Lucas Bjerregaard

Lucas Bjerregaard
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Lucas Justra Bjerregaard
Born (1991-08-14) 14 August 1991
Frederikshavn, Denmark
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Nationality  Denmark
Career
Turned professional 2011
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T40: 2014
The Open Championship CUT: 2011
PGA Championship DNP

Lucas Justra Bjerregaard (born 14 August 1991) is a Danish professional golfer who has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour.

Amateur career

Bjerregaard played on the Continental Europe team in the 2009 Jacques Léglise Trophy. He played in the Eisenhower Trophy for Denmark in 2008 and 2010; the 2010 team, with JB Hansen and Morten Ørum Madsen finished second to France by one stroke. Bjerregaard won the Danish Open Amateur in 2007 and 2008, and the European Amateur in 2010.[1]

Professional career

Bjerregaard turned professional in 2011 and in 2012, he won the Order of Merit (leading money winner) on the Nordic Golf League.[2] He won three Nordic Golf League between 2011 and 2013.

Bjerregaard played on the Challenge Tour in 2013, making 14 cuts in 18 events. His best finish was second place at the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic. He finished 34th in the Challenge Tour rankings. He then competed in the European Tour Qualifying School and finished T-17 to earn his European Tour card for 2014.

On the European Tour in 2014, he made 17 cuts in 26 events, including three top-10 finishes. He finished 90th in the Race to Dubai rankings and retained his card for 2015.[3] At the 2014 U.S. Open he finished in a tie for 40th place.[4]

His best finish on the European Tour is second place at the 2015 UBS Hong Kong Open to Justin Rose.

Amateur wins (4)

Professional wins (3)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP T40 CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Denmark's Bjerregaard wins European Amateur title". Golfweek. 8 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Overblik over Nordic Golf League og ECCO Tour" (in Danish). 10 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lucas Bjerregaard – Career Record Details". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Sandritter, Mark (15 June 2014). "2014 U.S. Open purse: Martin Kaymer takes home $1.62 million in prize money". SB Nation.

External links

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