Knud Storgaard

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Knud Storgaard
Personal information
Full nameKnud Storgaard Jensen
Born (1972-08-10) 10 August 1972 (age 52)
Skive, Denmark
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Residence Skive, Denmark
Career
College Aarhus University
Turned professional1996
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other4

Knud Storgaard Jensen (born 10 August 1972) is a Danish professional golfer.

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Career

Storgaard, who holds a master's degree in nuclear physics, first qualified for the European Tour in 1998 having won once on the Challenge Tour the previous year. His first season was unsuccessful, but he again qualified for the 2003 European Tour season; unfortunately at the same time it was discovered that he was suffering from testicular cancer. Because of the cancer, Storgaard didn't participate in the European Tour season, and as a result he got a medical extension for the 2004 European Tour season. [1]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
18 Mar 1997 Open de Côte d'Ivoire −14 (70-69-68-67=274)Playoff Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Kankkonen

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1996 Himmerland Open Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Diethelm Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 1997 Open de Côte d'Ivoire Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Kankkonen

Nordic Golf League wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
115 May 2005 Wavin Open−11 (69-74-65=208)Playoff Flag of Finland.svg Panu Kylliäinen
219 Aug 2007 Weber Masters−8 (68-72-68=208)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Adell
316 Oct 2010 Backtee Race to HimmerLand−15 (67-65-69=201)3 strokes Flag of Austria.svg HP Bacher, Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Palm
413 May 2011 Samsø Classic−11 (66-68-71=205)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Högberg

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. "Kennedy stays ahead". One Sport News. 27 March 2004. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2010.