Søren Kjeldsen

Denmark

Søren Kjeldsen (born 17 May 1975) is a Danish golfer. He turned professional in 1995.

Personal information
Full name Søren Kjeldsen
Born 17 May 1975 (1975-05-17) (age 35)
Aalborg, Denmark
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality Denmark
Residence Ascot, Berkshire, England
Career
Turned professional 1995
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Challenge Tour 1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T30: 2010
U.S. Open T33: 2010
The Open Championship T27: 2009
PGA Championship T6: 2009
 

Kjeldsen's success on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1997, which included victory in the Volvo Finnish Open, earned him membership of the main European Tour for 1998. He has performed steadily at this level and won his first European Tour title at the 2003 Diageo Championship at Gleneagles. His second European Tour win came at the 2008 Volvo Masters at Valderrama Golf Club in Andalucia, Spain, where he won by 2 strokes over Martin Kaymer, and Anthony Wall. This was the final staging of the Volvo Masters because as part of the Race to Dubai, introduced in 2009, the European Tour season now concludes at the Dubai World Championship. Kjeldsen won his third European Tour event and second consecutive event on Spanish soil with a three stroke victory over David Drysdale at the 2009 Open de Andalucia in Marbella, Andalusia, Spain.

Kjeldsen represented Denmark in the Eisenhower Trophy in 1994 and at the World Cup in 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2004.

His best year-end ranking on the Order of Merit has been 10th in 2008. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.