Jeremy Freiburghaus (born 30 May 1996) is a Swiss

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who plays on the

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. He won the 2022 English Trophy on the

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Early life and amateur career

Freiburghaus started competing internationally at a young age, and won the 2012 Finnish International Junior. In 2015, he won the

Memorial Olivier Barras The Mémorial Olivier Barras is a professional golf tournament that is held annually at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland. It was founded in 1965 in memory of Olivier Barras, a nine-time Swiss champion golfer who di ...

in Crans-sur-Sierre, a professional tournament. He represented Switzerland in the

European Young Masters The European Young Masters is a European amateur mixed team golf championship for boys and girls under 16 organised by the European Golf Association The European Golf Association (EGA) is a non-profit organisation based in Epalinges, Switzerla ...

European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...

and

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...

, plus twice 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 ...

Professional career

Freiburghaus turned professional in 2019 and joined the

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. In 2020, he won two events and was runner-up at the

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, and finished 3rd in the Order of Merit to earn promotion to the

. In 2022, Freiburghaus was runner-up at the

Dormy Open The Dormy Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played in 2021 on the Öster by Stenson course at Österåker Golf Club in Åkersberga, Sweden, 20 km north-east of Stockholm. It was the last of two Challenge Tour even ...

and the

Scottish Challenge The Scottish Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Seni ...

. He claimed his first Challenge Tour title after defeating Max Schmitt in a playoff at the English Trophy. With the win, he moved into the number one position on the Challenge Tour Rankings and ended the seson second in the rankings, behind

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, to graduate to the

for 2023. Freiburghaus became the first Swiss golfer in 20 years to qualify for the European Tour. He made the cut in his first start as a member of the European Tour, at the

Joburg Open The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which attracts a larger prize fund and stronger ...

Amateur wins

*2012 Finnish International Junior *2017 Northern Amateur Open *2018 Ticino Championship Source:

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

Pro Golf Tour wins (2)

Other wins (1)

*2015

(as an amateur)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Switzerland): 2011, 2012, 2013 *

(representing Switzerland): 2012 *

Duke of York Young Champions Trophy The Duke of York Young Champions Trophy was an international golf tournament for boys and girls who were either the current holders of their under-18 National Championship or had won another major golfing event in the preceding twelve months. Fir ...

(representing Switzerland): 2013 *

(representing Switzerland):

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

(representing Switzerland):

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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References

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