Niklas Lemke

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Niklas Lemke
Personal information
Full nameKarl Niklas Lemke
Born (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 (age 40)
Linköping, Sweden
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Gothenburg, Sweden
Career
College Arizona State University
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Gateway Tour
Professional wins4

Karl Niklas Lemke (born 23 April 1984) is a Swedish professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour. He has formerly played on the Challenge Tour and the Web.com Tour in the United States.

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Early life

Lemke was born in Linköping, Sweden, son of golf professional Bertil Lemke, who himself competeted in seven European Tour tournaments on home soil, the 1976−1982 Scandinavian Enterprise Open, as well as met Seve Ballesteros and Jim Dent in a driving competition on Saturday evening of the tournament week at the 1977 event in Stockholm, Sweden. [1] [2]

Amateur career

In 2002, Niklas Lemke won the Swedish Junior Match-play Championship at Hooks Golf Club, at the time representing Linköping Golf Club. [3] He later came to represent Öijared Golf Club, situated east of Gothenburg, Sweden.

He represented Sweden at European Amateur championships in all age levels. He also represented Sweden twice at the Eisenhower Trophy, first time only 18 years old.

As an Arizona State University alum, Lemke's 2007 stroke average of 70.03 is the third best in the school's history, behind Paul Casey (69.87, 1999–2000) and Phil Mickelson (69.95, 1991–1992).

Professional career

Lemke turned professional in 2007. In 2011, he had his best finish so far in a European Tour event, third at the Nordea Masters at Bro Hof Slott GC, Stockholm, Sweden, earning €93,900. [4]

He has twice won the Swedish PGA Championship, in 2012 and in 2017, both times played at PGA Sweden National in Bara, outside Malmö, Sweden.

Lemke earned his European Tour card for 2019 with a sixth place finish at the 2018 Qualifying School Final Stage. In 2019, he played 25 tournaments on the European Tour, making 15 cuts and three top-10s, finishing 118th on the Race to Dubai, with €299,187 in prize money, just missing out automatic qualifying for next season. Anyway, he finished in a tie for the final card the following year in his eleventh try at the European Tour Qualifying School in November 2019. [5]

On 8 March 2020, Lemke finished tied 3rd at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar, one stroke from a playoff, after a finishing 6-under-par 65 round, despite two over par on his last four holes. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [7]

Professional wins (4)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
128 Apr 2012 PEAB PGA Grand Opening −7 (70-68-71=209)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus A. Carlsson
226 May 2017 Star for Life PGA Championship (2)−12 (70-63-71=204)Playoff Flag of Iceland.svg Haraldur Magnús, Flag of Sweden.svg Christopher Feldborg Nielsen
314 Oct 2017 SGT Tourfinal Kristianstad Åhus Open −5 (71-69-71=211)Playoff Flag of Iceland.svg Axel Bóasson

Gateway Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
110 Jan 2008 Desert Winter 1−9 (67-72-68=207)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Justin Lee

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources: [3] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Niklas Lemke (in Swedish) Hills Golf & Sports Club
  2. ↑ Alla siffror från SEO (in Swedish) Svensk Golf magazine 6/1977, p 15
  3. 1 2 Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180, 201, 210. ISBN   91-86818007.
  4. ↑ "Results - Nordea Masters 2011". European Tour. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Niklas Lemke". European Tour. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Qatar Masters 2020, leaderboard European Tour
  7. ↑ "Niklas Lemke". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association.
  9. ↑ "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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