Axel Bóasson (born 3 June 1990) is an Icelandic professional golfer. In 2017, he became Iceland's first winner on the Nordic Golf League and won the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit. He also won the mixed team gold and the men's silver at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles, Scotland.[1]

Axel Bóasson
Personal information
Born (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 34)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sporting nationality Iceland
Career
CollegeMississippi State University
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)Nordic Golf League
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Achievements and awards
Danish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2017
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2017
Nordic Golf League
Order of Merit winner
2017
Medal record
European Golf Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gleneagles Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gleneagles Men's team

Early life and amateur career

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Bóasson was born in Reykjavík. He won the Icelandic Championship in 2011 and represented Iceland at the 2011 European Amateur Team Championship and the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy.[2]

In 2015, he won both the Icelandic Match Play Championship and the Icelandic Stroke Play Championship.[2]

Bóasson attended Mississippi State University between 2010 and 2014 and played with the Mississippi State Bulldogs golf team in the Southeastern Conference.[3]

Professional career

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Bóasson turned professional in 2016 and joined the Nordic Golf League. He became the first ever Icelandic winner of the Nordic Golf League in 2017 when he won the SM Match in Sweden.[4] He also won the 12 Twelve Championship in Denmark and finished inside the top ten on nine further occasions over 20 starts, to become the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit winner, and was promoted to the Challenge Tour.[1]

Bóasson represented Iceland at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles, Scotland. He won the team gold together with Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, Valdis Thora Jonsdottir and Birgir Hafþórsson, and silver behind Spain in the men's event with Hafþórsson.[5]

Amateur wins

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  • 2011 Icelandic Championship
  • 2015 Eimskipsmotarodin 4 - Icelandic Match Play Championship, Eimskipsmotarodin 5 - Icelandic Stroke Play Championship

Source:[2]

Professional wins (4)

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Nordic Golf League wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 1 Jul 2017 SM Match 3 and 1   Daniel Løkke
2 22 Sep 2017 12 Twelve Championship −15 (45-46-42-43-20=196) 1 stroke   Jesper Billing
3 15 May 2022 Rewell Elisefarm Challenge −7 (68-68-73=209) 2 strokes   Nicolai Tinning
4 14 Jul 2023 Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship (2) 1 up   Felix Pålson

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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  1. ^ a b "Satellite stars: Axel Boasson". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Axel Boasson". World Amateur Golf Rankings. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Men's Golf Roster: Axel Boasson". Mississippi State University Athletics. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Lynn vann helsvensk final" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Ice-cool Iceland win gold in mixed event". PGA European Tour. 11 August 2018.
  6. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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