Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen is enjoying a spot in the DP World Tour play-offs after a strong performance in the third round of the Genesis Championship.
The Dane is enjoying a stellar year in 2024, with the 25-year-old starting on the European Challenge Tour before earning automatic promotion to the DP World Tour with three wins.
He became the first player since Kim Koivu in 2018 to win three games in a single season. His first success came at the Kolkata Challenge in March, followed by two wins in three matches at the Emirates Challenge in April, when he came from three shots behind to lead by one shot. Overnight leader Wilco Nienaber.
His third win was the most dramatic as he was nine shots off the lead entering the weekend's Big Green Egg Germany Challenge Powered by VcG before shooting a perfect 67 on moving day.
He then had nine birdies and one bogey in a 64 to set the clubhouse target at 15 under, joined by Daniel Young but sharing the lead in the third round The player made a bogey in the final round, handing the victory to Neergaard-Petersen.
The world No. 102 immediately burst onto the DP World Tour scene and has already posted three top-20 finishes in five events, including the Alfred Dunhill Links earlier this month Fourth place at the championship.
Neilgaard-Peterson shot 65 on moving day with eight birdies and one bogey to join the ranks of contenders at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in South Korea and move to under par. 10 strokes behind the joint leaders An Byung-hun and Tom King, two strokes behind.
The top 70 finishers on the Tour of Dubai in partnership with Rolex will qualify for next month's Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, a DP World Tour add-on, after Sunday's final round in Incheon. The first game of the tournament.
He will compete in the R&A-supported Rolex Challenge Tour Finals in Mallorca next week, but his focus is firmly on extending the season in the Middle East.
“It feels unbelievable, I feel like I'm back in the tournament,” Nergaard-Petersen said. “I have a chance going into tomorrow and I’m really excited about it.
“I hit a few more fairways today and I started to get going, chipping in and making more putts on the 12th hole, so that was really key for me to get some more birdies today. Before the tournament. I didn’t make enough birdies the last two days.”
“I’m excited. It’s been a long few weeks and I’ve played a lot of golf over the past few months, so it feels like I’m going to have a break soon.
“But it would be great to give myself a chance to get into Abu Dhabi tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it.”
