Andreas Halvorsen (golfer)
| Andreas Halvorsen | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 8 December 1996 Larvik, Norway |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Sporting nationality |  Norway |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2015 |
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica Nordic Golf League |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2019 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Andreas Halvorsen (born 8 December 1996) is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour. He won the 2024 Danish Golf Challenge, and was runner-up at the 2017 Visa Open de Argentina and 2019 Abierto Mexicano de Golf.[1]
Amateur career[edit]
Halvorsen played for the National Team as an amateur, and represented Norway at the 2012 European Young Masters, and the European Boys' Team Championship three times, finishing second in 2013.[2]
He played in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy, and won the 2014 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan with Jarand Ekeland Arnøy, Kristoffer Reitan and Viktor Hovland, beating the American team led by Cameron Young into second.[3]
Halvorsen moved to St. Augustine, Florida in 2013 to train at the Tom Burnett Junior Golf Academy. During the 2013-14 Future Collegians World Tour season, he won five tournaments including the St. Augustine Amateur and the Florida Azalea Amateur. He played in the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship where he knocked out Ryan Ruffels before losing 1 up to Sam Horsfield in the quarter-final.[4]
Halvorsen decided to skip college and turn pro at 18.[5]
Professional career[edit]
Halvorsen turned professional by mid-2015. He played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2016 and 2022, where he lost a playoff at the 2017 Argentine Open. In 2019, he was runner-up at the Mexican Open, and in 2020 runner-up at the Classic at the Club at Weston Hills, a LocaliQ Series event.
He won two tournaments on the 2023 Nordic Golf League and finished the season 4th in the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the 2024 Challenge Tour, where he won the Danish Golf Challenge in May.
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2012 Norgescup #6, Norgescup Finale
- 2013 International Trophy, Team Norway Junior Tour #3, St Augustine Amateur
- 2014 Florida Azalea Amateur
Sources:[6]
Professional wins (6)[edit]
Challenge Tour wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 May 2024 | Danish Golf Challenge | −19 (66-66-66-71=269) | 3 strokes |  Guðmundur Kristjánsson,  Oliver Lindell, John Parry
|
Nordic Golf League wins (2)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Apr 2023 | Sand Valley Polish Masters | −14 (67-67-68=202) | 3 strokes |  Christofer Blomstrand
|
| 2 | 23 Apr 2023 | Sand Valley Spring Series Final | −16 (65-66-69=200) | Playoff | Jesper Hagborg Asp
|
Minor League Golf Tour wins (1)[edit]
- 2018 August Atlantic National Classic (Minor League Golf Tour)[7]
Other wins (2)[edit]
- 2021 Norwegian National Golf Championship
- 2022 United Way Classic (All Pro Tour)[8]
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- European Young Masters (representing Norway): 2012
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing Norway): 2012, 2013, 2014
- Junior Golf World Cup (representing Norway): 2014 (winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Norway): 2014
References[edit]
- ^ "Andreas Halvorsen Bio". European Tour. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ a b "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "2014 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Halvorsen's Big Move Pays Big Dividends". USGA. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Casey, Kevin (8 November 2018). "Years after skipping college, Andreas Halvorsen back at Q-School but optimistic". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Andreas Halvorsen". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Andreas Halvorsen". Minor League Golf Tour. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Roche, Bryant (11 June 2022). "Norway's Andreas Halvorsen wins United Way Classic at Hardscrabble Country Club". Fort Smith Times Record. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- Andreas Halvorsen at the PGA Tour official site
- Andreas Halvorsen at the European Tour official site
- Andreas Halvorsen at the Official World Golf Ranking official site