Andreas Halvorsen (born 8 December 1996) is a Norwegian

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who plays on the

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. He won the 2024 Danish Golf Challenge, and was a runner-up at the 2017 Visa Open de Argentina and 2019 Abierto Mexicano de Golf.

Amateur career

Halvorsen played for the National Team as an amateur. He represented Norway at the 2012 European Young Masters, and the

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three times, finishing second in 2013. He played in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy and won the 2014 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan with Jarand Ekeland Arnøy,

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and

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, beating the American team led by Cameron Young into second. Halvorsen moved to

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in 2013 to train at the Tom Burnett Junior Golf Academy. During the 2013-14 Future Collegians World Tour season, he won five tournaments including the St. Augustine Amateur and the Florida Azalea Amateur. He played in the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship where he knocked out Ryan Ruffels before losing 1 up to

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in the quarter-final. Halvorsen decided to skip college and turn pro at 18.

Professional career

Halvorsen turned professional by mid-2015. He played on

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between 2016 and 2022, where he lost a playoff at the 2017 Visa Open de Argentina. In 2019, he was runner-up at the Abierto Mexicano de Golf, and in 2020 runner-up at the Classic at the Club at Weston Hills, a LocaliQ Series event. He won two tournaments on the 2023 Nordic Golf League and finished the season 4th in the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the 2024

, where he won the Danish Golf Challenge in May.

Amateur wins

*2012 Norgescup #6, Norgescup Finale *2013 International Trophy, Team Norway Junior Tour #3, St Augustine Amateur *2014 Florida Azalea Amateur Sources:

Professional wins (6)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Nordic Golf League wins (2)

Minor League Golf Tour wins (1)

Other wins (2)

*2021 Norwegian National Golf Championship *2022 United Way Classic (All Pro Tour)

Team appearances

Amateur * European Young Masters (representing Norway): 2012 *

(representing Norway): 2012, 2013, 2014 * Junior Golf World Cup (representing Norway): 2014 (winners) *

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(representing Norway):

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