Leif Olson

Last updated

Leif Olson
Personal information
Born (1981-07-17) July 17, 1981 (age 42)
Denver, Colorado
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona
Career
College Duke University
Turned professional2004
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Gateway Tour
Professional wins1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2004
The Open Championship DNP

Leif Olson (born July 17, 1981) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

Contents

Olson was born in Denver, Colorado. He played college golf from 1999 to 2003 at Duke University.

Professional career

Olson earned his 2009 PGA Tour card through 2008 Q-School. In his first 14 events on tour, Olson only made three cuts. Olson won a BMW Z4 Roadster at the 2009 RBC Canadian Open when he recorded a hole in one on the 15th hole at Glen Abbey Golf Course. It was a very bizarre hole in one. Olson's ball landed past the hole, rolled down the slope towards the hole and deflected off another player's ball which redirected it into the cup.

Olson finished a career-best third place at the Turning Stone Resort Championship in 2009, just one stroke out of a playoff that was won by Matt Kuchar.

Professional wins (1)

Gateway Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1Aug 1, 2008 Beach Summer 7−12 (65-69-70=204)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Collins

Results in major championships

Tournament2004
U.S. Open CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Olson only played in the U.S. Open.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Daly (golfer)</span> American professional golfer

John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee, his non-country-club appearance and attitude, his exceptionally long backswing, the inconsistency of his play, and his personal life. His two greatest on-course accomplishments are his "zero-to-hero" victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, and his playoff victory over Costantino Rocca in the 1995 Open Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Leonard</span> American professional golfer

Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer. He has twelve career wins on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1997 Open Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K. J. Choi</span> South Korean golfer

Choi Kyung-Ju, commonly known as K. J. Choi, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won more than twenty professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the PGA Tour. His most notable victory came at the 2011 Players Championship, and he has spent 40 weeks in the top-10 of the world rankings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ángel Cabrera</span> Argentine golfer

Ángel Leopoldo Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish ("The Duck") for his waddling gait. He is a two-time major champion, with wins at the U.S. Open in 2007 and the Masters in 2009; he was the first Argentine and South American to win either. He also lost in a sudden death playoff at the Masters in 2013.

Nicholas Simon O'Hern is an Australian professional golfer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Moore (golfer)</span> American professional golfer

Ryan David Moore is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour. He had a highly successful amateur career, winning the NCAA Individual Championship, the U.S. Amateur Public Links, and the U.S. Amateur in 2004. Since turning professional in 2005 he has won five titles on the PGA Tour as of the 2016 season and earned rankings inside the top thirty in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Cook (golfer)</span> American professional golfer

John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who won eleven times on the PGA Tour and was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1993. He was ranked in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for 45 weeks in 1992 and 1993. Cook currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions and is a studio analyst on Golf Channel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rory Sabbatini</span> South African-Slovak professional golfer

Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2007 and early-2008, with a high of 8th. Sabbatini won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, representing Slovakia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">J. B. Holmes</span> American professional golfer (born 1982)

John Bradley "J.B." Holmes is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geoff Ogilvy</span> Australian professional golfer

Geoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeff Sluman</span> American professional golfer

Jeffrey George Sluman is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willie Macfarlane</span> Scottish golfer

William Macfarlane was a Scottish professional golfer.

Denis Leslie Watson is a professional golfer from Zimbabwe.

Jeffrey Allan Maggert is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

Andrew Donald Magee is an American professional golfer who played for more than 20 years on the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Na</span> Korean American golfer

Kevin Sangwook Na is a Korean American professional golfer. He was a member of the PGA Tour until June 2022, when he resigned in order to join LIV Golf. He won five tournaments on the PGA Tour between 2011 and 2021.

John Sampson Merrick is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Kevin Garret Streelman is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dustin Johnson</span> American professional golfer

Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer. He has won two major championships, the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 and the 2020 Masters Tournament with a record score of 268, 20-under-par. He had previously finished in a tie for second at both the 2011 Open Championship and the 2015 U.S. Open. He has six World Golf Championships victories, with only Tiger Woods having won more, and was the first and only player to win each of the four World Golf Championship events. He has played in The LIV Golf League since 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Webb Simpson</span> American professional golfer

James Frederick Webb Simpson is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour who won the 2012 U.S. Open and the 2018 Players Championship.