[1] In the autumn of 2006, he opted to take a golf scholarship to Arizona State University for the next four years.

[2] While at college, Børsheim represented Norway at the European Amateur Team Championship four years in a row 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Børsheim finished just outside the top twenty players at season's end who earn promotion to the European Tour.

However, he put that disappointment behind him by coming through European qualifying school to earn his full tour card for 2012.

In a 2014 interview, he said that he left professional golf because he "didn't really enjoy the travelling side of things".