Jeff Winther

Jeff Winther
Personal information
Born (1988-03-30) 30 March 1988 (age 36)
Gladsaxe, Denmark
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationality Denmark
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Other3
Achievements and awards
Danish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner		2013

Jeff Winther (born 30 March 1988) is a Danish professional golfer. He joined the European Tour in 2016 and won the 2021 Mallorca Golf Open.

Career

Winther turned professional in 2012 and won on his fifth appearance as a professional, playing in the 2012 Nordic Golf League.[1] Two further victories the following year helped him finish third in the Order of Merit and earn promotion to the Challenge Tour.[2]

On the 2015 Challenge Tour, Winther finished third at the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge, Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour and the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final, to end the season in 11th place on the Order of Merit, earning promotion to the European Tour.

On the 2016 European Tour, he finished runner-up at the Tshwane Open in South Africa to climb into the top 250 on the Official World Golf Ranking,[3] but only kept his card through Qualifying School in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[2]

In 2019, Winther finished fourth at the Mutuactivos Open de España[2] and 91st in the 2019 Race to Dubai to keep his card.[4] At the 2020 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, he was clear at the top midway through the last round and was on track for his first European Tour victory, when he bogeyed the 12th, 16th and 17th holes to drop into a tie for third, one stroke shy of joining the playoff between Jorge Campillo and David Drysdale.[5] He finished the season ranked 96th in the Race to Dubai.[4]

In October 2021, Winther won his first European Tour event at the Mallorca Golf Open. He shot 62 twice on the way to a one-shot victory.[6]

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 24 Oct 2021 Mallorca Golf Open −15 (62-71-62-70=265) 1 stroke Spain Pep Anglès, Spain Jorge Campillo,
Sweden Sebastian Söderberg

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 4 May 2012 Sydbank Masters −8 (74-68-66=208) Playoff Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard
2 1 Jun 2013 Bravo Tours Open −19 (65-67-65=197) 1 stroke Denmark Kristian Grud, Sweden Alexander Jacobsson
3 17 Aug 2013 ECCO Tournament of Champions −4 (74-71-68-71=284) 1 stroke Sweden Steven Jeppesen

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jeff Winther vandt på Ecco Touren" [Jeff Winther won on the Ecco Tour]. sn.dk Sjaellandske Nyheder. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Jeff Winther Player Profile". European Tour. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Jeff Winther Player Profile". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "2019 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Player News: Jeff Winther". Rotoworld. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Jeff Winther claims maiden European Tour title with Mallorca victory". Belfast Telegraph. 24 October 2021.