Linus Lilliedahl (born 15 February 1994) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica. In 2022, he was runner-up at the Argentine Open and the Argentina Classic.[1]
| Linus Lilliedahl | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Linus Richard Lilliedahl | ||
| Born | 15 February 1994 Nyköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Windermere, Florida and Sandviken, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of Missouri | ||
| Turned professional | 2018 | ||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica | ||
| Former tour(s) | Nordic Golf League | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Early life and amateur career
editLilliedahl was born in Nyköping and grew up in Sandviken. With both his parents golf instructors, he was a confident golfer by age three.[1] At 15, he collected a title on the Skandia Tour, the domestic junior circuit.
Lilliedahl played college golf the University of Missouri between 2014 and 2017. Playing with the Missouri Tigers men's golf team he won the Tiger Intercollegiate his senior year, beating Hayden Buckley by one stroke.[2] He was named Academic All-American in 2016 and 2017 and was on the Southeastern Conference Honor Roll in 2016 and 2017.[3]
Professional career
editLilliedahl turned professional in 2018 and joined the Nordic Golf League. In 2019, he lost a playoff at the Landeryd Masters, and recorded a further five top-10 finishes.[4]
Lilliedahl joined the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2020 after earning his playing privileges with a T4 finish at the PTLA Qualifying Tournament in Fort Lauderdale. The tour cancelled for much of 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he played in the LocaliQ Series in the United States. His best result was a tie for 4th at The Classic at Callaway Gardens, two shots out of the Stoney Crouch-Hayden Shieh playoff that Crouch won.[1]
In the inaugural event of the 2023 PGA Tour Latinoamérica season, he held the lead at the Visa Open de Argentina and ultimately finished runner-up; one stroke behind Zack Fischer.[5][6] The following week, he finished runner-up at the Neuquen Argentina Classic; three strokes behind Cristóbal del Solar.[7] By the conclusion of the Argentina Swing in March, he topped the seventh edition of the Zurich Argentina Swing ranking ahead of Chandler Blanchet.[8][9]
Amateur wins
edit- 2009 Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Dalarna
- 2017 Tiger Intercollegiate
Source:[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Linus Lilliedahl". PGA Tour. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Lilliedahl wins first tournament of college career, as Missouri cruises to victory at Tiger Invitational". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Men's Golf Roster". University of Missouri. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Särspel avgjorde Landeryd Masters" (in Swedish). Landeryd Golf Club. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "El sueco Linus Lilliedahl es el único líder del 116º VISA Open de Argentina" (in Spanish). ESPN. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Lilliedahl tvåa efter stentuff duell – hyllades av segraren" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Lilliedahl upp i topp av Order of Merit – slutade tvåa igen" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "El Zurich Argentina Swing coronó a Linus Lilliedahl en su séptima edición" (in Spanish). El Cronista. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Lilliedahl wins Zurich Argentina Swing". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Linus Lilliedahl". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
External links
edit- Linus Lilliedahl at the PGA Tour official site
- Linus Lilliedahl at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Linus Lilliedahl at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)