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With three wins in India, Abu Dhabi and Germany, now I’m on the DP World Tour which is crazy!
I grew up about 20 minutes north of Copenhagen. Both of my parents played golf, so I come from a golfing family. I was introduced to the game from a very young age; my parents got me plastic golf clubs before I could even walk, and I was still crawling around smacking the ball!
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I grew up playing a bit of badminton, football and golf. Then, when I was about 13, I got into the Danish national team and the development squad. That’s when golf became more serious for me, so I quit those other two sports and started spending more time on golf.
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I was looking at a couple of other schools in the States, but it felt like Oklahoma State University (OSU) had so much history there, and they had a great, great programme. OSU isn’t for everyone; it’s very cut-throat, and if you’re not playing well, you’re not going to get picked for the tournaments. I guess that makes it similar to professional golf: it doesn’t matter how you do it, the only thing that matters is what you shoot. So that taught me a lot.
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I was on the team for four years with Rayhan Thomas; he’s a great guy and we spent a lot of good times together. I was pumped to see him get his first pro win in India last year and am looking forward to hopefully seeing him soon. I was lucky enough to overlap one year at OSU with Viktor Hovland and Matt Wolff when they were in their final year. Viktor stayed in Stillwater when he turned pro for a couple of years, so I spent a lot of time with him, which was really inspiring, being able to pick his brain and play with him.
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Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen – Big Green Egg German Challenge – Getty Images / Octavio Passos
I turned professional in 2023, and it was quite stressful playing off invites—you never quite know when or where you’re going to play next. Then 2024 was just a great year on the Challenge Tour. I won three times in India, Abu Dhabi and Germany, next thing you know I’m on the DP World Tour, which is crazy! I was lucky enough to play in some great events towards the end of 2024 and even managed to secure a better card than I originally had for the 2025 season.
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It all goes back to the support I had from the Danish Golf Union as a kid. But it’s not just me—look at how well Danish golf is doing now. We have the Højgaard brothers, Niklas Nørgaard, Thorbjørn Olesen, even Hamish Brown. We aren’t the biggest country in population, let alone actual golfers. So to be able to produce so many world-class golfers shows we are definitely doing something right in developing players. All credit to them!
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The main goal for this year is to see if I can win a tournament on the DP World Tour. Then, also, I’d love to see if I can grab one of those PGA Tour cards. There is obviously a lot of golf to be played this year, so hopefully, I can get off to a hot start early on.
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