culture and society | January 14, 2026

Are Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard twins?

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Rasmus Højgaard

Rasmus Højgaard was born on March 12, 2001, in Billund, Denmark. In 2016, Hjgaard was a member of the Danish team that finished third in the European Boys’ Team Championship and took home the McGregor Trophy.

He represented Continental Europe in the Jacques Léglise Trophy in 2017 and was also a member of Denmark’s winning team at the 2017 European Boys Team Championship. In 2018, he won the boys Toyota Junior Golf World Cup individual competition by four strokes over his brother Nicolai.

Are Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard twins?

Rasmus and Nicolai per our research are indeed twin brothers.

Both of them are professional golfers. Nicolai, like his twin brother Rasmus, also turned pro in 2019.

Højgaard won the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in 2019 and the ISPS Handa UK Championship in 2020.

He was the European Tour’s first player born in the 2000s to win, and the third-youngest winner in Tour history.

He won the Omega European Masters in Switzerland in August 2021. Bernd Wiesberger, who was leading by one shot at the time, finished second after double-bogeying the final hole.