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 anticipated to be introduced by LIV as quickly as Friday.
Kjettrup was exempt into the ultimate stage of PGA Tour Q-Faculty after profitable thrice and ending second in factors on PGA Tour Americas this season. Kjettrup, nonetheless, 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 last 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 beginner and received twice as a Seminole, together with final season’s ACC Championship. In his last 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 dropping to Auburn.
Upon turning professional, Kjettrup certified for the U.S. Open after which turned his focus to Canada, the place he received in every of his first two begins and compiled 5 whole top-10s. His final world-ranked begin got here on the DP World Tour’s Irish Open in September. He’s at present ranked No. 241 on the planet.
The Cleeks roster additionally consists of captain Martin Kaymer, Richard Bland and Adrian Meronk.
Kaymer spoke completely with bunkered about Kjettrup.
“A number of issues attracted us,” Kaymer informed the U.Ok. outlet. “To begin with, it’s very tough changing into knowledgeable and profitable pretty early. I used to be fortunate sufficient to win pretty fast in my profession and I understand how tough it’s to get that first win over the road. He backed it up with one other win in only a few weeks. I believed that was an unbelievable achievement for somebody who simply completed faculty. However with Frederik, we had a great connection pretty fast.
“I imagine subsequent yr it is important we have now a properly functioning crew by way of crew spirit. All 4 scores will depend subsequent yr. You’ll be able to’t calm down and quit. I felt the perspective he had was critical. He had a terrific ardour for the sport. He’s nonetheless obtained the youth in him which is inspiring for our crew.”
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 seems fairly good. Hopefully subsequent yr we have now some sort of approach of qualifying for majors. We can’t say for certain this may occur. However he was superb with that.”
