Morten Ørum Madsen (born 9 April 1988) is a Danish

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. He played on the

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from 2013 to 2016, winning the South African Open Championship in late 2013.

Early life and amateur career

Madsen was born in

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and again in

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, being part of the team that took the silver medal in 2010. He attended

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from 2008 to 2011.

Professional career

Madsen turned professional in 2011 and promptly won twice on the third-tier

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, earning a place on the

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. A consistent second season saw him earn promotion to the full

for 2013. He finished 19th in the Challenge Tour rankings, but slightly improved his status with a T16 at European Tour Q School. On 24 November 2013, he won the South African Open Championship by a margin of two strokes. A string of poor finishes saw him lose his European Tour privileges and he eventually returned to the

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, where he won an event in February 2019.

Amateur wins

*2008 Houborg Open, Wibroe Cup, Royal Tour 1, Royal Tour 2 *2009 Danish Amateur Strokeplay

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Sunshine Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Nordic Golf League wins (5)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Denmark):

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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(representing Denmark):

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 2010 (winners)

References

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