KLM Open 2025 Tips: Jamie six for success in the Netherlands

In the wake of Nicolai von Dellingshausen’s surprise DP World Tour breakthrough in Austria last week, the tour continues its European Swing in the Netherlands, with the KLM Open at The International in Amsterdam.

As always, here is Jamie Worsley's comprehensive preview and his KLM Open 2025 Tips. He's picked out six golfers ranging from 35/1 all the way out to 150/1!

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

First held in 1912, the KLM (Dutch) Open is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments still in existence. It has also been ever-present on the DP World Tour’s calendar since the tour started in 1972.

The tournament boasts an impressive list of former winners, with Jose Maria Olazabal (1989), Payne Stewart (1991), Colin Montgomerie (1993), Miguel Angel Jimenez (1994), Lee Westwood (1999) and Martin Kaymer (2010) all tasting victory in the Netherlands.

However, three players have enjoyed more success in the event than anyone else, each with three wins: Seve Ballesteros (1976, 1980, 1986), Bernhard Langer (1984, 1992, 2001), and Simon Dyson (2006, 2009, 2011).

Joost Luiten has been the only home player to claim the title in the last 20 years, winning in 2013 and 2016.

Last five winners:

• 2024 (The International)

Winner: Guido Migliozzi (-11, playoff)

Runners-up: Joe Dean, Marcus Kinhult (-11)

• 2023 (Bernardus Golf)

Winner: Pablo Larrazabal (-13)

Runner-up: Adrian Otaegui (-11)

• 2022 (Bernardus Golf)

Winner: Victor Perez (-13, playoff)

Runner-up: Ryan Fox (-13)

• 2021 (Bernardus Golf)

Winner: Kristoffer Broberg (-23)

Runner-up: Matti Schmid (-20)

• 2019 (The International)

Winner: Sergio Garcia (-18)

Runner-up: Nicolai Hojgaard (-17)

Guido Migliozzi walked away with the trophy in a demanding edition at The International in 2024, beating Joe Dean and Marcus Kinhult in a playoff to earn his fourth DP World Tour success. He returns to defend this week.

THE COURSE

The KLM Open is back at The International this year, which previously hosted the event in 2019 and 2024. Located in Amsterdam, adjacent to Schiphol Airport, this uniquely situated course opened in 2012 and was designed by Bruno Steensels in collaboration with 1991 Masters champion Ian Woosnam.

This par 71 measures 6914yds and possesses 5x par 3s (127-233 yards), 9x par 4s (341-475 yards) and 4x par 5s (527-589 yards). We’ve seen two contrasting renewals of the event here. Scoring was much better in 2019 as Sergio Garcia fired -18 to win, but the course showed its teeth in the wind last year, with -11 enough to get into the playoff.

Undulating and exposed, The International is somewhat linksy in style, with holes framed by manmade dunes and an abundance of large bunkers. Water is in-play on half of the holes and there are moderate elevation changes throughout on this hilly layout.

The sloping fairways are average in width overall—some generous and others more narrow—and the majority are doglegged. Uneven lies are common, and the primary protection comes from strategic bunkering, and some dense fescue rough.

This course really heats up on the greens, providing one of the most demanding short-game tests on the DP World Tour last season. These huge and elevated surfaces are often multi-tiered, and packed with severe slopes and excessive contours, around which the event organisers can place some devilish pin positions. There are run-offs and false-fronts aplenty, leaving difficult up-and-downs from collection areas and deep greenside bunkers.

The International has several shorter par 4s and each of the four par 5s are reachable in two for most of the field. Alongside the prominence of water around the layout, it helps create a fun risk/reward vibe and with interesting routing that requires players to hit shots into inconsistent winds, it should be another exciting week in Amsterdam.

THE WEATHER

The players are in for a turbulent week in the Netherlands. It’s forecast to rain on each day, not too heavily but enough to soften the course up and become an inconvenience.

