Linus Lilliedahl (born 15 February 1994) is a Swedish

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who plays on the

PGA Tour Latinoamérica PGA Tour Latinoamérica was a third level professional golf tour formed in 2012 and operated by the PGA Tour. It was formed in concert with the now also defunct Tour de las Américas. Executives from the Tour de las Américas became employees of ...

. In 2022, he was runner-up at the

Argentine Open The Argentine Open or Abierto de la República or Abierto de Argentina is one of the oldest national golf open championships. First played in 1905, when it was called the Open Championship of the River Plate, it has featured numerous notable winn ...

and the

Argentina Classic The Argentina Classic is a men's professional golf tournament held in Argentina and has been part of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica schedule since 2012. The tournament was first played on PGA Tour Latinoamérica in December 2012 as the "Olivos Golf ...

Early life and amateur career

Lilliedahl was born in

Nyköping Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden, with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the ...

and grew up in

Sandviken Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey t ...

. With both his parents golf instructors, he was a confident golfer by age three. At 15, he collected a title on the Skandia Tour, the domestic junior circuit. Lilliedahl played college golf the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...

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. He was named Academic All-American in 2016 and 2017 and was on the

Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central United States, South Central and Southeastern United States. Its 16 members in ...

Honor Roll in 2016 and 2017.

Professional career

Lilliedahl turned professional in 2018 and joined the

Nordic Golf League The Nordic Golf League is one of the third-tier men's professional golf tours, recognised by the European Tour, also known as the Satellite Tours. The top five players on the Order of Merit at the end of each season earn status to play on the seco ...

. In

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, he lost a playoff at the Landeryd Masters, and recorded a further five top-10 finishes. Lilliedahl joined the

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 The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

, he played in the

LocaliQ Series The LocaliQ Series, stylized as the LOCALiQ Series, was a one-off professional golf tour played in 2020, organized by the PGA Tour. The series was announced following the cancellation of much of the PGA Tour's global development tours due to the ...

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. In the inaugural event of the

2023 PGA Tour Latinoamérica The 2023 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the 11th and final season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, the main professional golf tour in Latin America, operated and run by the PGA Tour. In April, the PGA Tour announced that the 2023 season would be the las ...

season, he held the lead at the

Visa Open de Argentina The Argentine Open or Abierto de la República or Abierto de Argentina is one of the oldest national golf open championships. First played in 1905, when it was called the Open Championship of the River Plate, it has featured numerous notable winn ...

and ultimately finished runner-up; one stroke behind Zack Fischer. The following week, he finished runner-up at the Neuquen Argentina Classic; three strokes behind

Cristóbal del Solar Cristóbal Ignacio del Solar Leefhelm (born 11 October 1993) is a Chilean professional golfer. Amateur career Del Solar played college golf at Florida State University, where he won one event, and was named to the All-ACC Team following his junio ...

. By the conclusion of the Argentina Swing in March, he topped the seventh edition of the Zurich Argentina Swing ranking ahead of

Chandler Blanchet Chandler or The Chandler may refer to: Occupations * Chandler (occupation), originally head of the medieval household office responsible for candles, now a person who makes or sells candles * Ship chandler, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ...

Amateur wins

*2009 Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Dalarna *2017 Tiger Intercollegiate Source:

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lilliedahl, Linus Swedish male golfers PGA Tour Latinoamérica golfers Missouri Tigers men's golfers Swedish expatriate golfers in the United States Sportspeople from Gävleborg County People from Sandviken 1994 births Living people 21st-century Swedish sportsmen