Frederik Kjettrup (born 2 January 2000) is a Danish

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Amateur career

Kjettrup won several big amateur tournaments in Europe prior to moving to the United States to play college golf at

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. While there, he won three tournaments and was a 3-tim

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n. He finished eighth in the 2024 PGA Tour University Rankings to earn conditional status on the

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Professional career

Kjettrup turned professional before the U.S. Open in June 2024, where he missed the cut by one stroke. Taking up membership of the PGA Tour Americas, he won the first two tournaments he played on the tour, the

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and the

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. He also won the CRMC Championship later in the season to finish in second place in the end of season point standings and earn fully exempt status on the

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for the 2025 season. In December 2024, he signed with

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for the 2025 season, joining

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's Cleeks GC team. PGA Tour policy relating to LIV Golf meant he would be ineligible for the Korn Ferry Tour, so he resigned his membership and the exemption was extended to Stuart Macdonald, who had finished 11th in the standings.

Amateur wins

*2017 Titleist & Footjoy West Coast Masters *2018 DGU Elite Tour I Drenge, Varderama Open, German Junior Golf Tour U18 Championship - Berliner Golfclub Stolper Heide *2019 DM Hulspil (Danish National Match Play Championship) *2021 DM slagspil (Danish National Stroke Play Championship) *2022 All American Intercollegiate *2023 Watersound Invitational *2024 ACC Championship Source:

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour Americas wins (3)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...

(representing Denmark): 2018 *

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(representing Denmark):

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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(winners),

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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(representing the International Team):

(winners), 2023 *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...

(representing Denmark):

Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first compe ...

(representing Europe): 2023 Source:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kjettrup, Frederik Danish male golfers Florida State Seminoles men's golfers People from Jammerbugt Municipality 2000 births Living people 21st-century Danish sportsmen