Kristian Krogh Johannessen

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Kristian Krogh Johannessen
Personal information
Born (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 28)
Drammen, Norway
Sporting nationalityFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other4

Kristian Krogh Johannessen (born 3 March 1995) is a Norwegian professional golfer who has played on the European Tour and the Challenge Tour. He played in the 2020 Summer Olympics and won the 2022 Italian Challenge Open. [1]

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Amateur career

Johannessen played for the national team and represented Norway at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy with Anders Engell and Kristoffer Ventura, where they finished sixth. He also played on the winning side in the 2010 Jacques Léglise Trophy, where Continental Europe won. He played in the European Boys' Team Championship three times and won silver in 2010, after he was beaten by Thomas Pieters of Belgium by 3 to 2 in the final. [2]

He had his international breakthrough at 19 during the qualification for the 2014 Open Championship, where he lowered the course record at Bruntsfield Links near Edinburgh by four strokes, from 67 to 63 (eight under par). [3]

In January 2015 Johannessen was slated to move to the U.S. to play college golf with the Tennessee Volunteers men's golf team at University of Tennessee, but decided to turn professional. [4]

Professional career

Johannessen joined the 2015 Nordic Golf League, where he secured his first professional victory at the 2015 Holtsmark Open on home soil, following a playoff with Petter Bocian of Sweden. He finished the season fourth in the order of merit to earn promotion to the Challenge Tour. On the Challenge Tour he was runner-up at the 2018 Swiss Challenge behind Marcel Schneider, and again at the 2020 Northern Ireland Open, two strokes behind American Tyler Koivisto. At the 2021 D+D Real Czech Challenge he lost a three-way playoff to Santiago Tarrío of Spain for his third runner-up finish. [5]

He was one of the 27 players who earned 2019 European Tour cards through Q School in 2018. [6] He represented Norway at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships.

In June 2021 he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo together with Viktor Hovland, just ahead of Kristoffer Ventura, thanks to the runner-up finish at the Czech Challenge which earned him 6 OWGR points and a career-high world rank of 289. [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [8]

Professional wins (5)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
13 Jul 2022 Italian Challenge Open −11 (66-69-71-67=273)Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Hundebøll

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2021 D+D Real Czech Challenge Flag of France.svg Julien Brun, Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Tarrío Tarrío won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 2022 Italian Challenge Open Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Hundebøll Won with par on first extra hole

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
114 Aug 2015 Holtsmark Open−13 (69-64-70=203)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Petter Bocian
228 Aug 2015K-Supermarket Kamppi Open−8 (69-73-66=208)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Forsström, Flag of Sweden.svg Mathias Johansson,
Flag of Finland.svg Kristian Kulokorpi (a), Flag of Finland.svg Atte Rauhala,
Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Salminen
34 Mar 2018 Lumine Hills Open−17 (65-66-68=199)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Ludwig Nordeklintll

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile Kristian Krogh Johannessen". European Tour. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "2010 European Boys' Team Championship" (PDF). EGA. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sensasjonell golf-rekord av Kristian (19)" (in Norwegian). VG. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Dropper college – blir profesjonell" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidene. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Debrief: Czech Challenge". European Tour. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Lombard and Cañizares share top prize as 27 graduate to European Tour". PGA European Tour. 15 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Player Profile Kristian Krogh Johannessen". OWGR. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Kristian Johannessen". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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