Guido van der Valk

Guido van der Valk (born 26 January 1980) is a Dutch professional golfer.

Amateur career Van der Valk had a successful amateur career. He represented The Netherlands in the Eisenhower Trophy. Van der Valk turned had several offers for athletic scholarships in the United States but rejected them to turn professional.

Professional career In 2002, van der Valk turned professional. He joined the Challenge Tour and finished 36th in the standings in his debut season, the highlight being a second-place finish behind Iain Pyman at the BMW Russian Open. After two disappointing seasons he joined the Asian Tour in 2005. In 2007 he just missed out on retaining his card by finishing one place out at 61st in the Order of Merit; Thammanoon Sriroj in 60th earned just $455 more. However, van der Valk rectified this the following year by enjoying his most successful Asian season to date in 2008, finishing 52nd on the Order of Merit.

In 2011, van der Valk posted his best result to date on the Asian Tour, losing out in a five-man playoff to Himmat Rai at the ISPS Handa Singapore Classic. Two weeks later he won on the Asian Development Tour at the PGM-MIDF KLGCC Classic. Going into the final event of the main tour season, the Thailand Golf Championship, he was 83rd on the Order of Merit, but he finished T6th to climb to 59th and retain his card. It was the first time he had retained his card automatically since 2008.

Professional wins (10) Asian Development Tour wins (1) 1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour

Philippine Golf Tour wins (7)

Other wins (2) 2004 ABN Amro, Dutch PGA Championship

Playoff record Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances Amateur European Amateur Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 1999, 2001 Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Netherlands): 2000