Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen

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Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Personal information
Born (1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 (age 25)
Nivå, Denmark
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Career
College Oklahoma State University
Turned professional2023
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 87 (3 November 2024) [1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner 		2024

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (born 3 July 1999) is a Danish professional golfer. In 2024, he won three times on the Challenge Tour and topped the rankings. [2] [3]

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Amateur career

Neergaard-Petersen had a successful amateur career and won the 2017 Danish Junior Championship, and the German International Amateur Championship back-to-back in 2018 and 2019. He was runner-up at the 2017 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, and at the 2018 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande. He lost the final of the 2020 Western Amateur to Pierceson Coody, 3 and 2, and was runner-up at the 2022 European Amateur. [4]

Representing the Danish National Team he won the 2017 European Boys' Team Championship at La Manga Club in Spain, and finished 3rd at the 2022 European Amateur Team Championship, beating England in the Bronze match at Royal St George's Golf Club. [5]

Neergaard-Petersen played college golf at Oklahoma State University 2018–2023 with the Oklahoma State Cowboys golf team, where he recorded two wins and was named All-American. [6] He helped the International team win the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup, with a 3–1 record paired with Fred Biondi and Chiara Tamburlini. [7]

Professional career

Neergaard-Petersen turned professional after graduating in 2023, and joined the Challenge Tour. He also made a handful of European Tour starts where in his debut, he held the lead at the BMW International Open in Munich, ultimately finishing in a tie for 7th. [8]

In 2024, he won the Kolkata Challenge and the UAE Challenge, and was runner-up at the Challenge de España, all in the span of little over a month. [9] [10] He earned his third win of 2024 at the Big Green Egg German Challenge, earning him a promotion to the European Tour. [11] With a tied-second finish at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in November, Neergaard-Petersen claimed the season-long rankings title. [12]

Amateur wins

Source: [13]

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
124 Mar 2024 Kolkata Challenge 1−16 (68-65-68-71=272)2 strokes Flag of England.svg David Horsey, Flag of India.svg Rahil Gangjee
228 Apr 2024 UAE Challenge −14 (65-72-70-67=274)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Wilco Nienaber
38 Sep 2024 Big Green Egg German Challenge −15 (69-73-67-64=273)1 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg John Axelsen, Flag of Scotland.svg Daniel Young

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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