Nicolai Højgaard

Denmark · born March 12, 2001, Billund, Denmark

0.5Ryder Cup points from 3 matches

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PGA Tour 2024–264 2nds, 3 seasons of stats

Summary

Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-2-1 · 0.5 points (16.7%)
Singles 0-1-0 · Foursomes 0-0-0 · Four-ball 0-1-1
PGA Tour runner-up, 2024–26 4 times
2026 PGA Tour (in progress) 21 events · 4 top 10s

Near misses

2024 Farmers Insurance Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Matthieu Pavon · margin 1 stroke
2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans PGA Tour · runner-up to Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak · margin 1 stroke
2026 Texas Children's Houston Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Gary Woodland · margin 5 strokes
2026 Truist Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Kristoffer Reitan · margin 2 strokes

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 3 matches: 0 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-1-1, singles 0-1-0.

2023 Marco Simone Golf & Country Club Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · captain's pick

Rivals

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

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Results by championship

Best day

2023 Ryder Cup

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points

Chosen by rule: his best Ryder Cup by points. Year page: 2023.

Career line, 2023–2026

Ryder Cup

2023 Ryder Cup (Europe): 0-2-1

PGA Tour 2024–26

2024 Farmers Insurance Open: runner-up2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans: runner-up2026 Texas Children's Houston Open: runner-up2026 Truist Championship: runner-up

20242026

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Runner-up
Ryder Cup, GB / Europe

Nicolai Højgaard was born on March 12, 2001, in Billund, Denmark. Højgaard finished second 4 times on the PGA Tour from 2024 to 2026. Højgaard played in 1 Ryder Cup for Europe (2023), winning 0, losing 2 and halving 1 of 3 matches for 0.5 points. In the 2026 PGA Tour season (in progress; data through October 11, 2026), Højgaard played 21 events and had 4 top-10 finishes.

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The record

Near misses

2024 Farmers Insurance Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Matthieu Pavon · margin 1 stroke
2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans PGA Tour · runner-up to Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak · margin 1 stroke
2026 Texas Children's Houston Open PGA Tour · runner-up to Gary Woodland · margin 5 strokes
2026 Truist Championship PGA Tour · runner-up to Kristoffer Reitan · margin 2 strokes

Ryder Cup

Højgaard played 1 Ryder Cups for Europe: 3 matches, 0 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points (16.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-1-1, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).

2023 Marco Simone Golf & Country Club Europe · Europe won 16.5–11.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · captain's pick

Partners, with matches played together: Jon Rahm (1), Tommy Fleetwood (1).

PGA Tour seasons, 2024–2026

2024 Season 18 events · 0 wins · 1 top 10s · 12 cuts made · $1,741,996 official money (No. 97) · strokes gained total -0.176 (No. 129) · driving distance 309.1 (No. 26)
2025 Season 17 events · 0 wins · 3 top 10s · 10 cuts made · $1,897,477 official money (No. 86) · strokes gained total 0.715 · driving distance 318.8 (No. 3)
2026 In progress 21 events · 0 wins · 4 top 10s · 16 cuts made · $4,914,868 official money (No. 35) · scoring average (adjusted) 70.168 (No. 30) · strokes gained total 0.691 (No. 28) · driving distance 325.1 (No. 4)

2026 runs through the Baycurrent Classic (ended October 11, 2026).

Sources

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.