Tim Widing

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Tim Widing
Personal information
Full nameTim Alexander Widing
Born (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 26)
Jönköping, Sweden
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight168 lb (76 kg)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence San Luis Obispo, California
SpouseJazmine
Career
College University of San Francisco
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2024
U.S. Open T41: 2024
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
University of San Francisco
Male Athlete of the Year		2020

Tim Widing (born 14 July 1997) is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he won two tournaments in a row in April 2024. [1]

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Amateur career

Widing grew up in Jönköping, where he played for the A6 Golf Club since he was 13 years old. He had success as a junior and won several titles on the Teen Tour and in the Junior Masters Invitational series. [2]

He appeared for the Swedish national team at the 2015 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan where his team secured the silver, behind the host nation. He also was part of Swedish the team earning the silver medal at the European Boys' Team Championship in 2015 behind Italy, and again in 2016, this time behind Germany. [3] He was a member of the Continental European Team in the 2015 Jacques Léglise Trophy contested against Great Britain and Ireland. [4]

Widing accepted a scholarship to University of San Francisco and played with the San Francisco Dons golf team 2016–2021. He won three individual titles, and became only the second male student-athlete in USF history to earn first-team all-conference honors four times. As a senior, he was named All-American and crowned USF Male Athlete of the Year. He graduated with a degree in International business, and due to Q-School cancellation because of COVID, stayed on a fifth year to do a graduate degree in sports management. [5]

Widing lost a playoff to Angus Flanagan in the Collegiate Showcase at the 2021 Genesis Invitational to lose out on a spot in field and his first PGA Tour start, but was later offered a sponsor's exemption after Andy Ogletree withdrew due to injury. [6]

Professional career

Widing turned professional in June 2021 and made seven starts on the European Challenge Tour over the summer. In his fourth start, he led the Euram Bank Open ahead the final round, [7] but a bout of food poisoning following a bad pasta carbonara forced him to drop out of the tournament. [8] [9] A few weeks later, he also led the Made in Esbjerg Challenge after a five-under-par opening round of 66. [10]

Widing joined the 2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica after he finished second at the Q-School at Estrella del Mar in Mexico. [11] His best finish was a tie for fifth at the Abierto del Centro, and he finished 33rd in the rankings to keep his status. In February, he won the Storyi Temecula Open on the Golden State Tour, and in December he finished solo third at the Argentina Classic. [12]

Widing joined the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour after he finished tied 29th in the Final Stage of Q-School at the Landings Club in Savannah, Georgia. [13] He recorded a career-low 54-hole score of 198 to hold a one stroke lead going into the final round of the Compliance Solutions Championship in Norman, Oklahoma, eventually finishing in a tie for 4th. [14]

In April 2024, Widing won his first Korn Ferry Tour title at the LECOM Suncoast Classic at Lakewood National Golf Club in Florida, prevailing in a three-man playoff. [15] The week after he won again, with a tour record, in relation to par, score of 31-under-par 253, at the Veritex Bank Championship at Texas Rangers GC, Arlington, Texas. With 33 birdies in the 72-hole tournament, he also reached a new record in the 34-year-history of the tour. With his two victories, Widing took a big lead on the points list, giving him a chance of earning PGA Tour playing rights. [16] [17]

Widing's Korn Ferry Tour wins earned him a special exemption into the 2024 PGA Championship, taking place the following month, his first major championship participation. [18]

Amateur wins

Source: [2] [19]

Professional wins (4)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
121 Apr 2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic −20 (67-64-67-66=264)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Cover, Flag of the United States.svg Steven Fisk
228 Apr 2024 Veritex Bank Championship −31 (62-63-65-63=253)4 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Myles Creighton

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Cover, Flag of the United States.svg Steven Fisk Won with par on second extra hole
Cover eliminated by par on first hole

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open T41
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [19] [20]

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  4. ↑ "European Team Championships". EGA. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Men's Golf Roster: Tim Widing". University of San Francisco Athletics. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Todd (19 February 2021). "College golfer gets Genesis sponsor invite after six-hour drive home, so he drives right back". Golfweek. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Widing battles through the conditions to lead the way after round three is yet to be concluded". PGA European Tour. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Hardenberger, Martin (18 July 2021). "Mardrömmen: Svensk ledde på Challengetouren – då satte en Carbonara stopp" [The nightmare: Swede led on the Challenge Tour - then a Carbonara put an end to it] (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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  12. 1 2 "Storyi Temecula Open". Golden State Tour. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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  14. ↑ "Rookie Tim Widing takes one-shot lead at Compliance Solutions Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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