Former golfer Dan Woltman earns European Tour Card
November 21, 2014 | Men's Golf
Nov. 21, 2014
MADISON, Wis -- Former UW golfer Dan Woltman earned his European Tour card by virtue of a 26th place in the Final Qualifying Stage of the PGA Catalunya Resort qualifier Nov. 15-20 in Girona, Spain. Woltman was 7-under for the six-round qualifier with a 72-72-71-68-69-69—421.
Woltman, who lives in Dunwoody, Ga., is a former Wisconsin State Amateur champion and the 2007 and 2009 State Open champion as an amateur.
Since turning pro in September of 2009, Woltman played on the Web.com Tour in 2011, and in various mini-tours. He most recently competed on the One-Asia Tour where he qualified by finishing ninth in the tour's U.S. qualifier in California in January. He is averaging 70.56 in 16 professional rounds on that tour.
A 2009 graduate of Wisconsin in retailing, Woltman is the UW career record holder for season and career scoring. The Beaver Dam, Wis., native averaged 72.68 strokes per round as a senior and finished his career in 2009 averaging 73.28 strokes over his three-year career.
He became the first player in program history to qualify individually for consecutive NCAA championships when he eagled the first playoff hole at the 2008 NCAA West Regional after shooting a 71-68-79—218 to take the final individual spot for the NCAA Championship.
A year earlier he tied for first place in the 2007 NCAA Central Regional with a 1-under 215 (73-71-71) to become the first UW golfer to qualify for nationals since Ben Walter in 1994. Woltman finished 4-over par with a 214 (72-72-70) and missed the cut for the final round of NCAA competition finishing in a 10-way tie for 64th place after three rounds.
In his senior year, Woltman ended his UW career with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regional in Galloway, N.J. Woltman shot a 4-over par 75 on Saturday in the final round to finish at 5-over (74-69-75—218) for the tournament. That total placed him one stroke out of a playoff for the lone individual qualifying spot in the NCAA Championships
A transfer from Kentucky after his freshman year, Woltman has the second best 18-hole (65), 36-hole (135) and 54-hole totals in school history. He earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2008 and 2009 and was only the second UW player to earn Ping All-America Honorable Mention honors in 2007.
As a Wisconsin prep player, he was the state high school runner-up in 2003 and 2004 and named Wisconsin Junior Player of the Year in 2003. He qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2003 and 2004. He claimed the 2004 Westfield Junior PGA National Champion title and was a AJGA Rolex Junior All-American in 2004. He won the 2004 AJGA Foot Joy Boys Invitational. He qualified for the U.S. Amateur in 2004 and was named First Team AJGA Rolex Junior All-American in 2005. In 2005, he was named a member of the Canon Cup and went 1-1-2 for the East team.
