Jacob Skov Olesen - Men's Golf - Arkansas Razorbacks

Jacob Skov Olesen

Grad. Sr. (1) | 6-3 | Roskilde, Denmark | Knord Lyngby / TCU

» 2024 The Amateur Champion (Earned an exemption to the 2024 Open Championship and made the cut, finishing T60 … Also earned exemption to the 2025 US Open and The Masters).
» 2024 Europe Amateur Championship (5th)

Played his final season at Arkansas where he earned All-America honors … Spent three seasons at TCU, earning All-Region in 2021, and one at Ranger (Texas) Community College where NJCAA Phil Mickelson Oustanding Freshman Award winner (JuCo national freshman of the year)  … Graduated from TCU in the spring of 2023 (communication studies) and is pursuing his Masters in operations management.

2023-24 (Graduate at Arkansas):
» 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup (Team International)
» NCAA Division I PING/GCAA All-America (2nd Team)
» Golfweek All-America (2nd Team)
» PING/GCAA All-Central Region
» All-SEC (1st Team)
Statistically, had the best season in Razorback history … Was 17th in the final NCAA rankings … Set UA records for season scoring (69.94) and rounds in the 60s (16) while tying the UA season record with 24 rounds at par or better … Only Razorback to play all 33 team rounds, leading the team with 10 top 15’s, five top 10’s and three top 5’s … Finished T24 in the season opener (Folds of Honor) then reeled off 10 straight top 15 finishes … Haad rounds of 68-67-69 (-9, 204) to tie for sixth at the SEC Fall Match Play … Posted a season-low 12-under-par (204) to tied for fifth at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup … Recorded back-to-back T-4th finishes at Cabo Collegiate (68-67-71) and Seminole Intercollegiate (72-65-74) … Tied for seventh at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial (69-73-67) … In the postseason, shot in the the 60s in four of his six rounds … Tied for 11th at the SEC Championships (68-69-70) and tied for 15th at the NCAA Austin Regional (69-69-75).

2022-23 (Senior at TCU):
» Big 12 All-Tournament Team

Played in 11 tournaments … Finished with a stroke average of 72.38 … Finished in the top 20 five times and the top 10 two times … Was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team with a ninth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship … Finished eighth at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational with a score of 3-under 207 … Had 18 rounds of par or better and seven rounds of under 70 … Had a season-best score of 4-under 67 at the GCU Invitational (March 13-14) … Went 4-0-1 at the fall Big 12 Match Play as TCU finished third.

2021-22 (Junior at TCU):
» Academic All-Big 12
Played in five tournaments … Had three rounds of par or better … Had a season-best 1-over 217 at the Amer Ari Invitational … Shot a season-best 2-under par 70 at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic … Finished tied for 25th at the Colonial Collegiate Invitational … Had a scoring average of 74.07.

2020-21 (Sophomore at TCU):
» PING/GCAA All-Central Region
Played in 12 events and had a scoring average of 71.81, the second-best on the team … Took home co-medalist honors at The Prestige with a score of 4-under 209 (71-68-70) … Shot a season-best 11-under 202 at the Thunderbird Classic, which tied for the sixth-best 54-hole score ever at TCU and placed tied for second … Shot a season-best 6-under 65 at the Thunderbird Classic… Was TCU’s top finisher the most times for the season (4) including at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional where he finished eighth overall … Had a stretch in the spring where he shot under par in 12 of 14 rounds … Led the team with 17 rounds of par or better and nine rounds under 70 …  Finished in the top 10 four times.

2019-20 (Freshman at Ranger CC):
» 2020 NJCAA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award
» NJCAA Division I PING All0Am
Played at Ranger College in Ranger, Texas … Finished as the top-ranked junior college player according to GolfStat with a scoring average of 69.53 … Recipient of the 2020 NJCAA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award … Named NJCAA Division I PING First Team All-American … Named NJCAA Division I PING All-District… In his collegiate debut, won the Texas Intercollegiate Tournament after shooting 7-under 209 at Hawks Creek in Fort Worth … Finished second at the Platinum Pipe NJCAA National Preview with rounds of 69 and 68 to lead Ranger to the team title … Had a career-best round of 9-under 63 at the High Country Shootout in Ruidoso, N.M.

Prior to College:
Was the bronze medalist at the Danish stroke play championship for three-straight years, from 2017-19… In 2016, placed second at Carris Trophy and shot a final-round score of 62… Won the Belgium Juniors Championship in 2016.