Søren Panum Kjeldsen (; born 17 May 1975) is a Danish

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er who currently plays on PGA Tour Champions.

Professional career

Kjeldsen turned professional in 1995. Kjeldsen's success on the second tier

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in 1997, which included his first victory as a professional in the Volvo Finnish Open, earned him membership on the main European Tour for 1998. He won his first European Tour title at the 2003 Diageo Championship at Gleneagles. His second European Tour win came at the 2008 Volvo Masters at Valderrama Golf Club in

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, Spain, where he won by two shots over Martin Kaymer and Anthony Wall. He finished the season 10th on the Order of Merit. Kjeldsen won his third European Tour event, and second consecutive event on Spanish soil with a three shot victory over David Drysdale at the

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 ...

Open de Andalucía in Spain. Also in 2009, he finished third at the

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, fourth at the Scottish Open, sixth at the

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and seventh at the WGC-CA Championship. He finished second at the 2010 Andalucía Masters and the 2011 Volvo China Open. In 2012 he finished second at the Open de España and fifth at the Scottish Open. In May 2015, Kjeldsen ended a six-year drought and won his fourth European Tour title at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. On a very windy final day, Kjeldsen held a two stroke lead but shot a 76 five over par round to fall into a three-man playoff with Eddie Pepperell and Bernd Wiesberger. On the first extra hole, Kjeldsen found the par five 18th green in two and after Pepperell and Wiesberger could not get up and down for their birdies, he two putted from 30 feet for the victory. Kjeldsen maintained his 100% record of winning when holding the 54 hole lead, which now stands at 4-for-4. The next week he finished second at the Nordea Masters. Later he finished second at the Made in Denmark and British Masters tournaments. Kjeldsen represented Denmark in the

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in 1994 and at the

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in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009, and 2016, winning the 2016 event alongside

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. He has featured in the top 50 of the

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. In December 2024, Kjeldsen won the PGA Tour Champions Qualifying Tournament, earning a tour card once he turns 50 in May 2025. In early 2025, he played on the Nordic Golf League as a warm up for the upcoming PGA Tour Champions season. He went on to claim victory in the Infinitum Spring Series Final.

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (4)

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

Other wins (1)

Playoff record

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2009 Open – 2010 Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

''Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.'' QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur * European Boys' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1991 *

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 1993 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark):

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

* European Youths' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1994 *

(representing Denmark):

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Professional *

(representing Denmark):

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 Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(winners),

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe):

* EurAsia Cup (representing Europe):

(winners)

References

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