However, the most difficult aspect of the weather may come in the shape of wind, with constant 16-19mph winds and gusts of 34-36mph predicted throughout the tournament.

KEY STATS

• SG: Putting

It was striking how important the putter was on these huge, sloping surfaces last year, and with those testing conditions on the way, I expect it to again be key.

Each of last year’s top five ranked inside the top 10 on the greens, with winner Guido Migliozzi ranking 10^th; runners-up, Marcus Kinhult and Joe Dean ranking 6^th and 7^th; and 4^th-place finishers, Andrea Pavan and Rasmus Hojgaard ranking 3^rd and 5^th respectively.

• SG: Approach/Greens-in-Regulation

These greens also require some high-quality iron play to overcome, which proved to be the case among the main protagonists last year.

Winner Guido Migliozzi ranked 5^th in greens-in-regulation and 14^th in approach, runner-up Joe Dean ranked 1^st in GIR and 26^th in approach, while fellow 2^nd-place finisher Marcus Kinhult ranked 8^th in approach.

• SG: Around-the-Greens/Scrambling
• Bogey Avoidance

In addition, although the putting surfaces are large at The International, they were still extremely difficult to hit last year. That should again be the case this week, which will mean players will need to be sharp around the greens.

Meanwhile, with scoring expected to be difficult, those who are most adept at keeping bogeys off their card should fare well.

CORRELATING EVENTS (COURSES)

Open de France (Le Golf National)

Le Golf National is an exposed course framed by tall mounds, with large undulating greens and lots of water in-play. It presents one of the toughest short-game challenges on tour and has developed strong form ties with The International.

Notable correlating form:

Guido Migliozzi:

KLM (1^st) / France (1^st)

Marcus Kinhult:

KLM (2^nd) / France (5^th)

Rasmus Hojgaard:

KLM (4^th) / France (2^nd, 4^th)

James Morrison:

KLM (4^th) / France (2^nd)

Bernd Wiesberger:

KLM (7^th) / France (1^st)

Hugo Leon:

KLM (7^th) / France (8^th)

Qatar Masters (Doha Golf Club)

Doha Golf Club is another open, often wind-affected layout. Its big, sloping greens are the most difficult aspect of play there and water creates several risk/reward holes.

Notable correlating form:

Marcus Kinhult:

KLM (2^nd) / Qatar (3^rd, 3^rd)

Rasmus Hojgaard:

KLM (4^th) / Qatar (6^th)

Tom McKibbin:

KLM (6^th) / Qatar (4^th)

Joakim Lagergren:

KLM (7^th) / Qatar (2^nd)

Bernd Wiesberger:

KLM (7^th) / Qatar (3^rd)

Thomas Aiken:

KLM (7^th) / Qatar (4^th, 5^th, 6^th)

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

The International’s links-like design has plenty of similarities with events played on traditional British links courses. The Dunhill Links looks the best comp of these, possessing a similarly demanding short-game test to this week’s host.

Notable correlating form:

Matt Wallace:

KLM (3^rd) / Dunhill Links (6^th)

Andrea Pavan:

KLM (4^th) / Dunhill Links (5^th)

Callum Shinkwin:

KLM (5^th) / Dunhill Links (2^nd)

Joakim Lagergren:

KLM (7^th) / Dunhill Links (2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 4^th)

Bernd Wiesberger:

KLM (7^th) / Dunhill Links (4^th, 7^th)

Ras Al Khaimah Championship (Al Hamra Golf Club)

Back to the Middle East now and Al Hamra Golf Club—an exposed, strongly bunkered course, with large greens and water a significant threat at the finish.

Notable correlating form:

Nicolai Hojgaard:

KLM (2^nd) / Ras Al Khaimah (1^st)

Joe Dean:

KLM (2^nd) / Ras Al Khaimah (5^th)

Rasmus Hojgaard:

KLM (4^th) / Ras Al Khaimah (2^nd)

Callum Shinkwin:

KLM (5^th) / Ras Al Khaimah (4^th)

2022 & 2024 Mauritius Open (Mont Choisy Le Golf)

Last up is Mont Choisy Le Golf, host of the 2022 and 2024 editions of the Mauritius Open. Although comp form is lacking, this exposed, undulating, linksy course—which is short, with five par 3s and limited par 4s—ranks especially close to The International in many areas, particularly short-game difficulty.

