WATCH: Billy Horschel and Justin Rose confuse Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard in hilarious exchange

Rasmus Hojgaard won the Irish Open at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland. Among the first to congratulate him was his twin brother Nicolai, who stayed with him despite missing the cut at the event.

The presence of Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard on the course at the same time created a hilarious situation where Justin Rose and Billy Horschel were confused when they went to congratulate them. Horschel recounted the situation in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter) by the DP World Tour.

Horschel told Rasmus Hojgaard:

"I was telling your brother he needs to shave his head. We were upstairs, you guys were sitting and I thought you were up there sitting 'cos I'm like 'well, long hair, that's Rasmus, Nico got the short hair.'"

"So Rosey (Justin Rose) goes 'who's that?' 'That's Rasmus' I said 'cos Nico's got short hair.' He goes up to congratulate him, and he comes back, he said said 'f**k, that wasn't Rasmus' (laughs)".

Rasmus Hojgaard responded to Horschel's statement:

"Probably not the last time it'll happen this week"

To which Hoschel replied:

"No, it won't be the last time"

Watch the video below:

Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard turned pro in 2019 and two years later became the first pair of brothers to win in consecutive weeks on the DP World Tour, when Rasmus won the 2021 Omega European Masters and Nicolai won the 2021 Italian Open a week later.

Nicolai Hojgaard has three European Tour wins to his brother Rasmus' five. However, the former moved to the PGA Tour in 2023, while Rasmus still plays in Europe.

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A look at Rasmus Hojgaard's performance at the 2024 Irish Open

Rasmus Hojgaard started his performance at the 2024 Irish Open with an even par first round thanks to two birdies and two bogeys. His second round was much better with four birdies and one bogey (3 under).

On the so-called "Moving Day", Rasmus played even par again (four birdies and four bogeys) and his score was 3 under after 54 holes. He entered the final round 3 shots behind the tournament leader, Rory McIlroy.

Rasmus played the front nine of the fourth round one-under (two birdies and one bogey), but his performance on the back nine was absolutely brilliant. What he did on that stretch not only allowed him to catch the leader but also gave him a two-stroke lead with one hole to play.

Rasmus had six birdies and one bogey on the back nine. He birdied four of his last five holes, forcing McIlroy to go for an eagle on the 18th to tie for the lead and force a playoff. Ultimately, the Northern Irishman missed the eagle and Rasmus won by one shot.