Marjet van der Graaff (born 22 July 1982) is a

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from the

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. She played on the

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and won the 2009

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Career

Van der Graaff started to play golf at age 13 at Broekpolder Golf Club in

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and went to college in the Netherlands. In 2006 she won the Italian Ladies Amateur Championship and the following year she was runner-up at the Finnish Ladies Amateur Championship and won the Swiss Ladies Amateur Championship. She represented the Netherlands in the

2006 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 18–21 October at De Zalze Golf Club and Stellenbosch Golf Club in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was the 22nd women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Es ...

. In 2008, van der Graaff joined the

and finished the season ranked 83rd to keep her card. She secured her first professional victory by winning the 2009

by 4 strokes together with

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is a

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and tied fourth at the

Ladies Swiss Open The Ladies Swiss Open is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that is held in Switzerland. It was first played in 1996 and 1997, the first LET event in Switzerland since the Ladies Swiss Classic (1988–1990). It was ...

, one stroke away from joining a three-way playoff between

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and

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. She also made three starts in the

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and won the Banesto Tour Zaragoza at La Peñaza GC in Zaragoza, Spain, one stroke ahead of

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In 2013, her final season on the LET, van der Graaff finished tied fourth at the

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, two strokes behind

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and

Amateur wins (2)

* 2006 Italian Ladies Amateur * 2007 Swiss Ladies Amateur

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour (1)

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(with

Christel Boeljon Christel Wilhelmina Boeljon (born 30 July 1987)
is a

LET Access Series (1)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...

(representing Netherlands):

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Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...

(representing Netherlands): 2006 Professional *

(representing Netherlands): 2009 (winner)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Graaff, Marjet van der Dutch female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers People from Rijswijk Sportspeople from South Holland 1982 births Living people