Oliver Lindell

Oliver Lindell
Personal information
Born (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 (age 26)
Porvoo, Finland
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationality Finland
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Danish Golf Tour
Finnish Tour
Professional wins4
Achievements and awards
Finnish Junior Golfer of the Year2013, 2014, 2015
Danish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner		2016

Oliver Lindell (born 29 September 1998) is a Finnish professional golfer and European Tour player.[1]

Amateur career

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]

Professional career

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]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

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 Sweden Niclas Hellberg
2 6 May 2016 Kitchen Joy Championship −13 (66-68-69=203) 2 strokes Denmark Nicolaj Norman Hansen
3 18 Jun 2016 NorthSide Charity Challenge −18 (62-64-72=198) 1 stroke Finland Linus Väisänen

Finnish Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 2 Aug 2020 Finnish Tour IV −10 (66-70-67=203) 2 strokes Finland Alex Hietala

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ^ "Oliver Lindell Bio". European Tour. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ Sundén, Fredrika (15 February 2016). "Borgågolfaren Oliver Lindell är årets pojkjunior" [Porvoo golfer Oliver Lindell is this year's boys' junior]. YLE (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ^ Eklöv, Magnus (25 April 2017). "Oliver Lindell, vår nästa spelare på Europatouren?" [Oliver Lindell, our next player on the European Tour?]. YLE (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ^ Grönroos, Mikael (10 October 2016). "Oliver Lindell etta på Eccotour" [Oliver Lindell number one on Eccotour]. Borgåbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  5. ^ Backman, Sebastian. "18-åriga Borgålöftet Lindell slog hole-in-one och vann bil värd över 60 000 euro" [18-year-old Porvoo promise Lindell hit a hole-in-one and won a car worth over 60,000 euros]. YLE (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  6. ^ Åhman, Michael. "19-årig finländare klippte till med 59 slag!" [19-year-old Finn clipped with 59 strokes!]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  7. ^ "New season, new faces - Meet some of the rookies at the BMW Australian PGA Championship". European Tour. Retrieved 4 December 2024.