Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (born 3 July 1999) is a Danish professional golfer. In 2024, he won three times on the Challenge Tour and topped the rankings.
Amateur career Neergaard-Petersen had a successful amateur career and won the 2017 Danish Junior Championship, and the German International Amateur Championship back-to-back in 2018 and 2019. He was runner-up at the 2017 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, and at the 2018 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande. He lost the final of the 2020 Western Amateur to Pierceson Coody, 3 and 2, and was runner-up at the 2022 European Amateur.
Representing the Danish National Team he won the 2017 European Boys' Team Championship at La Manga Club in Spain, and finished 3rd at the 2022 European Amateur Team Championship, beating England in the Bronze match at Royal St George's Golf Club.
Neergaard-Petersen played college golf at Oklahoma State University 2018–2023 with the Oklahoma State Cowboys golf team, where he recorded two wins and was named All-American. He helped the International team win the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup, with a 3–1 record paired with Fred Biondi and Chiara Tamburlini.
Professional career Neergaard-Petersen turned professional after graduating in 2023, and joined the Challenge Tour. He also made a handful of European Tour starts where in his debut, he held the lead at the BMW International Open in Munich, ultimately finishing in a tie for 7th.
In 2024, he won the Kolkata Challenge and the UAE Challenge, and was runner-up at the Challenge de España, all in the span of little over a month. He secured his third win of 2024 at the Big Green Egg German Challenge, earning him a promotion to the European Tour. With a tied-second finish at the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in November, Neergaard-Petersen claimed the season-long rankings title.
On the 2025 European Tour, Neergaard-Petersen was runner-up at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and Puerto Rico Open on the PGA Tour, before securing his promotion to the 2026 PGA Tour as he birdied three of his last four holes in the final round of the DP World Tour Championship, where he tied for 3rd behind Matt Fitzpatrick and Rory McIlroy. Three weeks later in December, Neergaard-Petersen won the Crown Australian Open at Royal Melbourne for his first European Tour win, beating Cameron Smith by one shot.
Amateur wins 2017 Santa Maria Furesøpokalen, Danish Junior Championship 2018 Kronborg Masters, German International Amateur Championship 2019 German International Amateur Championship 2020 Oklahoma Stroke Play 2022 General Hackler Championship
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Professional wins (4) European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up17 Dec 2025(2026 season)Crown Australian Open1−15 (67-66-66-70=269)1 stroke Cameron Smith 1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
Challenge Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up124 Mar 2024Kolkata Challenge1−16 (68-65-68-71=272)2 strokes David Horsey, Rahil Gangjee228 Apr 2024UAE Challenge−14 (65-72-70-67=274)1 stroke Wilco Nienaber38 Sep 2024Big Green Egg German Challenge−15 (69-73-67-64=273)1 stroke John Axelsen, Daniel Young 1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
Results in major championships Tournament20252026Masters TournamentCUTPGA ChampionshipCUTT75U.S. OpenT12The Open ChampionshipT9
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" = tied
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2016, 2017 (winners) European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2019, 2022 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark): 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2022 (winners)
Professional Team Cup (representing Continental Europe): 2025
See also 2024 Challenge Tour graduates 2025 Race to Dubai dual card winners List of golfers to achieve a three-win promotion from the Challenge Tour
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