Søren Kjeldsen

Søren Kjeldsen ([ˈsœːɐn ˈkʰelˀsn̩]; born 17 May 1975) is a Danish golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Søren Kjeldsen
Kjeldsen at the 2011 BMW International Open
Personal information
Full nameSøren Kjeldsen
Born (1975-05-17) 17 May 1975
Aalborg, North Jutland, Denmark
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Nationality Denmark
ResidenceFredensborg, North Zealand, Denmark
Career
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking31 (12 July 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT7: 2016
PGA ChampionshipT6: 2009
U.S. OpenT33: 2010
The Open ChampionshipT9: 2016

Kjeldsen turned professional in 1995. Kjeldsen's success on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1997, which included his first victory as a professional in the Volvo Finnish Open, earned him membership for the main European Tour for 1998. He won his first European Tour title at the 2003 Diageo Championship at Gleneagles.

His second European Tour win came at the 2008 Volvo Masters at Valderrama Golf Club in Andalucia, Spain, where he won by 2 strokes over Martin Kaymer and Anthony Wall. This was the final staging of the Volvo Masters because as part of the Race to Dubai, introduced in 2009, the European Tour season now concludes at the Dubai World Championship. He ended the year 10th on the Order of Merit, which to date is still his best year-end ranking.

Kjeldsen won his third European Tour event and second consecutive event on Spanish soil with a three stroke victory over David Drysdale at the 2009 Open de Andalucia in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain. Also in 2009, he finished third at the BMW PGA Championship, fourth at the Scottish Open, sixth at the PGA Championship and seventh at the WGC-CA Championship.

He finished second at the 2010 Andalucía Masters and the 2011 Volvo China Open. In 2012 he finished second at the Open de España and fifth at the Scottish Open.

In May 2015, Kjeldsen ended a six-year drought and won his fourth European Tour title at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. On a very windy final day, Kjeldsen held a two stroke lead but shot a 76 five over par round to fall into a three-man playoff with Eddie Pepperell and Bernd Wiesberger. On the first extra hole, Kjeldsen found the par five 18th green in two and after Pepperell and Wiesberger could not get up and down for their birdies, he two putted from 30 feet for the victory. Kjeldsen maintained his 100% record of winning when holding the 54 hole lead, which now stands at 4-for-4.[2] The next week he finished second at the Nordea Masters. Later he finished second at the Made in Denmark and British Masters tournaments.

Kjeldsen represented Denmark in the Eisenhower Trophy in 1994 and at the World Cup in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009, and 2016, winning the 2016 event alongside Thorbjørn Olesen.

He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

For 2017, Kjeldsen accepted PGA Tour membership.

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 22 Jun 2003 Diageo Championship at Gleneagles −9 (72-68-67-72=279) 2 strokes Alastair Forsyth
2 2 Nov 2008 Volvo Masters −8 (65-71-69-71=276) 2 strokes Martin Kaymer, Anthony Wall
3 29 Mar 2009 Open de Andalucía −14 (68-72-62-72=274) 3 strokes David Drysdale
4 31 May 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open −2 (69-70-67-76=282) Playoff Eddie Pepperell, Bernd Wiesberger

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2007 Volvo Masters Simon Dyson, Justin Rose Rose won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Eddie Pepperell, Bernd Wiesberger Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 13 Jul 1997 Volvo Finnish Open −12 (70-67-72-67=276) 3 strokes Leif Westerberg

Other wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 27 Nov 2016 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf
(with Thorbjørn Olesen)		 −20 (72-60-70-66=268) 4 strokes  China − Li Haotong and Wu Ashun,
 France − Victor Dubuisson and Romain Langasque,
 United States − Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker

Results in major championships
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T52 CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT T41 CUT T27
PGA Championship CUT T6
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Masters Tournament T30 T7 T36
U.S. Open T33 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T37 CUT T9 T37
PGA Championship CUT CUT T33 CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00001143
U.S. Open00000052
The Open Championship00001195
PGA Championship00001162
Totals0000332412
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2009 Open – 2010 Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 20092010201120122013201420152016
The Players Championship CUT T43
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Championship T59 11 T7 60 T28 T32
Match Play R64 R64 T51 QF
Invitational T68 T12 T42
Champions T10 T46 T40
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References
  1. "Week 28 2009 Ending 12 Jul 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. "Soren Kjeldsen wins Irish Open after three-man play-off". The Guardian. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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