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]
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]
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]
Sources:[7]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 Apr 2023 | Sand Valley Polish Masters | −14 (67-67-68=202) | 3 strokes | Christofer Blomstrand | |
2 | 19 Apr 2023 | Sand Valley Spring Series Final | −16 (65-66-69=200) | Playoff | Jesper Hagborg Asp |
Amateur