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Kjeldsen, Soren was born on May 17, 1975 in Aalborg, Denmark.
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Soren Kjeldsen
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Kjeldsen turned professional in 1995. Kjeldsen"s success on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1997, which included his first victory as a professional in the Volvo Finnish Open, earned him membership for the main European Tour for 1998. This was the final staging of the Volvo Masters because as part of the Race to Dubai, introduced in 2009, the European Tour season now concludes at the Dubai World Championship.
Also in 2009, he finished third at the Bayerische Motoren Werke Professional Golf Association Championship, fourth at the Scottish Open, sixth at the Professional Golf Association Championship and seventh at the WGC-California 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.
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 Eisenhower Trophy in 1994 and at the World Cup in 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2004.
He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
European Tour wins (4) Challenge Tour wins (1) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2009 Open Championship – 2010 Open Championship) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark): 1994 Professional World Cup (representing Denmark): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2009 EurAsia Cup (representing Europe): 2016 (winners).
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Married Charlotte Kjeldsen, 2000. Children: Emil, Mads.
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