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 2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2

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 studied at the University of Illinois for which he won the individual 2011 Jack Nicklaus Invitational and the individual 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship in his second year; the next year, he finished second with his team at the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship and won the individual 2013 Big Ten Conference Championship.[3]

After turning professional in the summer of 2013, 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 finishing 8th at the 2014 Malaysian Open and at the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Championship. He finished the year ranked #243 in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR), having ended the previous year at #1122.[4]

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.

Amateur wins (6)

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (2)

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

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Thomas Pieters: biography". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  2. ↑ golfvlaanderen.be
  3. ↑ "Thomas Pieters". FightingIllini.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Thomas Pieters". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

External links

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