LIV Golf continues to fill out its roster with PGA Tour Q-Faculty entrants.
Frederik Kjettrup, a 24-year-old Danish product out of Florida State, has signed with the Saudi-backed league as the most recent member of Cleeks GC. The transfer was first reported by bunkered.co.uk and confirmed by GolfChannel.com.
The signing is predicted to be introduced by LIV as quickly as Friday.
Kjettrup was exempt into the ultimate stage of PGA Tour Q-Faculty after successful thrice and ending second in factors on PGA Tour Americas this season. Kjettrup, nevertheless, withdrew within the lead-up to the occasion, which was contested earlier this month at TPC Sawgrass’ Dye’s Valley Course and close by Sawgrass Nation Membership.
South Korea’s Yubin Jang withdrew from remaining stage two days earlier than his first-round tee time and was later introduced as becoming a member of Iron Heads GC.
Kjettrup reached as excessive as No. 11 within the World Novice Golf Rating as an novice and gained twice as a Seminole, together with final season’s ACC Championship. In his remaining school begin final Could, Kejttrup opened the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa in 84 earlier than rallying with three straight rounds of par or higher to assist the Seminoles to match play, the place they’d advance to the championship match earlier than shedding to Auburn.
Upon turning professional, Kjettrup certified for the U.S. Open after which turned his focus to Canada, the place he gained in every of his first two begins and compiled 5 complete top-10s. His final world-ranked begin got here on the DP World Tour’s Irish Open in September. He’s presently ranked No. 241 on the earth.
The Cleeks roster additionally contains captain Martin Kaymer, Richard Bland and Adrian Meronk.
Kaymer spoke solely with bunkered about Kjettrup.
“A number of issues attracted us,” Kaymer advised the U.Ok. outlet. “Initially, it’s very troublesome turning into knowledgeable and successful pretty early. I used to be fortunate sufficient to win pretty fast in my profession and I understand how troublesome it’s to get that first win over the road. He backed it up with one other win in just some weeks. I assumed that was an unbelievable achievement for somebody who simply completed faculty. However with Frederik, we had a great connection pretty fast.
“I consider subsequent yr it’s critical we’ve got a nicely functioning workforce by way of workforce spirit. All 4 scores will rely subsequent yr. You possibly can’t loosen up and quit. I felt the angle he had was critical. He had an incredible ardour for the sport. He’s nonetheless obtained the youth in him which is inspiring for our workforce.”
Kaymer added that he believes LIV Golf might have a pathway to the majors sooner or later: “What I’ve heard from the league is that it appears fairly good. Hopefully subsequent yr we’ve got some sort of manner of qualifying for majors. We can not say for certain it will occur. However he was positive with that.”
