Lars Mikael Lundberg (born 13 August 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. He has won three times on the European Tour.
| Mikael Lundberg | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lars Mikael Lundberg | ||
| Born | 13 August 1973 Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1995 | ||
| Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour PGA EuroPro Tour Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 11 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 3 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 3 | ||
| Other | 6 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2016 | ||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Early life and amateur career
editLundberg was born in Helsingborg, Sweden. He represented Sweden in the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy.
Professional career
editLundberg turned professional in 1995. He spent several years on the developmental Challenge Tour, where he was victorious in the 1997 Himmerland Open, and won a place on the main European Tour via a fourth-place finish on the 2000 Challenge Tour Rankings. After two steady seasons on tour, a 137th-place finish on the 2003 Order of Merit cost him his European Tour card and he returned to the Challenge Tour in 2004.
Lundberg won back his place on the European Tour by winning the 2005 Cadillac Russian Open, which was an official money event on both tours, but finished outside the top 150 on the 2006 Order of Merit, and returned to the Challenge Tour the next season. Another top ten finish on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2007 saw him regain his European Tour card for 2008, when he won the Russian Open for the second time, giving him a two-year exemption on the main tour.
In 2017 Lundberg won the Lumine Lakes Open, an early-season event on the third-tier Nordic Golf League. In 2019 he won the World Snooker Jessie May Championship and the end-of-season Tour Championships on the PGA EuroPro Tour, as well as the tour's Order of Merit.[1] In April 2021 he won the PGA Catalunya Resort Championship on the Nordic Golf League at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2]
Professional wins (11)
editEuropean Tour wins (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Aug 2005 | Cadillac Russian Open1 | −15 (67-68-69-69=273) | Playoff |  Andrew Butterfield
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| 2 | 27 Jul 2008 | Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship (2) | −21 (67-64-68-68=267) | 2 strokes |  José Manuel Lara
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| 3 | 8 Jun 2014 | Lyoness Open | −12 (67-68-76-65=276) | Playoff |  Bernd Wiesberger
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1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Cadillac Russian Open | Andrew Butterfield
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Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
| 2 | 2014 | Lyoness Open | Bernd Wiesberger
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Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Jun 1997 | Himmerland Open | −7 (69-72-68=209) | 5 strokes |  Raphaël Eyraud
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| 2 | 14 Aug 2005 | Cadillac Russian Open1 | −15 (67-68-69-69=273) | Playoff | Andrew Butterfield
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| 3 | 20 Oct 2007 | Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup | −16 (66-67-62-73=268) | 5 strokes |  Stephen Browne
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1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Cadillac Russian Open | Andrew Butterfield
|
Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
PGA EuroPro Tour wins (2)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Jun 2019 | World Snooker Championship | −7 (68-71-70=209) | 1 stroke | James Adams, Alfie Plant
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| 2 | 1 Nov 2019 | Tour Championships | −10 (64-73-69=206) | Playoff | James Allan
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Nordic Golf League wins (2)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Feb 2017 | Lumine Lakes Open | −14 (63-69-68=200) | 1 stroke | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen
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| 2 | 20 Apr 2021 | PGA Catalunya Resort Championship | −10 (69-66-70=205) | Playoff | Jesper Kennegård,  Lauri Ruuska
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Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Jun 1997 | Husqvarna Open | −11 (66-66-67=199) | 1 stroke | Patrik Sjöland
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Other wins (1)
edit- 1995 Slovenian Open
Team appearances
editAmateur
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1991 (winners)[3]
- European Youths' Team Championship: 1992 (winners), 1994
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1993
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1994
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Keogh, Brian (1 November 2019). "Caldwell falls to seventh as Lundberg tops Europro Tour graduates". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Mikael Lundberg vinder PGA Catalunya Resort Championship efter dramatisk omspil" (in Danish). ECCO Tour. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
External links
edit- Mikael Lundberg at the European Tour official site
- Mikael Lundberg at the Official World Golf Ranking official site