Jonathan Nielsen
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 142
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- Hometown:
- Hørsholm, Denmark
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Birkerød Gymnasium
Bio
2020-21: Started in four events of his freshman campaign... Averaged a 74.5 scoring clip in 13 rounds... Collected a pair of top 20 finishes in his debut season, including a third-place showing at the WindRiver Invitational where he finished third with a 2-over 74... Posted a season-low single round of 70 in the third round of the Tennessee River Rumble... His best 54-hole score came at the SAC Championship where he tied for 20th on a 4-over 220.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| Wind River Invitational | 3/1/2021 | 1 | 74 | +2 | 3rd/34 |
| Bearcat Classic | 3/8-9/2021 | 3 | 75-77-73=225 | +9 | t-52nd/111 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 3/14-16/2021 | 3 | 74-76-74=224 | +8 | t-42nd/77 |
| 2021 Tennessee River Rumble | 03/29-03/30, 2021 | 3 | 79-77-70=226 | +10 | 61st/98 |
| SAC Championship | 4/19-20/2021 | 3 | 72-73-75=220 | +4 | t-20th/63 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 13 | 969 Avg. 74.5 | +3 | - |
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High School: Broke into the World Amateur Golf Ranking in just his junior year of high school with a win at the DJGA Masters (U18) with a 228 through three rounds... Ranked as high as 5211 in the WAGR before heading to Mossy Creek... Played golf and soccer at Birkerød Gymnasium... collected 17 top-10 finishes with six victories. He possessed a 74.1 scoring average. From 2017-19, he was selected for the Danish Nation Youth Squad...
Personal: Son of Niels Erik Nielsen... Plans to study Business with an emphasis in Sports Management... Brothers Tim and Thomas have played golf at Keiser and Southern Wesleyan, respectively.
News mentions
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – Jackson Tyler’s career-best 5-under round highlighted a 2-over day for No. 21/22 Carson-Newman, landing it a fourth-place finish at the South Atlantic Conference Championship at the Woodlake Golf Club on Tuesday.
TAZEWELL, Tenn. – A 6-under opening round helped No. 21/22 Carson-Newman to head into the clubhouse at 3-under, good enough for fourth after the first day of the South Atlantic Conference Championship at the Woodlake Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Three weeks after it wrapped up its regular-season schedule, No. 21/22 Carson-Newman heads to the Woodlake Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday for the South Atlantic Conference Championship.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. – A 281 in the final round gave No. 22/23 Carson-Newman the lowest score it has ever posted at the Tennessee River Rumble, helping it jump up seven spots on Tuesday for a share of fourth to close out the regular season at the WindRiver Golf Club.
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. – No. 22/23 Carson-Newman made a 15-shot improvement from the first to second round but ended the first day of the Tennessee River Rumble in 11th at the WindRiver Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The final regular-season event before the South Atlantic Conference Championship keeps No. 22/23 Carson-Newman in East Tennessee for a second-straight event as it heads to the Tennessee River Rumble at the WindRiver Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday in Lenoir City.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) closed out the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate with a career-low 205 that was good enough for second-place while Carson-Newman finished in fourth at the Sevierville Golf Club.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Will Collins (Knoxville, Tenn.) were in the red for a second-straight round on Monday as Carson-Newman moved down two spots to fourth at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at 4-under.
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – After spending most of Sunday at the top of the leaderboard, Carson-Newman sits in second-place at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, led by a career-low round of 67 for Jake Mynatt (Knoxville, Tenn.) at the Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Days after a seventh-place finish at the Bearcat Classic, Carson-Newman turns its attention to an event that has come with four-consecutive top-five finishes as it heads to the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate at the Sevierville Golf Club’s River Course.
GREENWOOD, S.C. – Back-to-back rounds of 292 pushed No. 25 Carson-Newman three spots up the leaderboard on Tuesday for a seventh-place finish at 14-over at the Bearcat Classic in Greenwood, S.C.
GREENWOOD, S.C. – With darkness falling upon the Greenwood Country Club by Monday evening, the first day of the Bearcat Classic was cut short with No. 25 Carson-Newman sitting in a tie for 10th.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – After a week away from competition, No. 25 Carson-Newman kicks off back-to-back weeks of tournament play with a trip to Greenwood, S.C. for the Lander Bearcat Classic at the Greenwood Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
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