Lukas Nemecz

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Lukas Nemecz
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Nemecz in 2018
Personal information
Born (1989-08-17) 17 August 1989 (age 35)
Klagenfurt, Austria
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Residence Graz, Austria [1]
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins3

Lukas Nemecz (born 17 August 1989) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. On the 2021 Challenge Tour, he was runner-up at the Italian Challenge, the German Challenge, and the Hopps Open de Provence. [2]

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Early life and amateur career

Nemecz was introduced to golf at a young age by his parents and credits sibling rivalry with helping him improve his game. He enjoyed a strong amateur career in Austria where he was an 11-time national champion. [3] He was low amateur at the 2010 Lyoness Open [4] and runner-up behind Julien Brun at the 2011 European Nations Cup in Spain. [5]

He was a member of the National Team and represented Austria at the 2011 European Amateur Team Championship and the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy.

Professional career

Nemecz at the 2016 Lyoness Open. 2016 Lyoness Open - Lukas Nemecz (26956158524).jpg
Nemecz at the 2016 Lyoness Open.

Nemecz turned professional in 2012 and joined the 2013 Alps Tour, where he finished fifth on the Order or Merit to earn promotion to the Challenge Tour for 2014. In his rookie campaign he recorded a best finish of T16 at the Madeira Islands Open, and finished 101st in the rankings. [2]

Nemecz joined the 2016 European Tour after he birdied four of his last five holes in the last round of the 2015 European Tour Qualifying School, to take the 25th and final card. His best finish as a rookie was T18 at the Fiji International, and he ended the season 180th on the Race to Dubai rankings. [6]

He spent 2017 on the Alps Tour where he recorded his first professional victory at the 25th Gösser Open. He finished 6th in the Order of Merit to earn promotion to the 2018 Challenge Tour, where his best finish was T14 in the 56th Open de Portugal. He came close to defend his title at the Gösser Open in 2018, finishing runner-up 3 strokes behind winner Santiago Tarrío, but he won the event again in 2020. [2]

In 2020 he made 7 cuts in 7 starts on the Challenge Tour, which only had 11 events due to the pandemic. He recorded a top-10 finish at the Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz, and finished the season 40th in the rankings. [2]

Nemecz finished 10th on the Road to Mallorca Rankings in 2021 to earn a return to the European Tour for 2022, after he recorded runner-up finishes at the Italian Challenge, the German Challenge, and the Hopps Open de Provence, where he lost a playoff to Alfie Plant of England. [2]

He got off to a strong start on his return the European Tour, with a T3 at the 2022 Ras Al Khaimah Championship, [7] and finished 84th in the season rankings to keep his card. He reached an Official World Golf Ranking of 224th during the year.

Amateur wins

Source: [8]

Professional wins (3)

Alps Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
120 May 2017 Gösser Open−15 (64-69-68=201)2 strokes Flag of France.svg Ugo Coussaud
227 Mar 2019 Dreamland Pyramids Open−12 (68-66-70=204)3 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Lipparelli
315 Aug 2020 Gösser Open (2)−17 (65-68-66=199)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Thomas Elissalde, Flag of France.svg Sebastien Gandon,
Flag of Spain.svg Jordi García del Moral, Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Kopp

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2021 Hopps Open de Provence Flag of England.svg Alfie Plant, Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schneider Plant won with birdie on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Lukas Nemecz: "Die LIV-Tour bringt den Golfsport aus der Balance"" (in German). Kleine Zeitung. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Player Profile Lukas Nemecz". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Lukas Nemecz". Today's Golfer. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "2010 Lyoness Open". World Amateur Golf Rankings. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "2011 European Nations". World Amateur Golf Rankings. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "The comeback kids - look who's back on Tour". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Hojgaard recovers to win in Ras al-Khaimah". SuperSport. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Lukas Nemecz". World Amateur Golf Rankings. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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