Søren Panum Kjeldsen (; born 17 May 1975) is a Danish golfer who currently plays on PGA Tour Champions.
Professional career 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 on the main European Tour for 1998. He won his first European Tour title at the 2003 Diageo Championship at Gleneagles.
His second European Tour win came at the 2008 Volvo Masters at Valderrama Golf Club in Andalucía, Spain, where he won by two shots over Martin Kaymer and Anthony Wall. He finished the season 10th on the Order of Merit.
Kjeldsen won his third European Tour event, and second consecutive event on Spanish soil with a three shot victory over David Drysdale at the 2009 Open de Andalucía in Spain. Also in 2009, he finished third at the BMW PGA Championship, fourth at the Scottish Open, sixth at the PGA Championship and seventh at the WGC-CA 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.
In May 2015, Kjeldsen ended a six-year drought and won his fourth European Tour title at the Dubai Duty Free Irish 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, 2004, 2009, and 2016, winning the 2016 event alongside Thorbjørn Olesen.
He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
In December 2024, Kjeldsen won the PGA Tour Champions Qualifying Tournament, earning a tour card once he turns 50 in May 2025. In early 2025, he played on the Nordic Golf League as a warm up for the upcoming PGA Tour Champions season. He went on to claim victory in the Infinitum Spring Series Final.
Professional wins (7) European Tour wins (4) Legend Tour Championships (1) Other European Tour (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up122 Jun 2003Diageo Championship at Gleneagles−9 (72-68-67-72=279)2 strokes Alastair Forsyth22 Nov 2008Volvo Masters−8 (65-71-69-71=276)2 strokes Martin Kaymer, Anthony Wall329 Mar 2009 Open de Andalucía−14 (68-72-62-72=274)3 strokes David Drysdale431 May 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open−2 (69-70-67-76=282)Playoff Eddie Pepperell, Bernd Wiesberger
European Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12007Volvo Masters Simon Dyson, Justin RoseRose won with birdie on second extra hole22015Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Eddie Pepperell, Bernd WiesbergerWon with birdie on first extra hole
Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up113 Jul 1997Volvo Finnish Open−12 (70-67-72-67=276)3 strokes Thomas Nielsen, Leif Westerberg
Nordic Golf League wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up15 Mar 2025Infinitum Spring Series Final−10 (67-65-69=201)Playoff Pep Anglès
Other wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up127 Nov 2016ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf(with Thorbjørn Olesen)−20 (72-60-70-66=268)4 strokes − Li Haotong and Wu Ashun, − Victor Dubuisson and Romain Langasque, − Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker
Playoff record PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12025Principal Charity Classic Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Cameron PercyJiménez won with birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenT52CUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUTT41CUTT27PGA ChampionshipCUTT6 Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017Masters TournamentT30T7T36U.S. OpenT33CUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipT37CUTT9T37PGA ChampionshipCUTCUTT33CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 5PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2Totals 0 0 0 0 3 3 24 12 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2009 Open – 2010 Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016The Players ChampionshipCUTT43
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Results not in chronological order prior to 2015. Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017ChampionshipT5911T760T28T32Match PlayR64R64T51QFInvitationalT68T12T42ChampionsT10T46T40
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1991 Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1993 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1993 European Youths' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1994 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark): 1994
Professional World Cup (representing Denmark): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2016 (winners), 2018 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2009 EurAsia Cup (representing Europe): 2016 (winners)
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