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Joost Luiten
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This was enough to earn himself a start in the next tournament where he finished third. Luiten finished second at the KLM Open, a European Tour event, in 2007 and has been the highest ranked Dutch golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings.
Career
After a failed bid for a tour card at Qualifying School he started his professional career on the EPD Tour where he claimed second place twice in just four starts. Because he was not in possession of a tour card Luiten was solely dependent on invites to play on the Challenge Tour. He received one for the Tusker Kenya Open where he birdied the 72nd hole for a share of tenth place.
After finishing sixth in the 2007 Challenge Tour rankings he received a European Tour card for 2008 and claimed two top 10 spots before injury curtailed his season.
Luiten"s 2009 season was hampered by a wrist injury that kept him out more than a year and he played the start of 2010 on a minor medical exemption. He finished in the top 30 of the for the second consecutive year, ranked 24th.
He took a three stroke advantage into the final round and shot a one-under-par 71 to finish two ahead of Thomas Bjørn. He became only the second player from the Netherlands to record multiple European Tour victories, after Robert-January Derksen.
By 24 November, he reached 28th in the Official World Golf Ranking, a high point so far.
He also played in the United States, finishing 13th at the WGC-Cadillac Championship and 26th at the Masters Tournament and Professional Golf Association Championship. 2004 Dutch Boys Championship, Dutch Youths Championship European Tour wins (4) Asian Tour wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (2) Alps Tour wins (1) DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place. Yellow background for top-10.
Amateur Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2006 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Netherlands): 2006 (winners) Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2006 (winners) Professional World Cup (representing the Netherlands): 2011 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2013 (winners) EurAsia Cup (representing Europe): 2014.
Achievements
Membership
He is currently a member of the European Tour.
