Jeremy Freiburghaus

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Jeremy Freiburghaus
Personal information
Born (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28)
Domat/Ems, Graubünden, Switzerland
Sporting nationalityFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Residence Bonaduz, Graubünden, Switzerland
Career
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3

Jeremy Freiburghaus (born 31 May 1996) is a Swiss professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. [1] He won the 2022 English Trophy on the Challenge Tour. [2]

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Early life and amateur career

Freiburghaus started competing internationally at a young age, and won the 2012 Finnish International Junior. In 2015, he won the Memorial Olivier Barras in Crans-sur-Sierre, a professional tournament. [3]

He represented Switzerland in the European Young Masters, European Boys' Team Championship and European Amateur Team Championship, plus twice in the Eisenhower Trophy. [3]

Professional career

Freiburghaus turned professional in 2019 and joined the Pro Golf Tour. In 2020, he won two events and was runner-up at the Polish Open, and finished 3rd in the Order of Merit to earn promotion to the Challenge Tour. [4]

In 2022, Freiburghaus was runner-up at the Dormy Open and the Scottish Challenge. He claimed his first Challenge Tour title after defeating Max Schmitt in a playoff at the English Trophy. [5] With the win, he moved into the number one position on the Challenge Tour Rankings and ended the season second in the rankings, behind Nathan Kimsey, to graduate to the European Tour for 2023. [6] [7] [8]

Freiburghaus became the first Swiss golfer in 20 years to qualify for the European Tour. [9] He made the cut in his first start as a member of the European Tour, at the Joburg Open. [10]

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
116 Oct 2022 English Trophy −22 (68-65-67-66=266)Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Max Schmitt

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 Farmfoods Scottish Challenge Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sainz Lost to birdie on second extra hole
22022 English Trophy Flag of Germany.svg Max Schmitt Won with par on first extra hole

Pro Golf Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
115 Mar 2020 Open Bahia Golf Beach−17 (65-67-67=199)9 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Yannik Emmert, Flag of Morocco.svg Othman Raouzi,
Flag of France.svg Victor Veyret
213 Sep 2020 Haugschlag NÖ Open −17 (67-67-65=199)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Jean Bekirian, Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Matlari (a)

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [3]

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