Marcus Helligkilde
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Marcus Helligkilde (born 5 October 1996) is a Danish professional golfer. In 2021, he won the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge and Swiss Challenge on the Challenge Tour 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 and the 2017 European Amateur Team Championship.
Helligkilde turned professional in late 2017 and joined the 2018 Nordic Golf League (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 Challenge Tour card for 2019.
With limited success on the 2019 Challenge Tour, 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 2021 Challenge Tour and won two tournaments in quick succession, the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge and the Swiss Challenge. 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 (7)
Challenge Tour wins (3)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Finals (1) |
| Other Challenge Tour (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 Aug 2021 | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | −23 (61-67-66-71=265) | 2 strokes | Sweden Jesper Svensson |
| 2 | 3 Oct 2021 | Swiss Challenge | −25 (65-67-62-69=263) | 1 stroke | Denmark Nicolai Kristensen, England Jonathan Thomson |
| 3 | 7 Nov 2021 | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | −8 (69-67-68-72=276) | 1 stroke | France Julien Brun, Portugal Ricardo Gouveia, France Frédéric Lacroix, Germany Yannik Paul |
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021 | B-NL Challenge Trophy | Spain Alfredo García-Heredia, Northern Ireland Michael Hoey, Iceland Haraldur Magnús | García-Heredia won with birdie on seventh extra hole Magnús eliminated by par on third hole Hoey eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Nordic Golf League wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Sep 2018 | Ekerum Öland Masters | −9 (63-74-70=207) | 1 stroke | Sweden Jesper Billing |
| 2 | 25 Feb 2020 | Lumine Hills Open | −13 (69-63-71=203) | 2 strokes | Denmark Oliver Hundebøll |
| 3 | 16 Apr 2021 | ECCO Tour Spanish Masters | −17 (66-64-69=199) | 1 stroke | Denmark Morten Ørum Madsen |
Danish Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Jun 2020 | Jyske Bank Danish PGA Championship | −17 (67-65-70=202) | 2 strokes | Denmark Niklas Nørgaard |
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2016, 2017
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark): 2016
See also
External links
- at theEuropean Tourofficial site
- at theOfficial World Golf Rankingofficial site