Nicolas Vanhootegem

Nicolas Vanhootegem
Nicolas Vanhootegem
Personal information
Full name	Nicolas Vanhootegem
Born	7 October 1972 (age 51); Brussels, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality	Belgium
Residence	Brussels, Belgium
Spouse	Agnès
Children	2
Career
Turned professional	1994
Former tour(s)	European Tour; Challenge Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	3
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T30: 2001

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

Career[edit]

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 Bjorn on his first Challenge Tour professional event in 1995 and in his second professional event, he as won the Neuchatel Open SBS Trophy Switserland, the 2002 Aa St Omer Open France, 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 & european Cup as an amateur player.

Amateur wins[edit]

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)[edit]

Challenge Tour wins (3)[edit]

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	Michele Reale
2	16 Jun 2002	Aa St Omer Open	−7 (75-70-67-65=277)	4 strokes	Lee S. James, Gustavo Rojas
3	20 May 2007	Telenet Trophy	−17 (68-65-68-70=271)	4 strokes	Felipe Aguilar