Thorbjørn Olesen
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen |
| Born |
21 December 1989 Furesø, Denmark |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st) |
| Nationality |
 Denmark
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| Residence | London, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T6: 2013 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2013 |
| The Open Championship | T9: 2012 |
| PGA Championship | T27: 2012 |
Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen (born 21 December 1989) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Olesen was born in Furesø and turned professional in 2008. He finished in fourth place on the third tier Nordic League rankings in 2009, having won three tournaments, to graduate to Europe's second tier Challenge Tour for 2010. During his début season he claimed his first Challenge Tour title at The Princess, held in Sweden at the beginning of July. He finished third in the 2010 Challenge Tour ranking, earning him full exemption (category 10b) for the 2011 European Tour.
In December 2010, Olesen tied for second place at the Alfred Dunhill Championship, the first tournament of the 2011 European Tour season. This was equaled in June 2011, when Olesen tied for second at the BMW Italian Open in Turin, mostly due to a 10-under-par round of 62 on the final day, but still coming up short by one stroke of Englishman Robert Rock. The following month Olesen finished in a tie for second again at the Alstom Open de France when he bogeyed the last hole to finish one stroke behind Thomas Levet. With this finish, Olesen qualified for The 2011 Open Championship, his first major.
Olesen won the 2012 Sicilian Open. This victory placed him in the top-100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. After the final event of the 2012 season, the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai where he finished T21, Olesen moved into the world top-50 for the first time as No. 50 and played the Masters for the first time in 2013.
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