Andreas Halvorsen (golfer)

Andreas Halvorsen (born 8 December 1996) is a Norwegian professional golfer and European Tour player. He won the 2024 Danish Golf Challenge, and was a runner-up at the 2017 Visa Open de Argentina and 2019 Abierto Mexicano de Golf.^[1]

Andreas Halvorsen
Personal information
Born	(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 29) Larvik, Norway
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Sporting nationality	Norway
Career
Turned professional	2015
Current tour	European Tour
Former tours	Challenge Tour PGA Tour Latinoamérica Nordic Golf League
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	1
Other	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2019
The Open Championship	DNP

Amateur career

Halvorsen played for the National Team as an amateur. He represented Norway at the 2012 European Young Masters, and the European Boys' Team Championship three times, finishing second in 2013.^[2]

He played in the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy and won the 2014 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan with Jarand Ekeland Arnøy, Kristoffer Reitan and Viktor Hovland, beating the American team led by Cameron Young into second.^[3]

Halvorsen moved to St. Augustine, Florida in 2013 to train at the Tom Burnett Junior Golf Academy. During the 2013-14 Future Collegians World Tour season, he won five tournaments including the St. Augustine Amateur and the Florida Azalea Amateur. He played in the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur where he knocked out Ryan Ruffels before losing 1 up to Sam Horsfield in the quarter-final.^[4]

Halvorsen decided to skip college and turn pro at 18.^[5]

Professional career

Halvorsen turned professional by mid-2015. He played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica between 2016 and 2022, where he lost a playoff at the 2017 Visa Open de Argentina. In 2019, he was runner-up at the Abierto Mexicano de Golf, and in 2020 runner-up at the Classic at the Club at Weston Hills, a LocaliQ Series event.

He won two tournaments in the 2023 Nordic Golf League and finished the season 4th in the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the 2024 Challenge Tour, where he won the Danish Golf Challenge in his fifth start.^[6]

After losing a playoff at the Kolkata Challenge, Halvorsen earned promotion to the 2025 European Tour,^[a] where he recorded top-6 finishes at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open and Hero Indian Open.^[7]

Amateur wins

• 2012 Norgescup #6, Norgescup Finale
• 2013 International Trophy, Team Norway Junior Tour #3, St Augustine Amateur
• 2014 Florida Azalea Amateur

Sources:^[8]

Professional wins (6)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	26 May 2024	Danish Golf Challenge	−19 (66-66-66-71=269)	3 strokes	Guðmundur Kristjánsson, Oliver Lindell, John Parry

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2025	Kolkata Challenge	Joshua Berry, Om Prakash Chouhan, Lukas Nemecz	Berry won with birdie on second extra hole Chouhan eliminated by par on first hole

Nordic Golf League wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	11 Apr 2023	Sand Valley Polish Masters	−14 (67-67-68=202)	3 strokes	Christofer Blomstrand
2	19 Apr 2023	Sand Valley Spring Series Final	−16 (65-66-69=200)	Playoff	Jesper Hagborg Asp

Minor League Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Aug 2018	August Atlantic National Classic	−8 (63)	3 strokes	Kris Wilcoxon

Other wins (2)

• 2021 Norwegian National Golf Championship
• 2022 United Way Classic (All Pro Tour)^[9]

Playoff record

PGA Tour Latinoamérica playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2017	Visa Open de Argentina	Brady Schnell, Matt Ryan	Schnell won with birdie on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Young Masters (representing Norway): 2012
• European Boys' Team Championship (representing Norway): 2012, 2013, 2014
• Junior Golf World Cup (representing Norway): 2014 (winners)
• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Norway): 2014

Sources:^[8][2]

See also

• 2025 European Tour Qualifying School graduates

Notes

1. Halvorsen received a medical exemption for six events during the 2024 Challenge Tour, giving him six events of the 2025 Challenge Tour to try to collect the 40 points he was short for graduation to the 2025 European Tour.