Jacob Skov Olesen - Men's Golf - Arkansas Razorbacks

Jacob Skov Olesen

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

Played 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 … Will have one year of eligibility at Arkansas.

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2022-23 (Senior at TCU):
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 All-Central Region Team… 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):
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.