Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen is a Danish professional golfer who recently graduated to the DP World Tour after a number of victories on the Challenge Tour.
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Rasmus Nergaard-Petersen Facts
1. Neergaard-Petersen was born on July 3, 1999 in Niva, Denmark.
2. He has had an outstanding amateur career, winning the Danish Junior Championship in 2017 and the German International Amateur Championship in 2018 and 2019
3. In addition to individual honors, he also won the 2017 European Men's Team Championship with Denmark and the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup with the international team
4. In 2018, he joined Oklahoma State University. Class of 2023, two-time winner and All-American
5. Shortly after graduating from college, he turned pro in 2023
6. In addition to competing on the Challenge Tour, he has competed on the DP World Tour multiple times, including a tie for seventh place at the BMW International Open
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7. In March 2024, he won his first professional title, the Kolkata Challenge, and a month later, Nergaard-Petersen won the UAE Challenge
8. As of this writing, he uses Ping golf equipment and owns a full bag of Ping clubs
9. After two wins on the Challenge Tour in March and April 2024, he won the Big Green Egg Germany Challenge to secure automatic promotion to the DP World Tour
10. As of this writing, his best result and highest salary on the DP World Tour comes at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
