Joel Girrbach

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Joel Girrbach (born 19 July 1993) is a Swiss professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2017 Swiss Challenge on the Challenge Tour.{{cite web |title=Joel Girrbach Bio |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/joel-girrbach-38258/ |publisher=PGA European Tour |access-date=27 June 2024}}

Early life and amateur career

Girrbach started playing golf at the age of eight. He was playing off scratch by the time he was 16, and won the 2011 Swiss Junior Championship. He was educated at Berufsbildungszentrum Weinfeldenand.

Professional career

Girrbach turned professional in 2015 and joined the Challenge Tour. In 2016, he was runner-up at the Red Sea Egyptian Challenge and in 2017 he won his first title, the Swiss Challenge at Golf Sempach by two strokes.{{cite web |title=Girrbach going in search of Swiss Challenge double |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/girrbach-going-in-search-of-swiss-challenge-double/ |publisher=PGA European Tour |access-date=27 June 2024 |date=19 September 2023}}

In 2018, he was runner-up at the Prague Golf Challenge and the Hopps Open de Provence.{{cite web |title=Joel Girrbach |url=https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/joel-girrbach-15592 |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |access-date=27 June 2024}}

In 2023, Girrbach was runner-up at The Challenge in India and the Hainan Open in China, and graduated to the European Tour for 2024. In his rookie season, he recorded several top-10 finishes, including a T-8 at the Bahrain Championship and a T-3 at the Volvo China Open.{{cite news |last1=Ballengee |first1=Ryan |title=2024 Volvo China Open final results: Prize money payout, DP World Tour leaderboard, how much each golfer won |url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/ryan_ballengee/2024/05/05/2024-volvo-china-open-final-results-prize-money-payout-dp-world-tour-leaderboard-how-much-each-golfer-won-132385/ |access-date=27 June 2024 |work=Golf News Net |date=5 May 2024}} On the back of these results, he qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=Doug |title=Dutch Olympic officials will deny golfers from men's competition in Paris |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/dutch-olympic-officials-deny-golfers-mens-competition-paris-111415426 |access-date=27 June 2024 |work=ABC News |date=25 June 2024}}

Amateur wins

2011 Swiss Junior Championship
2013 Ticino Championship, Finnish Amateur
2014 Leman Championship

Source:{{cite web |title=Joel Girrbach |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/joel-girrbach-6905 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Rankings |access-date=27 June 2024}}