Andreas Halvorsen (golfer) explained

Andreas Halvorsen
Birth Place:Larvik, Norway
Height:6 ft 3 in
Weight:180 lbs
Yearpro:2015
Tour:Challenge Tour
Extour:PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Nordic Golf League
Prowins:6
Chalwins:1
Otherwins:5
Masters:DNP
Usopen:CUT: 2019
Open:DNP
Pga: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

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

Halvorsen turned professional by mid-2015. He played on PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2016 and 2022, where he lost a playoff at the 2017 Visa Open de Argentina. In 2019, he was runner-up at the Abierto Mexicano de Golf, 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.[6]

Amateur wins

Sources:[7]

Professional wins (6)

Nordic Golf League wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
111 Apr 2023Sand Valley Polish Masters−14 (67-67-68=202)3 strokes Christofer Blomstrand
219 Apr 2023Sand Valley Spring Series Final−16 (65-66-69=200)Playoff Jesper Hagborg Asp

Other wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources:[7] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andreas Halvorsen Bio . European Tour . 26 May 2024.
  2. Web site: European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association . 26 May 2024.
  3. Web site: 2014 Toyota Junior World Cup . WAGR . 26 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Halvorsen’s Big Move Pays Big Dividends . USGA . 26 May 2024 . 24 July 2014.
  5. Casey . Kevin . Years after skipping college, Andreas Halvorsen back at Q-School but optimistic . 26 May 2024 . Golfweek . 8 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Norske Andreas Halvorsen vinder Danish Golf Challenge i Odense . Norwegian Andreas Halvorsen wins Danish Golf Challenge in Odense . da . Danish Golf . 27 May 2024 . 12 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Andreas Halvorsen . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 26 May 2024.
  8. News: Roche . Bryant . Norway's Andreas Halvorsen wins United Way Classic at Hardscrabble Country Club . 26 May 2024 . Fort Smith Times Record . 11 June 2022.