Anne Van Dam

Anne Van Dam started playing golf at age 5 when on a family holiday in America. Her dad played a lot, and her sister and mom had just started playing. Initially, her passion was swimming, but the more golf she played, the more she enjoyed it. Her first tournament was for the Dutch Team against France at Golf National. She was 12, and playing in the Netherlands was a great feeling. She won the National Championship under 9 years old, which helped her realize that golf was her future instead of swimming.
She continued playing for the Dutch national team, traveling around Europe and participating in the World Team Championships for the Netherlands. She won the Austrian Women's Amateur in 2011 and 2012 and the 2015 Netherlands National Open Stroke Play Championship by 12 strokes.
In 2013, at the age of 17, she played in her first LET tournament, the Deloitte Ladies Open. She also played in the Jr. Solheim Cup in Colorado. She played in the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship and finished 6th, so she turned pro. She went to the 2014 LET Q-School and finished 10th in the final stage, earning full status for the 2015 European Tour season.
During her rookie season in 2015 on the Ladies European Tour, she made 13 starts and 6 cuts. Her best finish came at The Helsingborg Open where she finished T-12th. She won the LET Access Series at the HLR Golf Academy Open.
Van Dam made 16 LET starts in 2016 and made 10 cuts. Her first career win on the LET came at the Xiamen Ladies Open.
She would have qualified for the 2016 Olympics via the Olympic ranking, but Van Dam and countrywoman Christel Boeljon were not selected to attend the games by the Dutch Olympic Committee because they did not reach the DOC's minimum requirement of finishing inside the top 60 Olympic rankings and hold a top-100 spot in the Rolex Rankings at the July 11 cutoff.
In 2017, Van Dam made 13 LET starts and made 12 cuts. She posted five top-20 finishes and earned a T-3rd finish at the Hero Women's Indian Open.
She played in 10 LET events in 2018, making 9 cuts. She ended the year winning the Estrella Damm Ladies Open, shooting 26-under 258 and winning by 8 shots over Caroline Masson, Caroline Hedwall, and amateur Selin Hyun. She won for the second time in 2018 at the Andalucia Spanish Women's Open in November. After the season she finished T-15th at LPGA Q-Series earn Priority List Category 14 status for the 2019 LPGA season.
2019 Notes: Anne won twice on the LET, at the ActewAGL Canberra Classic, where she shot a career-low 63 in the second round at Royal Canberra, and then at the Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de Espana at Aloha Golf Club. She also shot 63 in the first round to lead at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open, finishing T-6th. She debuted as a victorious European Solheim Cup team member with a 1-3-0 record. She lost her singles match to Lizette Salas 1 up. She played in 21 LPGA Tour events, making 13 cuts with one top-ten finish. She was 82nd on the money list with $175,691 in earnings. She was 81st on the CME points list. Best finish was T-6th at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open.
2020 Notes: Played in five LET events with three top-ten finishes. Was T-2nd at the Saudi Ladies Team International, T-4th at the Saudi Ladies International, and T-5th at the Ladies Classic - Bonville. She was 9th on the LET order of merit. Played in 14 LPGA Tour events, making 11 cuts. Finished 81st on the money list with $115,609 in earnings. She was 72nd on the CME points list. Best finish T-11th at the LPGA Drive On Championship Toledo.
2021 Notes: Played in 20 LPGA events, making 8 cuts with one top-ten finish. Best finish T-8th at the Cambia Portland Classic. Anne made five appearances on the LET, her best individual result being T18 at the Aramco Team Series - London. She was putting so poorly that she started putting with her eyes closed, which helped. Van Dam was 57th at the Toyko Olympics as a member of the Netherlands' women's golf team.
2022 Notes: Played in 13 LET Tour events, making 11 cuts with five top-ten finishes. She was 64th in the Race to Costa del Sol Ranking and 36th on the money list, earning $102,295. Played in 9 LPGA events, making five cuts with one top ten, T-10th at the Dow Grant Lakes Bay with partner Sophia Popov. Best finish on LET, T-7th at the Aramco Team Series Sotogrande and Aramco Team Series - New York.
2023 Notes: Played in 19 LET Tour events, making 15 cuts with six top-ten finishes. She was 6th in the Race to Costa del Sol Ranking and 7th on the money list, earning $308,716.32. She was T-2nd at the Jabra Ladies Open, two shots back of winner Linn Grant. Was T-3rd in the Scandinavian Mixed, six shots back of winner Dale Whitnell. She finished T-2nd at the KPMG Women's Irish Open, but she and Lisa Pettersson lost a playoff to Smilla Tarning Soenderby. Was 3rd at the ATS - Hong Kong and Andalucia Open de Espana. Missed the cut in two LPGA events.
2024 Notes: Best finish T-27th at the Aramco Team Series - Tampa and Aramco Team Series - Korea. She played at the Paris Olympics as a member of The Netherlands women's golf team, finishing T-44th.