Mikael Sorling

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Mikael Sorling
Personal information
Full nameNils Mikael Leslie Sorling
Born (1953-03-08) 8 March 1953 (age 71)
Malmö, Sweden
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Limhamn, Sweden
Children3
Career
Turned professional1979
Former tour(s) Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins5
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golfer of the Year 1977, 1978

Nils Mikael Leslie Sorling (born 8 March 1953) is a retired Swedish professional golfer and golf administrator. He won six Scandinavian titles as an amateur and was awarded Swedish Golfer of the Year in 1977 and 1978. [1]

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Early life

Sorling grew up in Västerås in Västmanland, Sweden, as the oldest of two sons to his father Leslie, who was a dentist, and mother Margareta Sorling.

At four years of age, he first tried golf at Halmstad Golf Club, close to his family's summer house in Tylösand in the province of Halland in the south-west of Sweden. He continued to learn the game at Västerås Golf Club. During nine years in the 1970s, Sorlings father was chairman of the club and initiator of the development of the course, later earning him honorary membership of the club. [2]

Amateur career

Sorling was part of the Swedish teams capturing the silver medals at the European Youths' Team Championships in 1972 and 1973. In 1976 and 1977, Sorling was part of the three-man team representing Västerås Golf Club, winning the Swedish national amateur team championship. He again represented Sweden at the 1977 and 1979 European Amateur Team Championship. The Swedish team earned the silver medal in 1977.

Sorling is the only male player to have achieved the "Swedish amateur slam" by winning all three, at the time, major amateur tournaments in Sweden in the same year. In the summer of 1977, he won the Scandinavian Match-play, the Swedish Match-play and the Swedish International Stroke-play Championships within three months.

He also represented Sweden at the Eisenhower Trophy in 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1976 at Penina GC in Algarve, Portugal and 1978 in Fiji. In 1978, the Swedish team finished an all-time best 5th and Sorling was best European individual scorer with a finish of tied 9th. [1]

He made five starts in the Scandinavian Enterprise Open on the European Tour between 1976 and 1982 and finished as best home player, tied 34th, in 1979. [3]

In 1977, 1978 and 1979, Sorling was ranked as the best male amateur golfer in Sweden by Svensk Golf, the official magazine of the Swedish Golf federation. [4]

Professional career

From the position as one of the best amateur golfers in his country, Sorling turned professional in late 1979, with some intentions to join the pro tours, but soon enjoyed too much serving as a club professional at Halmstad Golf Club and skipped his international playing ambitions. [5] However, he proved his playing skills by winning the Swedish PGA Club Pro Championship four years in a row 1986−1989. The first year, in 1986, as chairman of the PGA of Sweden tournament committee and winner of the championship at the same time, he was replaced as giver of the trophy at the prize ceremony. [6]

Affiliations

Sorling was a member of the board of the PGA of Sweden 1982-1989 and 1996. He has been a member of the board of the Swedish Golf Tour and the board of PGA Sweden Events. [7]

Sorling served as general manager at PGA of Sweden for 22 years from 1997 until his retirement in 2019. [8] He has also been a member of the Ryder Cup board, Chairman of the Ryder Cup European Development Trust, and Vice President of PGAs of Europe. [9] Sorling championed construction of the PGA Sweden National championship golf course, near Malmö. [10]

Private life

Since January 1976, during the most successful part of his amateur career, Sorling lived in Malmö and worked as a salesman of Power-Built and Burton golf equipment, from previously has been combining elite golf with work at a bank in Västerås.

Awards and honors

Source: [11] [12] [13]

Amateur wins

Source: [1]

Professional wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner-upWinner's share (SEK)
111 Oct 1986Sweden PGA Club Pro Championship BMW Open−2 (71-70-73=214)6 strokes Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Halim18,000
210 Oct 1987Sweden PGA Club Pro Championship BMW Open+8 (77-74-73=224)1 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Hamblett22,500
330 Sep 1988Sweden PGA Club Pro Championship BMW OpenE (73-74-69=216)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Toni Lundahl22,500
429 Sep 1989Sweden PGA Club Pro Championship BMW Open−1 (70-72-70=212)2 strokes Flag of England.svg David Nicholson22,500
52005Sweden PGA Club Pro Championship Senior Category

Sources: [14] [6] [15] [16] [17]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den Gröna Sporten [Golf - The green Sport] (in Swedish). p. 176, 182, 190, 196, 217, 219, 238. ISBN   9172603283.
  2. ↑ "Klubbens historia och ledarprofiler, Bevattning, nytt klubbhus mm" [History of the Club, Watering system, New Club house] (in Swedish). Västerås Golf Club. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mikael Sorling Career Record". European Tour. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Ohlson, Jörgen (December 1982). "Årets 10 bästa" [Top 10 of the Year]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 39.
  5. ↑ Nordlund, Anders (December 1979). "Sorling blir proffs!" [Sorling turns professional!]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 22. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  6. 1 2 "BMW Open, En gammal stjärna tändes på nytt, Nationellt, BMW Open, Instruktörsmästerskapet" [BMW Open, An old star shines again, National, BMW Open, Club Pro Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1986. pp. 52, 73.
  7. ↑ Nordin, Olof. "Han är spindeln i nätet för Sveriges största golfprojekt" [He is the coordinator for the biggest golf project in Sweden] (in Swedish). sga.golf.se via Yumpu.com. pp. 40–42. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Hampf blir ny PGA-chef" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Prestigefyllt uppdrag till Mikael Sorling" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ny stor golfanläggning i Bara". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 15 May 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 282.
  12. ↑ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 228–231. ISBN   9172603283.
  13. ↑ "Svenska Golfförbundet, Utmärkelser, Guldklubban, 2001-2010" [Swedish Golf Federation, Awards, The Golden Club, 2001-2010] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "PGA Club Pro Championship Winners". PGA of Sweden. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  15. ↑ Anderson, Jörgen (November 1987). "BMW Open, "Micke" offrade sin järnnia, Nationellt, BMW Open, Instruktörsmästerskapet" [BMW Open, "Micke" sacrificed his nine iron, National, BMW Open, Club Pro Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. pp. 88–89, 105.
  16. ↑ Grönberg, Claes (November 1988). "BMW Open, Sorlings "slagskott" gav tredje raka, BMW Open, Instruktörsmästerskapet" [BMW Open, Sorling's "slapshot" gave him a third in a row, BMW Open, Club Pro Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. p. 87.
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