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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSsoren Kjeldsen (yellD-son)FULL nAMe: Soren panum KjeldsenHeiGHt: 5-7WeiGHt: 144BiRtHDAte: may 17, 1975BiRtHPLAce: aalborg, DenmarkReSiDence: ascot, EnglandFAMiLY: Wife, charlotte; Emil (2003), mads (2006)SPeciAL inteReStS: movies, tennistURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t6—2009 pga championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (4):1997 Volvo Finnish open [Eurchal]. 2003 the Diageochampionship at gleneagles [Eur]. 2008 Volvo masters[Eur]. 2009 open de andalucia [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t30—masters tournament.2010 SeASon:turned in his best finish at the Vivendi cup, with a t3. Indefense of his 2009 open de andalucia de golf title, hewas t6.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished t6 at the 2009 pga championship for hiscareer-best pga tour finish. also won for the secondconsecutive year on the European tour, capturing the opende andalucia in late march. teamed with countrymanSoren Hansen in the omEga mission Hills World cup inNovember. 2008: captured the European tour’s seasonendingVolvo masters by two strokes over England’sPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings2001 12003 2 12005 1 1 $17,6672006 1 1 27,6192007 12008 3 1 12009 7 5 2 2 280,9192010 7 6 158,989total 23 15 2 3 485,194eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 25 19 1 1 4 6 $762,239* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*anthony Wall and germany’s martin Kaymer at Valderrama,Spain. It was his second career European tour victoryand pushed him into the top 50 in the official World golfranking. 2007: completed the season with a playoff loss toJustin rose at the Volvo masters at Valderrama. Bogeyedthe 18th hole to fall into the playoff with rose and graememcDowell. also finished second at the BmW asian openand t2 at the celtic manor Wales open on the Europeantour. 2006: recorded three top-10 finishes in his lastfour events to place 36th on the order of merit. Has beena consistent performer on the European tour every yearsince his rookie year of 1998, finishing no worse than 67thand claiming his first European tour title at gleneagles in2003. represented Denmark in the Eisenhower trophy as anamateur before he qualified for the European tour throughthe challenge tour in 1997, missing just seven cuts from25 events.PeRSonAL:In 1997, ran a marathon achieving a highly respectable timeof 3 hours, 54 minutes. Has not run a marathon since, saying:“once was enough for me, I try to stay in good shapebut not as extreme as that!”PLAYeR StAtiSticSPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut t30u.S. open t52 cut t33British open cut cut t41 cut t27 t37pga cut t6 cuttHE pLaYErScutaccenture match play championship t33 t33Bridgestone Invitationalt68ca championship t59 11 t7 60HSBc championst10nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (4), 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009.2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.41 ....... (N/a)Driving Distance ...........................................282.7 ....... (N/a)Driving accuracy percentage .......................67.72% .... (N/a)greens in regulation percentage ................67.42% .... (N/a)putting average ...........................................1.828 ....... (N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–World golf championshipscachampionship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 66–3 times, mostrecent 2010 World golf championships-ca championship/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $233,125–2009 pga championship/t6career High official World Rank: after 2009 John Deereclassic/31Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-409