Mikael Lindberg

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Mikael Lindberg
Personal information
Full nameMikael Johan Lindberg
Born (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 31)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Challenge Tour2
Other6
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2020
Nordic Golf League
Order of Merit winner
2020

Mikael Johan Lindberg (born 12 January 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer and European Tour player. He won the 2022 Indoor Golf Group Challenge.

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Professional career

Lindberg turned professional in 2013 and joined the Nordic Golf League. He recorded his maiden professional victory at the 2016 Trummenäs Open. In 2019 he won the Tour Final in Estonia.

His breakthrough season was 2020 when he won 4 tournaments and topped the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit, to graduate to the Challenge Tour. [1]

On the Challenge Tour he was in contention in his second start, finishing tied for third at the 2021 Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open, one stroke behind J. C. Ritchie and Jacques Blaauw. The finish propelled him to 250th on the Official World Golf Ranking. [2]

In 2022, Lindberg finished third at the Challenge de España, before shooting a closing five under par round of 66 to win the Indoor Golf Group Challenge three strokes ahead of Denmark's Nicolai Tinning, Englishman Steven Tiley and France's Robin Sciot-Siegrist. [3] [4] The following week he was runner-up at the B-NL Challenge Trophy, one stroke behind Alexander Knappe.

Lindberg finished 5th in the 2022 Challenge Tour rankings to graduate to the European Tour for 2023. [5]

Amateur wins

Source: [6]

Professional wins (8)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
128 Aug 2022 Indoor Golf Group Challenge −17 (68-62-66=196)*3 strokes Flag of France.svg Robin Sciot-Siegrist, Flag of England.svg Steven Tiley,
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Tinning
211 Feb 2024 Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open 1−16 (70-70-65-67=272)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Ryan van Velzen

*Note: The 2022 Indoor Golf Group Challenge was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2024 Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open Flag of South Africa.svg Ryan van Velzen Won with birdie on second extra hole

Nordic Golf League wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
128 May 2016 Trummenäs Open−10 (69-68-69=206)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Oliver Lindell
212 Oct 2019 Tour Final −18 (62-66-70=198)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hellgren, Flag of Denmark.svg Niklas Nørgaard
31 Mar 2020 Lumine Lakes Open−10 (69-66-68=203)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Per Längfors
47 Aug 2020Thisted Forsikring Championship−13 (64-67=131)2 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Huldahl, Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Kjettrup (a),
Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Ruuska
528 Sep 2020Ledreborg Palace Golf Masters−16 (67-65-68=200)3 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Ruuska, Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Wilbertsson

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
124 Jul 2020 Stockholm Trophy−7 (71-66-66=203)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Charlie Lindh

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References

  1. "GolfBox Nordic Golf League Ranking 2020". Nordic Golf League. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. "Mikael Lindberg Player Profile". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. "Uppdatering från Mikael Lindberg inför IGG Challenge" (in Swedish). Indoor Golf Group. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. "Lindberg claims maiden victory in Sweden". European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. "Clinical Kimsey claims Rolex Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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