Anders Kristiansen I&II Golf Career

Hello. My name is Anders Kristiansen. I´m a twenty-seven-year-old professional golfer from Norway. I have spent my whole life in the pursuit of my greatest dream and goal of being ranked inside the top 10 in the World Golf Rankings. I was very successful as a junior and amateur golfer in Europe and other parts of the world. In late 2008 I was ranked 4th in the R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking and made it through to the Final Stage of European Tour Qualifying School. I have been fortunate to have experienced many successes and setbacks in my career. In 2010, after turning professional, I had a serious back injury which lasted for almost two seasons. Due to lower back spasms, I started to practice golf full time left handed. With knowledge and a dedicated work ethic, I shot under par for 18 holes after ten months. After two years I played in my first ever tournament left handed in the 2016 Long Beach Open with the scores of 77-72. I have experienced many challenges including multiple injuries that have tested my confidence, but I look at these hurdles in an athletes career as incredibly valuable experience. To prove myself I would like to be the first ever professional golfer to play a European Tour event both left and right handed in the same event. My goal is clearly to become the best golfer I can be as right handed, but it's is important to me to prove that with a positive attitude, patience, passion, dedication and work ethic, anything in life is possible. 

As of today, August 2017 I play full-time right handed in tournaments and will continue to do so in the future, but I continue practicing left handed to fulfill my goals. The goal this year is to qualify for the European Tour & Asian Tour through the qualifying school at the end of the year. I am prepared for the pressure of performing at the highest level.

With the GoFundMe campaign, I would like to raise NOK 500.000 to cover expenses for a full tournament schedule for the next two seasons. I already know how to be economical traveling, practicing, and which tournaments offer the best possible return on investment of time and money. With your support, I can focus on practicing the number of hours and repetitions a professional athlete is required to in order to be successful on the world stage.



Summary of previous results:


2006 Junior Ryder Cup Participant, Celtic Manor, Wales

Junior World Team Champion, Japan

2007 Junior World Boys Individual Champion, Japan

2008 Australian Amateur Champion, Royal Adaleide, Australia

Junior World Boys Team & Individual Champion, Japan

European Boys Amateur Individual Champion, Slovenia

Qualified for Final Stage of European Tour Qualifying School, Spain

Ranked 4th in The R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking (Dec 2008)

2003 - 2012

Member of the Norwegian Golf Federation National Teams

I will not mention other international or national wins. The greatest wins are in th future....