His best finish on the PGA TOUR in 2013 is T6th at the Masters Tournament.
height5-9
weight152
birthDateDecember 21, 1989
age23
birthPlaceFureso, Denmark
residenceFureso, Denmark
splInterestSoccer, basketball, movies, food, skiing
pronunciationthor-bih-YORN
trndProYear2008
clubAfflVaerloese GC (Vaerloese, Denmark)
cityPlaysFrmDenmark; ;
websiteNamewww.thorbjornolesen.com
combTourMoney.
jndTourYear2013
exmtStatusSpecial Temporary Member
intlVics(2): 2010 The Princess [EurChall]. 2012 Sicilian Open [Eur].
curYearHighA year after recording a T8 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, he came within a stroke of winning the event at Abu Dhabi GC. Entered the final round tied for second, two strokes behind leader Justin Rose. Had a double bogey on the sixth hole Sunday but rallied with three back-nine birdies, including a birdie at the 17th hole. Missed a birdie putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced a playoff with eventual winner Jamie Donaldson...Opened 67-66-67 at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic but could only come up with a final-round 71 to T3, five shots behind winner Stephen Gallacher...Finished seventh at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in his first career start at Bay Hill...On the day before the start of the Shell Houston Open, was in a four-car crash on the freeway and suffered whiplash. Played in the first round, shot an 82 and withdrew due to back pain and headaches...Finished T6 at the Masters Tournament in his first career start at Augusta National. It was his second top-10 in a major in four career starts (also T9 at the 2012 British Open).
carHigh2012: Opened his season with a T8 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship…Shot weekend rounds of 70 at the Avantha Masters to finish T6 in New Delhi, India, four strokes behind winner Jbe Kruger…Won on the European Tour for the first time when he shot four rounds in the 60s at the Sicilian Open. Was one of seven players a stroke off the 36-hole lead held by six players. Shot a third-round 67 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round and then held off Chris Wood, who fired a tournament-record 64, to win by one stroke. The victory moved him to No. 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking, the first time he has cracked the top 100 on the list...Was solo fifth at the Open de Espana in early May in Spain, with back-to-back 70s on the weekend at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla...One year after missing the cut in his British Open debut, finished T9 at Royal Lytham & St Annes...A week later, looked poised to win his second European Tour event. Opened 64-68-68 at the Lyoness Open in Atzenbrugg, Austria. Stumbled to a final-round, 2-over 74 at Diamond CC to T4...Opened the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a 9-under 63 at Kingsbarn GL at the three-course event on the European Tour. Still trailed Branden Grace by three shots after 18 holes. Finished with four rounds in the 60s but fell two shots short of Grace, finishing solo second.
2011: A year after recording two second-place showings, he had three more close calls, finishing as runner-up at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in December 2010, at the BMW Italian Open in June and at the Alstom Open de France in July. At the Alfred Dunhill Championship, at Leopard Creek CC in South Africa, his opening 54-hole score was at 3-under, then he shot a 6-under 66 Sunday to put pressure on Pablo Martin before finally finishing two strokes back…In Italy, at Royal Park I Roveri, he shot a final-round 62 (nine birdies and an eagle along with a par-5 bogey-6). He began the day tied for 20th, six strokes behind eventual winner Robert Rock and ended up losing by a stroke…A month later, at Le Golf National in Paris, he opened with a 66 then followed with rounds of 71-71-70 only to fall a stroke behind winner Thomas Levet…Only other top-10 outside his three runner-up finishes was a ninth-place showing at the South African Open in December 2010...Was a surprise member of the Denmark OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup team. After Thomas Bjiorn withdrew because of injury, Anders Hansen selected him as his teammate, where the duo T13...In his PGA TOUR debut, he missed the cut at the British Open.
2010: Broke through with his first professional victory, winning The Princess on the European Challenge Tour, finishing third on the Challenge Tour rankings and earning his European Tour playing privileges. Was three strokes ahead entering the final round of The Princess and shot a 1-under 70 to edge Peter Gustafsson at Bastad GC in Bastad, Sweden, by two strokes…Contended for a second consecutive week, in France, at the Allianz Golf Open de Lyon before settling for a T3…Held a four-stroke lead over Tommy Fleetwood going into Sunday's final round at the Challenge Tour's English Challenge in Colchester, Essex, England. A final-round, 2-over 74 dropped him into a solo-fourth finish, two back of Daniel Gaunt…In May, at the Mugello Tuscany Open, also on the Challenge Tour, he made it into a playoff with Floris De Vries before falling on the first extra hole…His final runner-up finish of the year came in Russia, at the M2M Russian Challenge Cup, tied with Fleetwood and Matt Ford, a stroke behind Carlos Del Moral, in Moscow.
2009: Had his first European Tour top-10, a T4 at the SAS Masters. Opened 73-72-75 before a final-round 68 moved him up the leaderboard…His other top-10 finish came on the European Challenge Tour, a T5 at the SK Golf Challenge, two strokes behind winner Nicolas Colsaerts.
2008: Made his professional debut at the Ecco Tour Championship in August on the European Challenge Tour. Was T53…A month later, in his only other start on the season, he was T34 at The Dubliner Challenge.
personalIs a big soccer fan, who shares his rooting interests between FC Copenhagen and Manchester United...Is close friends with Soren Hansen and plays a lot of practice rounds with the player he calls his idol...For many years was known as Jacob but dropped his given name and went with his middle name because it is far less common in Denmark.
ntlTeamsWorld Cup (1), 2011.