Øyvind Rojahn (born 8 November 1971) is a Norwegian

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. He was national champion twice and played on the

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, where his best finish was runner-up at the 1995 Air France Cannes Open.

Amateur career

Rojahn hails from

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

, south east of

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, and was introduced to golf at the age of six by his father, who was chairman of Borregaard Golf Club. Rojahn became a scratch player by 14, the same year he won the Trophy Topolino in Sanremo, Italy. He also won the Doug Sanders European Junior Championship. He joined the National Team and played for Norway three times in the

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with a best finish of 6th in 1989, and three times in the

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

with a best finish of 8th in 1992 in Vancouver, Canada. In 1991, Rojahn won the

Norwegian National Golf Championship The Norwegian National Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament, played at various locations throughout Norway. It is organized by the Norwegian Golf Federation and was first played in 1956. The championship has been played as a 72-hole strok ...

and received the

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. He spent 18 months on a golf scholarship at the

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Professional career

Rojahn turned professional in 1993, and played on the

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in 1994, where he finished fifth at the Tunisian Challenge and

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in Italy, to finish the season 62nd in the rankings. In 1995, after finishing third at the

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, he played on the

where he recorded his career best finish of second at the Air France Cannes Open, two strokes behind

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of Switzerland. He finished 91st in the season rankings to retain his card. After the 1996 season, he was relegated to the Challenge Tour where he spent three seasons, before joining the nascent

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in 2000. Rojahn represented Norway at the

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in New Zealand with Per Haugsrud, where they tied for 23rd alongside South Korea. Rojahn won several Nordic titles, including the 2004 Nordic Golf League tour championship in Denmark. He also won the

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Order of Merit to earn promotion to the

, and spent two season on the tour. In 2005, he won his second

, and the Norwegian Golf Tour Order of Merit. He retired from tour after the 2005 season, and has since been working for the

Norwegian Golf Federation The Norwegian Golf Federation ( no, Norges Golfforbund, NGF) is the governing body for the sport of golf in Norway. The NGF was founded in 1948 after an initiative from Bergen GK, Høsbjør GK, Borregaard GK and Oslo GK. It organizes around 100, ...

Professional wins (5)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

Norwegian Golf Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

*1991

(as an amateur)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Norway):

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

(representing Norway):

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...

(representing Norway): 1992 *

Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has b ...

(representing Continental Europe): 1989 Professional *

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(representing Norway):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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