THE FIELD

World No. 64 Laurie Canter is the highest-ranked player in this week’s field and one of four from inside the top 100, alongside Thriston Lawrence (No. 91), Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (No. 93) and Haotong Li (No. 100).

Guido Migliozzi is our defending champion and one of five former winners in attendance, joined by Pablo Larrazabal (2023), Joost Luiten (2016, 2013), Ross Fisher (2007) and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (2005).

Francesco Molinari makes his first start in the event since 2010; American Jimmy Walker is among the debutants; and the top-ranked Dutch amateur, No. 69 Benjamin Reuter—who currently attends Georgia Tech in the U.S—gets another chance to test himself against the pros after missing the cut last year.

KLM Open Odds

SELECTIONS

Market leaders (1/4 5 places): Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 16/1, Haotong Li 20/1, Joost Luiten 22/1, Keita Nakajima 25/1, Laurie Canter 28/1, Eugenio Chacarra 30/1

1.5 pts Francesco Laporta each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 35/1

Francesco Laporta is another player who ranks highly in bogey avoidance. He’s looked good this season and gaining strokes right through his bag, this could be a great spot for the Italian to finally make his breakthrough on the DPWT.

Laporta’s results have been feast of famine in 2025. He’s missed four cuts in 10 starts, but when he has made the weekend he’s hit the top 30 each time, recording a best of 11^th in the Soudal Open two starts ago.

He’s striking the ball with precision this season, ranking 20^th in driving accuracy and 33^rd in approach. Combined with his impressive scrambling stats, ranking 12^th, and some improved displays on the greens, it’s easy to see why he’s able to keep bogeys off his card, as he ranks 11^th in bogey avoidance.

Laporta fired two rounds of 68 to sit 11^th entering the weekend at The International last year, but he eventually finished 51^st after a poor weekend. His game is in much better shape this time around and having tasted victory in the Netherlands in his amateur career—winning the 2010 Dutch Junior Open—it would be apt if his first DPWT win came in the country.

1 pt John Parry each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 55/1

John Parry has played the best golf of his career in the last 14 months. He arrives here after a strong 4^th-place finish last time out and possessing a game that looks ideal for the demands of this course—and the inbound conditions—the Englishman was an easy selection this week.

Parry ended an excellent 2024 campaign—in which he won three titles on the HotelPlanner Tour to earn an automatic promotion back to the DP World Tour—by claiming a first DP World Tour title in 14 years in the Mauritius Open. He began 2025 a little sluggishly but his form perked up in Qatar, finishing 21^st and he has looked sharp since, recording just two missed cuts in his last nine starts and picking up eye-catching finishes of 2^nd in the Kenya Open and 4^th on his latest start in the Soudal Open.

His iron play has been the driving force behind his performances, ranking 5^th in approach and 27^th in greens-in-regulation. Meanwhile, his short game is also in fine shape, ranking 13^th around-the-greens and 19^th in scrambling; as a solid putter who ranks 16^th in bogey avoidance, he ticks almost every box statistically.

Parry didn’t play here in either 2019 or 2024. However, that win in Mauritius at Mont Choisy Le Golf bodes well, and he also previously finished 3^rd in the Dunhill Links in 2010—further proof of his suitability for this test.

1 pt Angel Ayora each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 50/1

20-year-old Spaniard Angel Ayora produced his best finish of the year two starts ago, and having performed well at this venue on debut last year, I’m taking him to enter the DPWT winner’s circle this week.

