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Marcus Helligkilde
Danish professional golfer (born 1996)
Marcus Helligkilde (born 5 October 1996) is a Danish professional golfer. In 2021, he won the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge and Swiss Challenge on the Challenge Tour and finished the season as the winner of the Challenge Tour Rankings.
| Marcus Helligkilde | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 27) Smørumnedre, Denmark | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  Denmark | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 2017 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour | ||||
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League | ||||
| Professional wins | 7 | ||||
| Highest ranking | 80 (21 November 2021)[1] (as of 21 April 2024) | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| Challenge Tour | 3 | ||||
| Other | 4 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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As an amateur, Helligkilde won the 2015 Turkish Amateur Open Championship and represented Denmark at the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy and the 2017 European Amateur Team Championship.
Helligkilde turned professional in late 2017 and joined the 2018 Nordic Golf League (NGL), where he recorded 10 top-10 finishes and secured his maiden professional title at the Ekerum Öland Masters in September. He finished fifth on the NGL Ranking to earn a Challenge Tour card for 2019.[2]
With limited success on the 2019 Challenge Tour, he found himself back on the 2020 NGL where he won the Lumine Hills Open in Spain in February.[3] He finished secondon the NGL Ranking and again earned a Challenge Tour card for 2021.[4]
Helligkilde found success on the 2021 Challenge Tour and won two tournaments in quick succession, the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge and the Swiss Challenge.[5] He climbed into third place on the Challenge Tour Ranking following his victory at the Swiss Challenge in October, with three tournaments left of the season.[6]
- 2015 Turkish Amateur Open Championship
- 2016 Hillerod Pokalen, Asserbo Pokalen
Source:[7]
Challenge Tour wins (3)
| Legend |
| Grand Finals (1) |
| Other Challenge Tour (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 Aug 2021 | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | −23 (61-67-66-71=265) | 2 strokes |  Jesper Svensson |
| 2 | 3 Oct 2021 | Swiss Challenge | −25 (65-67-62-69=263) | 1 stroke | Nicolai Kristensen,  Jonathan Thomson |
| 3 | 7 Nov 2021 | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | −8 (69-67-68-72=276) | 1 stroke |  Julien Brun,  Ricardo Gouveia, Frédéric Lacroix,  Yannik Paul |
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | B-NL Challenge Trophy |  Alfredo García-Heredia,  Michael Hoey, Haraldur Magnús |
García-Heredia won with birdie on seventh extra hole Magnús eliminated by par on third hole Hoey eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Nordic Golf League wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Sep 2018 | Ekerum Öland Masters | −9 (63-74-70=207) | 1 stroke | Jesper Billing |
| 2 | 25 Feb 2020 | Lumine Hills Open | −13 (69-63-71=203) | 2 strokes | Oliver Hundebøll |
| 3 | 16 Apr 2021 | ECCO Tour Spanish Masters | −17 (66-64-69=199) | 1 stroke | Morten Ørum Madsen |
Danish Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Jun 2020 | Jyske Bank Danish PGA Championship | −17 (67-65-70=202) | 2 strokes | Niklas Nørgaard |
Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2016, 2017
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark): 2016
- "Week 47 2021 Ending 21 Nov 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- "GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking 2018". Nordic Golf League. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Player Profile Marcus Helligkilde". Golfdata. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking 2020". Nordic Golf League. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Low-scoring Helligkilde claims second Challenge Tour victory". European Tour. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Heroic Helligkilde rises into top three of Road to Mallorca Rankings". European Tour. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- "Marcus Helligkilde". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- Marcus Helligkilde at the European Tour official site
- Marcus Helligkilde at the Official World Golf Ranking official site