| Oliver Lindell | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 29 September 1998 Porvoo, Finland | ||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  Finland | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 2016 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | European Tour | ||||
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League Danish Golf Tour Finnish Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Oliver Lindell (born 29 September 1998) is a Finnish professional golfer and European Tour player. [1]
Lindell was born in Porvoo, Finland, and represents Virvik Golf. He dominated junior golf in Finland, and was named Junior Golfer of the Year three years in a row. [2] He represented Finland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where he finished 5th.
In 2015, he won the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich. He also won the Master Promo Championship, a Nordic Golf League event held in Turku. [3]
Lindell turned professional ahead of the 2016 season and joined the Nordic Golf League. He won twice and finished second on the rankings behind Mark Haastrup, to earn promotion to the 2017 Challenge Tour. He topped the Danish Golf Tour rankings, and was also awarded Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year on that tour. [4]
Lindell played on the Challenge Tour from 2017 to 2024. In his rookie season, he recorded six top-10s, including a season best 4th place at Cordon Golf Open in France. In his first start of 2017, he made a hole-in-one at the Magical Kenya Open and won a car. [5] In the pro-am at the 2018 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge, he shot a 59. [6]
Lindell then recorded only five top-10s in the next six seasons, including a tie for 3rd at the Euram Bank Open, before enjoying a breakout season in 2024, where he finished second at the Danish Golf Challenge, D+D Real Czech Challenge and Hangzhou Open. He recorded eight consecutive top-10s and four consecutive top-5s on his way to finish 3rd in the rankings and earn promotion to the 2025 European Tour. [7]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Jul 2015 | Master Promo Championship (as an amateur) | −12 (69-65-70=204) | 3 strokes |  Niclas Hellberg |
| 2 | 6 May 2016 | Kitchen Joy Championship | −13 (66-68-69=203) | 2 strokes |  Nicolaj Norman Hansen |
| 3 | 18 Jun 2016 | NorthSide Charity Challenge | −18 (62-64-72=198) | 1 stroke | Linus Väisänen |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Aug 2020 | Finnish Tour IV | −10 (66-70-67=203) | 2 strokes | Alex Hietala |
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