open de España, leading after the second and third rounds, finishing 6th at the Russian Open Golf Championship and 8th at the 2014 Malaysian Open and at the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Championship. He finished the year ranked #243 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), having ended the previous year at #1122.[5]

In 2015, he started with a 4th-place finish at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship which took him to #156 on the OWGR. In August and September, he won the D+D Real Czech Masters and the KLM Open in consecutive tournaments played and moved into the top 100 in the OWGR. The two wins and five top-10 placements of the season gave him a final 29th place in the Race to Dubai.

As happened the year before, 2016 started with a good result at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, where he finished 2nd. In August, he represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 4th place. In the same month, he obtained a second place at the 2016 D+D Real Czech Masters and won the 2016 Made in Denmark. He was chosen by Darren Clarke as a captain's pick for the 2016 Ryder Cup.

Amateur wins (6)

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 30 Aug 2015 D+D Real Czech Masters −20 (66-68-65-69=268) 3 strokes Sweden Pelle Edberg
2 13 Sep 2015 KLM Open −19 (68-66-62-65=261) 1 stroke Spain Eduardo de la Riva, England Lee Slattery
3 28 Aug 2016 Made in Denmark −17 (62-71-69-65=267) 1 stroke Wales Bradley Dredge

Results in major championships

Tournament 2016
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T30
PGA Championship 86

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2015 2016
Cadillac Championship DNP DNP
Dell Match Play DNP T28
Bridgestone Invitational DNP DNP
HSBC Champions T23 T14

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Thomas Pieters: biography". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. ↑ golfvlaanderen.be
  3. ↑ "About — Thomas Pieters". www.thomaspieters.com. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  4. ↑ "Thomas Pieters". FightingIllini.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Pieters". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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