Ayora was promoted to the DPWT this season as a result of finishing 4^th on the HotelPlanner Tour’s Road to Mallorca last year. He made an excellent start, recording finishes of 5^th in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and 6^th in the Aussie PGA at the end of 2024, but has found the going a little tougher in 2025. That being said, he’s picked up three top-20 finishes, the best of which came two starts ago in Belgium, finishing 11^th in the Soudal Open.

He's been one of the strongest players on tour from tee-to-green, ranking 15^th and has especially excelled off-the-tee, ranking 5^th. The putter has been the one weak spot, but he has been showing more positive signs in this regard in recent events, while he also putted solidly on these greens last year, ranking 27^th.

Combined that putting display with a high-class approach performance, Ayora was able to finish 21^st at The International in 2024. He also finished 14^th on his Qatar Masters debut earlier this year and having made the cut on solo attempts in Mauritius and Ras Al Khaimah, he looks well-suited to the demands of this week’s host.

1 pt Kazuma Kobori each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 80/1

Kazuma Kobori’s electric short game and precision-based ball striking would appear an ideal combination for the demands of this week’s course and conditions. He’s looked right at home on the DPWT in his rookie season and with some positive links form to his name, I expect him to be in the mix this week.

Kobori has missed just four cuts in his 14 starts this season and recorded six top-25 finishes. His best result came in Singapore, finishing 9^th, and he went well for a long way in the Soudal Open two starts ago, eventually finishing 25^th.

The New Zealander is the second-straightest driver on tour and has a strong short game, ranking 13^th in scrambling and 24^th on the greens. He’s inside the top 25 in bogey avoidance and while his iron play has regressed in recent starts, he was striking them well at the start of the year.

Kobori hasn’t played here before, but he did finish 12^th on his Dunhill Links debut in 2024. His lack of length shouldn’t be too much of a disadvantage here and possessing the skillset to handle a difficult test, I expect him to bounce back from his missed cut in Austria last week.

1 pt Marcus Kinhult each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 80/1

Marcus Kinhult went close last year, losing out in a playoff to Guido Migliozzi. He’s found some form in recent starts and as a horses-for-courses type who is at his best in challenging conditions, he can contend again this week.

Kinhult was slow to get going in 2025, missing four of his first seven cuts and failing to record a finish inside the top 40. He turned his year around in China, finishing 15^th and has continued to perform in the following weeks, producing finishes of 12^th in the Turkish Airlines Open and 37^th in the Austrian Alpine Open in his last three starts.

He’s shown promise right through the bag in recent events—including finding a positive driving performance last week—but it’s with the putter that he shines, ranking 7^th.

Kinhult has excelled on links/links-like layouts in his career, and he put that to good use here last year to finish 2^nd. He thrives in the wind, as he showed when finishing 3^rd in the 2022 Qatar Masters, and he’s also finished 5^th in the Open de France. In addition, his solo DPWT win came on the links at Hillside in the 2019 British Masters.

1 pt Davis Bryant each-way (1/5 - 8 places) @ 150/1

American rookie Davis Bryant has provided plenty of encouragement in his first full season so far. As a precise ball striker with a tidy short game, he could make a serious impression at The International this week.

Bryant turned pro at the end of 2023 after a successful amateur career that took him to No. 78 in the world. He didn’t qualify for any pro tours last year, but he put that right at the DPWT Q-School at the end of 2024—finishing 3^rd in that mammoth six-day contest to earn his tour card.

Starts have been sparing at the start of the season, and he’s mixed his time between the DPWT and the HotelPlanner Tour. It was on the second-tier that he found form this year, finishing 4^th in Abu Dhabi and 6^th in Delhi, and he has managed to transfer that to the DPWT recently, making three of his last four cuts and recording a first top-25 finish in the Hainan Classic.

Bryant hasn’t played here but he did show promise on this type of setup when 42^nd in Mauritius on his first ever DPWT start at the end of last year. He ranks 6^th in bogey avoidance, 14^th in driving accuracy and 16^th in greens-in-regulation, and with a short game to match—ranking 16^th in scrambling and 56^th with the putter—he can take to The International on his first try.

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