Amateur career
Ege was born in Kristiansand and learned to play golf at Bjaavann GC, before switching to Stavanger GC. He won several international tournaments between 2018 and 2020, and in 2021 he topped the Garmin Norgescup Order of Merit. [1]
Ege played for his national team, and had success at the Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Team Championships, alongside Herman Wibe Sekne and Michael Mjaaseth. They finished 4th in 2022 at Le Golf National in Paris, and in Abu Dhabi in 2023 the team secured a historic silver medal for Norway, only beaten by the U.S. team with Nick Dunlap, David Ford, and Gordon Sargent. [2]
Ege enrolled at California State University, Northridge in the fall of 2019 and started playing with the Cal State Northridge Matadors men's golf team, where he recorded the team's lowest stroke average. [3] After his freshman year he transferred to East Tennessee State University and the East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golf team, where he was Southern Conference Player of the Year his second year. [4] Ege was one of the best college golf players in his final season, claiming three victories including the conference title, and was named Southern Conference Male Athlete of the Year. [5]
Ege played in the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup and graduated in May 2024 with a degree in Management. He finished the 2023-24 season ranked 11th in the PGA Tour University Rankings. [6]
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