Marcus Helligkilde (born 5 October 1996) is a Danish

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. In 2021, he won the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge and

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on the

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and finished the season as the winner of the Challenge Tour Rankings.

Career

As an amateur, Helligkilde won the 2015 Turkish Amateur Open Championship and represented Denmark at the

2016 Eisenhower Trophy The 2016 Eisenhower Trophy took place 21–24 September at the Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club and the Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club on the Riviera Maya, south of Cancun, Mexico. It was the 30th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenh ...

and the

2017 European Amateur Team Championship The 2017 European Amateur Team Championship took place 11–15 July at Diamond Country Club, in Atzenbrugg, Austria. It was the 34th men's golf European Amateur Team Championship. Venue The hosting Diamond Championship Course at Diamond Countr ...

. Helligkilde turned professional in late 2017 and joined the

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(NGL), where he recorded 10 top-10 finishes and secured his maiden professional title at the Ekerum Öland Masters in September. He finished fifth on the NGL Ranking to earn a

card for 2019. With limited success on the

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, he found himself back on the 2020 NGL where he won the Lumine Hills Open in Spain in February. He finished secondon the NGL Ranking and again earned a Challenge Tour card for 2021. Helligkilde found success on the

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and won two tournaments in quick succession, the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge and the

. He climbed into third place on the Challenge Tour Ranking following his victory at the Swiss Challenge in October, with three tournaments left of the season.

Amateur wins

*2015 Turkish Amateur Open Championship *2016 Hillerod Pokalen, Asserbo Pokalen Source:

Professional wins (6)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Denmark): 2016,

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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. Eise ...

(representing Denmark): 2016

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Helligkilde, Marcus Danish male golfers 1996 births Living people