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
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Professional wins (7) Challenge Tour wins (3) Legend Grand Finals (1) Other Challenge Tour (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up18 Aug 2021Vierumäki Finnish Challenge−23 (61-67-66-71=265)2 strokes Jesper Svensson23 Oct 2021Swiss Challenge−25 (65-67-62-69=263)1 stroke Nicolai Kristensen, Jonathan Thomson37 Nov 2021Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final−8 (69-67-68-72=276)1 stroke Julien Brun, Ricardo Gouveia, Frédéric Lacroix, Yannik Paul
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12021B-NL Challenge Trophy Alfredo García-Heredia, Michael Hoey, Haraldur MagnúsGarcía-Heredia won with birdie on seventh extra holeMagnús eliminated by par on third holeHoey eliminated by birdie on first hole
Nordic Golf League wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up127 Sep 2018Ekerum Öland Masters−9 (63-74-70=207)1 stroke Jesper Billing225 Feb 2020Lumine Hills Open−13 (69-63-71=203)2 strokes Oliver Hundebøll316 Apr 2021ECCO Tour Spanish Masters−17 (66-64-69=199)1 stroke Morten Ørum Madsen
Danish Golf Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up126 Jun 2020Jyske Bank Danish PGA Championship−17 (67-65-70=202)2 strokes Niklas Nørgaard
Team appearances Amateur European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2016, 2017 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark): 2016
See also 2021 Challenge Tour graduates
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