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Nicolas Vanhootegem

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Nicolas Vanhootegem
Personal information
Full nameNicolas Vanhootegem
Born (1972-10-07) 7 October 1972 (age 52)
Brussels, Belgium
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality Belgium
ResidenceBrussels, Belgium
SpouseAgnès
Children2
Career
Turned professional1994
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT30: 2001

Nicolas Vanhootegem (born 7 October 1972) is a Belgian professional golfer.

Career

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Vanhootegem was born in Brussels. He won several tree international tournaments as an amateur, including the Belgium international, the Luxembourg international and the Welsh Open Stroke Play, turned professional in 1994. He has spent his career fluctuating between membership of the main European Tour and the second tier Challenge Tour.

Vanhootegem has won three tournaments on the Challenge Tour, he lost in play off against Thomas Bjørn in his first Challenge Tour start in 1995 and in his second professional start, he as won the Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy. He also won the 2002 Aa St Omer Open and the 2007 Telenet Trophy, which was held in his home country. He also won the 1991, 1993 and 1997 Omnium of Belgium. He represented his country at the World Cup of Golf as an amateur player.

Amateur wins

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  • 1991 Welsh Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship, Luxembourg Amateur Open Championship, Belgium International Championship, Omnium of Belgium
  • 1991-93 Omnium of Belgium

Professional wins (5)

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Challenge Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 2 Jul 1995 Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy −13 (66-66-68=200) 2 strokes Italy Michele Reale
2 16 Jun 2002 Aa St Omer Open −7 (75-70-67-65=277) 4 strokes England Lee S. James, Argentina Gustavo Rojas
3 20 May 2007 Telenet Trophy −17 (68-65-68-70=271) 4 strokes Chile Felipe Aguilar

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1995 Himmerland Open Denmark Thomas Bjørn, Finland Anssi Kankkonen Bjørn won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1997 Alianca UAP Challenger Finland Anssi Kankkonen, Sweden Fredrik Lindgren

BeNeLux Golf Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 7 Sep 2012 Pro-Am de la Construction −6 (69-69=138) 7 strokes Belgium Alain Anthonissen, Belgium Gilles Monville

Other wins (1)

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  • 1997 Omnium of Belgium

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2001
The Open Championship T30

"T" = tied
Note: Vanhootegem only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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