Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (born 3 July 1999) is a Danish

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. In 2024, he won three times on the

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and topped the

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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

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to Pierceson Coody, 3 and 2, and was runner-up at the 2022

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. Representing the Danish National Team he won the 2017

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in Spain, and finished 3rd at the 2022 European Amateur Team Championship, beating England in the Bronze match at

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. Neergaard-Petersen played college golf at

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

Professional career

Neergaard-Petersen turned professional after graduating in 2023, and joined the

. He also made a handful of

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starts where in his debut, he held the lead at the BMW International Open in Munich, ultimately finishing in a tie for 7th. In 2024, he won the Kolkata Challenge and the UAE Challenge, and was runner-up at the

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, all in the span of little over a month. He earned his third win of 2024 at the Big Green Egg German Challenge, earning him a promotion to the European Tour. With a tied-second finish at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in November, Neergaard-Petersen claimed the season-long

title.

Amateur wins

*2017 Santa Maria Furesøpokalen, Danish Junior Championship *2018 Kronborg Masters, German International Amateur Championship *2019 German International Amateur Championship *2020 Oklahoma Stroke Play *2022 General Hackler Championship Source:

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Denmark): 2016, 2017 (winners) *

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(representing Denmark):

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(representing Denmark):

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(representing the International team):

(winners) Professional * Team Cup (representing Continental Europe): 2025

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus Danish male golfers European Tour golfers Oklahoma State Cowboys golfers People from Fredensborg Municipality Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark 1999 births Living people 21st-century Danish sportsmen