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Sunday 16 August 2026DP World TourYear in Review
Winther wins Danish Golf Championship
Great Northern, Kerteminde, Denmark · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 2026 · Jeff Winther’s win no. 2 on the DP World Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/11°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/15°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/14°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/13°C · wind 25 km/h W, gusts 50 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Rasmus Højgaard DEN · 276eagled the 17th to tie Winther at 13 under, then bogeyed the 72nd hole after Winther eagled the 16th Danish Golf Championship Final Scores and Prize Money Payouts as Jeff Winther lands home win (GolfMagic)
- Filippo Celli ITA · 276closing 66, the low round among the leaders, finished three back Danish Golf Championship Final Scores and Prize Money Payouts as Jeff Winther lands home win (GolfMagic)
- Oliver Lindell FIN · 276 Danish Golf Championship Final Scores and Prize Money Payouts as Jeff Winther lands home win (GolfMagic)
- Matthew Jordan ENG · 276 Danish Golf Championship Final Scores and Prize Money Payouts as Jeff Winther lands home win (GolfMagic)
- Yanhan Zhou CHN · 276closed with a 73 Danish Golf Championship leaderboard 2026 (ESPN)
156 started, 82 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Danish Golf Championship
Great Northern, Great Northern, Kerteminde, Denmark
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Jeff Winther
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GolfMagic
16 August 2026
The greenkeepers have been insane, great pins and great set-up. It's impossible to rank, just after my kids' birth I think, it's amazing and I don't think it's sunk in yet, but I'm overly happy.
GolfMagic
16 August 2026
Dave my caddie has done amazing all week, keeping it in the fairway and just getting me to the green.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Winther | 71 · 67 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Oliver Lindell | 67 · 71 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Rasmus Højgaard | 70 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Matthew Jordan | 68 · 67 · 70 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Filippo Celli | 67 · 70 · 73 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T2 | Yanhan Zhou | 69 · 67 · 67 · 73 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Romain Langasque | 69 · 66 · 67 · 75 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Marcus Helligkilde | 70 · 68 · 71 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Ewen Ferguson | 69 · 65 · 73 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Freddy Schott | 67 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Jacob Skov Olesen | 70 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Joel Girrbach | 72 · 68 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1988-03-30, Gladsaxe, Denmark; DEN; turned pro 2012; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 312 that week (OWGR rank entering the week (rankBefore 312 -> rankAfter 180), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet