Christoffer Bring (born 17 November 1998) is a Danish

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and

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player. He had a successful amateur career, winning both the 2021

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and the

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Early life and amateur career

Bring was born

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and had a successful amateur career. He was runner-up at the 2015 Portuguese International Amateur and lost a playoff at the 2020

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, before winning the 2021

, two strokes ahead of

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. He shot a 20-under par 264, only a stroke away from the tournament record set by

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in 2000. He was a member of the 2015 European Jacques Leglise Trophy Team at

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, where his teammates in that 12 ½-12 ½ tie included

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and

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. Playing for Denmark he won the

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in 2015 and the

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in 2021. Bring attended the

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between 2017 and 2021, playing with the

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team.

Professional career

Bring turned professional in August 2021 and joined the

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, where he was runner-up at the 2022 GolfStar Winter Series I in Spain, behind

John Axelsen John Paul Pultz Pinnerup Axelsen (born 23 January 1998) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He was a member of the Danish team that won the Eisenhower Trophy in 2018. He has won four times on the Nordic Golf League ...

. In November 2022, he finish tied 7th at

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, earning a place on the

for 2023.

Amateur wins

*2015 Danish Boys Championship *2016 Mon Open *2020 Danish National Match Play Championship *2021

Source:

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has ...

(representing the continent of Europe): 2015 (tie) *

Duke of York Young Champions Trophy The Duke of York Young Champions Trophy was an international golf tournament for boys and girls who were either the current holders of their under-18 National Championship or had won another major golfing event in the preceding twelve months. Fir ...

(representing Denmark): 2015 *

(representing Denmark): 2014, 2015 (winners), 2016 *

(representing Denmark):

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(winners)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bring, Christoffer Danish male golfers European Tour golfers Texas Longhorns men's golfers Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark Sportspeople from Næstved Municipality 1998 births Living people 21st-century Danish sportsmen