Background
Van der Walt was born in Paarl, South Africa.
Van der Walt was born in Paarl, South Africa.
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.
He played college golf at Lamar University in the United States, graduating in 2007. Van der Walt turned professional in 2007 and played on the Sunshine Tour and United States. mini-tours since 2008. In 2011 and 2012, he also played on the Web.com Tour where his best finish was 2nd at the 2012 Cox Classic.
Van der Walt"s busy schedule for 2013 also included the Web.com Tour (where he tried to earn a Professional Golf Association Tour card) and the European Tour, where he has status until 2015 provided he plays a minimum thirteen events a year.
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.
European Tour wins (2) 1 Company-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour Sunshine Tour wins (2) Web.com Tour wins (2) Other wins (4) Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2004, 2006 Driver: TaylorMade SLDR 10.5°, Oban Kiyoshi 75x shaft Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Arrow Speed 14.5°, Oban Kiyoshi 85x shaft Hybrids: Adams Golf Idea Super 18° Irons: (4–9) TaylorMade Tour Preferred Blades Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM4 48°, 52°, 56° & 60° Putter: Scotty Cameron GoLo 5 Ball: TaylorMade Lethal Shoes: adidas Golf Tour 360 ATV M1 Source: TaylorMade Adidas Pearl Valley Golf Estates Source:.