Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten (born 7 January 1986) is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Early life and amateur career Luiten was born in Bleiswijk and started playing golf at 6 years old at Golf Centrum Rotterdam. As an amateur, he won the 2005 Spanish Amateur Open Championship and German Amateur Open Championship.

He represented his country at the 2004 European Boys' Team Championship and was selected for the 2006 Palmer Cup. Luiten was a member of the 2006 Dutch team that won the Eisenhower Trophy after he played his last five holes in six under par.

Professional career After a failed bid for a European Tour card at Qualifying School in late 2006, Luiten started his professional career on the EPD Tour where he claimed second place twice in just four starts.

Reaching the final stage of Q School gave him limited status on the 2007 Challenge Tour. He made his first start at the Tusker Kenya Open, where he birdied the 72nd hole for a share of tenth place. This was enough to earn himself a start in the next tournament, where he finished third. In his third start, he won the A.G.F. Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse. A month later he won the Vodafone Challenge, setting a record for lowest final round by a Challenge Tour winner with a 61 (−11). He went on to finish sixth in the 2007 Challenge Tour rankings and receive a European Tour card for 2008, in addition to finishing second at the European Tour's KLM Open in August 2007.

In January 2008, Luiten reached the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. He claimed two top-10 finishes on the European Tour before a wrist injury curtailed his season. He returned from injury in late 2009 and played the start of the 2010 season on a minor medical exemption, securing his card for the rest of 2010 with a top-ten finish at the Joburg Open. He finished the season 28th on the Race to Dubai, aided by a late run of three straight top-five finishes.

In November 2011, Luiten won his first tournament on the European Tour with a victory in the Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia, which also gave him his highest world ranking position to that point, at 66th. He finished in the top 30 of the Race to Dubai for the second consecutive year, ranked 24th.

Luiten won for the second time on the European Tour in June 2013 at the Lyoness Open in Austria. He took a three stroke advantage into the final round and shot a one-under-par 71 to finish two ahead of Thomas Bjørn. He became only the second player from the Netherlands to record multiple European Tour victories, after Robert-Jan Derksen.

In 2014, Luiten won the ISPS Handa Wales Open and finished third at the Volvo Golf Champions, sixth at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, fourth at the Open de España, third at the Lyoness Open and third at the Volvo World Match Play Championship. By the end of November, he reached 28th in the Official World Golf Ranking, the high ranking in his career. He also played in the United States, finishing 13th at the WGC-Cadillac Championship and 26th at the Masters Tournament and PGA Championship.

In the first half of 2016 Luiten collected eight top-10 finishes in 15 events, with second places in consecutive weeks at the Real Club Valderrama Open de España and the Shenzhen International. In August, he represented Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing tied for the 27th place. The following month, he went on to win for the second time the KLM Open, matching the course record with an 8-under par 63 on the final round.

In February 2018, Luiten won the NBO Oman Open, beating Chris Wood by two shots.

2024 Olympics controversy In June 2024, Luiten qualified to play in the 2024 Summer Olympics via his world ranking (147). The Dutch Olympic Committee did not allow him and Darius van Driel (ranked 237) to participate since they required their participants to be ranked in the top 27 of the Olympic Golf Ranking and have "a realistic chance at a medal". Luiten initially appealed against the Dutch Olympic Committee for prohibiting him to play, considering that he was eligible. He won the appeal. However, Luiten was denied access to play due to his initial entry being removed by the Dutch Olympic Committee and his place being taken by Tapio Pulkkanen.

Amateur wins 2004 Dutch Boys Championship, Dutch Youths Championship 2005 Spanish International Amateur Championship, German Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (9) European Tour wins (6) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up120 Nov 2011Iskandar Johor Open1−15 (63-70-65=198)1 stroke Daniel Chopra29 Jun 2013Lyoness Open−17 (65-68-67-71=271)2 strokes Thomas Bjørn315 Sep 2013KLM Open−12 (69-65-66-68=268)Playoff Miguel Ángel Jiménez421 Sep 2014ISPS Handa Wales Open−14 (65-69-65-71=270)1 stroke Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry511 Sep 2016KLM Open (2)−19 (69-64-69-63=265)3 strokes Bernd Wiesberger618 Feb 2018NBO Oman Open−16 (72-66-66-68=272)2 strokes Chris Wood 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12013KLM Open Miguel Ángel JiménezWon with par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up113 May 2007A.G.F. Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse−17 (70-71-66-64=271)1 stroke Nicolas Vanhootegem210 Jun 2007Vodafone Challenge−18 (70-68-71-61=270)2 strokes Magnus A. Carlsson

Alps Tour wins (1) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up118 Jul 2009Circolo Rapallo Golf Open−8 (71-65-66=202)Playoff Thomas Fournier, Andrea Perrino

Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Masters TournamentT26CUTU.S. OpenCUTT39The Open ChampionshipT63T45CUTCUTCUTT44PGA ChampionshipT21CUT26CUTT33CUT Tournament201920202021202220232024Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipT64T51U.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipT32NTCUTT71CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 5U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5Totals 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 12 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2011 Open Championship – 2012 PGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship Tournament20142015The Players ChampionshipT80T51 "T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships Results not in chronological order before 2015. Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019ChampionshipT13T46T25T37T10Match PlayR64T17T39InvitationalT63T56T45ChampionsT36T28T16T34

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied

Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 2004 European Amateur Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 2005 European Youths' Team Championship (representing the Netherlands): 2006 Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2006 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Netherlands): 2006 (winners) Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2006 (winners)

Professional World Cup (representing the Netherlands): 2011, 2016, 2018 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2013 (winners) EurAsia Cup (representing Europe): 2014 (shared)

See also 2007 Challenge Tour graduates

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