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David Lingmerth
Personal information
Born (1987-07-22) 22 July 1987 (age 37)
Tranås, Sweden
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidencePonte Vedra Beach, Florida
SpouseMegan Lingmerth
Career
CollegeUniversity of West Florida
University of Arkansas
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
(past champion status)
European Tour
Former tour(s)Web.com Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking35 (31 January 2016)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2016
PGA ChampionshipT12: 2015
U.S. Open12th: 2016
The Open ChampionshipT74: 2015

David Lingmerth (born 22 July 1987) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Early life

Lingmerth was born and grew up in Tranås in the province of Småland, Sweden, and is son of Thomas and Birgitta Lingmerth. He began playing golf at the local club, Tranås Golf Club, which he has represented through his career.

Lingmerth won his age level category (15) at the unofficial Swedish Youth Championship, Bankboken Cup, at Falun-Borlänge Golf Club, one stroke ahead of Henrik Norlander, who also came to be a PGA Tour player.[2][3][4]

Amateur career

In January 2008, Lingmerth won the 2007 edition of the Dixie Amateur Championship at Palm Aire Country Club in Sarasota, Florida, beating, among others, future professional world number one Brooks Koepka, who finished 11 strokes behind Lingmerth.

Lingmerth represented Sweden twice at the European Amateur Team Championship. On home soil at Österåker Golf Club in Stockholm 2010, with Henrik Norlander among Lingmerths teammates, the Swedish team earned a silver medal.

Lingmerth played college golf at the University of West Florida (one year) and the University of Arkansas (three years) where he was a two-time All-American. He won one event at West Florida and another at Arkansas.[5][6]

Lingmerth's best ranking on the World Amateur Golf Ranking was 7th.[7]

In June 2010, Lingmerth finished college and turned professional.

Professional career

In the fall of 2010, Lingmerth went through all stages of the PGA Tour Qualifying school, and finished T59th to earn a place on the Nationwide Tour (later known as the Korn Ferry Tour).[8]

Lingmerth thus played on the Nationwide Tour during the 2011 season. He had some success with two third-place finishes and five top-10s but missed out on earning his PGA Tour card by two spots on the season-ending money list, finishing 27th; the top 25 advanced to the PGA Tour. He also played the PGA Tour Qualifying school again in a move to try and earn playing privileges, but finished way down the field outside the top 100.

Lingmerth continued on the Web.com Tour in 2012 and after losing a playoff earlier in the year, he won his first title on the tour at the Neediest Kids Championship in October, finishing a stroke ahead of Casey Wittenberg.[9] Lingmerth ended the season ranked 10th on the money list, which earned him his PGA Tour card for the 2013 season.

In only his second career start on the PGA Tour, Lingmerth finished as a joint runner-up at the Humana Challenge after losing in a three-man playoff. He shot a 10-under-par round of 62 in the final round to get into the playoff alongside Brian Gay and Charles Howell III. He was eliminated at the first extra hole after finding the water with his second shot to the par-5 18th hole. Lingmerth also led the 2013 Players Championship in the third round, finishing T2, two strokes behind Tiger Woods. He finished his rookie season in 75th place, to retain his card for 2014.

In 2014 however, he finished the season in 134th place, resulting in a visit to the Web.com Tour Finals. There he finished in 8th place,[10] earning a return to the PGA Tour.

Lingmerth earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2015 Memorial Tournament. At the 2015 Quicken Loans National, Lingmerth finished solo third with a final round 69, four shots behind the winner, Troy Merritt.

In January 2016, Lingmerth lost in a sudden-death playoff to Jason Dufner at the CareerBuilder Challenge. This was the second time that Lingmerth had lost in a playoff at the event, following his runner up finish to Brian Gay in 2013. He lost on the second extra hole after hooking his second shot into the water at the 18th and had earlier had a putt for the victory from 20 feet on the first playoff hole. Despite this, the result moved Lingmerth into the top 50 in the world rankings.

In August 2016, Lingmerth was one of two golfers representing Sweden (Henrik Stenson was the other) at the men's individual event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the first Olympic golf tournament since 1904. Lingmerth finished tied 11th, with a score 6 under par, while Stenson earned the silver medal.

In November 2016, Lingmerth represented Sweden, together with Alex Norén, at the World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. The Swedish team finish in fifth place, one stroke from second place.

Personal life

His uncle, Göran Lingmerth, has played for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

Amateur wins

  • 2005 FSB Tour Elite Boys #4[11]
  • 2007 Dixie Amateur[12]

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 7 Jun 2015 Memorial Tournament −15 (67-65-72-69=273) Playoff England Justin Rose

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2013 Humana Challenge United States Brian Gay, United States Charles Howell III Gay won with birdie on second extra hole
Lingmerth eliminated with birdie on first hole
2 2015 Memorial Tournament England Justin Rose Won with par on third extra hole
3 2016 CareerBuilder Challenge United States Jason Dufner Lost to par on second extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 7 Oct 2012 Neediest Kids Championship −8 (66-66-74-66=272) 1 stroke United States Casey Wittenberg

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2012 United Leasing Championship United States Peter Tomasulo Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T17 12 T21
The Open Championship T74 CUT
PGA Championship CUT T12 T22 T63
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
The Players Championship T2 CUT CUT T72 CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2015 2016
Championship T49
Match Play T51
Invitational T6 T7
Champions T72
  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 05 2016 Ending 31 Jan 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Tävling, Bankboken Cup, Goda Grannar" [Competition, Bankboken Cup, Good Neighbors]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 2002. pp. 116–118.
  3. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 227. ISBN 91-86818007.
  4. ^ "Skandia Cup Results 2001–2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  5. ^ "2009–10 Arkansas Golf Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  6. ^ "2011–12 Arkansas Men's Golf Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  7. ^ "David Lingmerth". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ^ http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/scoring/profile/34409
  9. ^ "David Lingmerth wins Web.com event". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  10. ^ "WCT Finals (Excludes Top 25)". PGA Tour. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Results FSB Tour Elite Boys No. 4". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Dixie Amateur – Past Champions". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  13. ^ "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association.
  14. ^ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
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