Kristoffer Ventura (born 24 February 1995) is a Norwegian

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who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Amateur career

Born in

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, Mexico to a Mexican father and Norwegian mother, Ventura spent his first years in Mexico before moving to Rygge, Norway, aged 12. As an amateur, he represented Norway at the

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and

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Eisenhower Trophy, and represented Europe in the 2010

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and the Continent of Europe in the 2011 and 2013 Jacques Léglise Trophy. He was runner-up at the 2011 European Young Masters and won the 2011 French International Boys Championship and the 2012 French Boys Championship. He attended the WANG Toppidrett Golf School in Oslo, before playing collegiate golf at Oklahoma State University where he was teammates with Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff and member of the

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team.

Professional career

In November 2018, just before final stage of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament, Ventura was forced to have an emergency

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. He competed in the event, despite not being able to swing fully, and finished near the bottom, entering the

2019 Korn Ferry Tour The 2019 Korn Ferry Tour was the 30th season of the top developmental tour for the PGA Tour in men's golf. The season began under the Web.com Tour name but changed in June to the Korn Ferry Tour. The season ran from January 13 to September 2 and c ...

season with minimal status. He won the Utah Championship and Pinnacle Bank Championship and earned PGA Tour membership by finishing fourth on the Korn Ferry Tour regular season points list, entering the 2020 PGA Tour 14th in the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates, final priority ranking. After a few weeks on the PGA Tour he moved into the top 150 on the Official World Golf Ranking in October 2019.

Amateur wins

*2011 Trophee Carlhian (French International Boys Championship), Titleist Tour 2 *2012 French Boys Championship, Norgesmesterskapet *2013 Team Norway Junior Tour 8 Superfinale *2014 Titleist Tour 3, International Trophy *2016 The Aggie Invitational, NCAA Stillwater Regional *2018 Big 12 Championship Sources:

Professional wins (2)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Team appearances

Amateur *European Boys' Team Championship (representing Norway): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 *

(representing Europe): 2010 * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Norway):

* Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2011, 2013 *European Amateur Team Championship (representing Norway): 2016 European Amateur Team Championship, 2016, 2017 European Amateur Team Championship, 2017 *Arnold Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2017 Arnold Palmer Cup, 2017 Sources:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ventura, Kristoffer Norwegian male golfers Oklahoma State Cowboys golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Sportspeople from Puebla Sportspeople from Oslo People from Rygge 1995 births Living people