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2020-21 Men's Golf Roster

Bob McCool, Coastal Athletic Media Relations

Jorgen Viken

  • Class Sophomore
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 185
  • Hometown Kongsberg, Norway
  • High School Wang Toppidrett Tønsberg
  • Previous School Concordia University-Portland

Biography

2020-21 (Sophomore)

  • Competed in two events on the spring season and also played as a substitute in one round of the 2021 Sun Belt Men's Golf Championship
  • Posted a season stroke average of 76.29 over seven rounds of play
  • Shot a low-round 69 at the ECU Intercollegiate
  • Placed in a tie for 26th overall with rounds of 69, 77, and 76 for a 54-hole score of 222, +6, at the ECU Intercollegiate
  • Played as an individual and finished in a tie for 29th overall at the General Hackler Championship with rounds of 74, 74, and 73 for a 54-hole score of 221, +5
  • Carded a 91, +19, over the second round of play at the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Men's Golf Championship
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for both the 2020 fall and spring semesters


Prior to Coastal Carolina

2019-20 (Freshman) at Concordia University-Portland *Season Ended Early Due To Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic*

  • Ranked as high as No. 78 in the Golfstat national rankings
  • Named to the GCAA Ping Division II All-West Region team
  • Was named the GNAC Freshman of the Year
  • Earned a spot on the GNAC men's golf all-conference first team.
  • Posted a 71.8 stroke average on the year, which was the lowest in a single season in Concordia history, and ranked second overall in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC)
  • Recorded two top-10 individual finishes with a sixth-place finish at the Concordia Invitational and a seventh-place showing at the Western Washington Invitational
  • A key contributor in helping his team win the Bellingham Invitational and besting the all-time low tournament team score over the final round of play with a 271, 17-under par


High School

  • Lettered in golf for four years at Wang Toppidrett Tonsberg
  • Prior to coming to the United States and Concordia in the fall of 2019, Viken had several strong finishes in Norway
  • Placed in a tie for third as an amateur at the Garmin Norgescup on the Norwegian Pro Tour
  • Also finished in a tie for fourth overall at the Srixon Tour Larvik on the Norwegian Junior Tour
  • Finished in a tie for 12th-place at the Swedish Golf Tour Borre Pro Event
  • Father is in the Royal Norwegian Air Force
  • Has lived in Trondheim, Norway, Dayton, Ohio, and Konsberg, Norway