David Nyfjäll

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David Nyfjäll
Personal information
Born (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 (age 23)
Uppsala, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceGreater Chicago area
Career
CollegeNorthwestern University
StatusAmateur
Achievements and awards
Big Ten Freshman of the Year2019

David Nyfjäll (born 26 January 1999) is a Swedish golfer. He won the 2017 Jacques Léglise Trophy, the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship and the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup.[1]

Amateur career[]

Nyfjäll won his first international title at the 2013 Finnish Junior International Championship and was a semifinalist at the 2016 Boys Amateur Championship at Muirfield in Scotland. In 2017, he was third at the German Boys Open, and in 2018 third at the Lytham Trophy.[2]

In 2018, Nyfjäll became the first male player to win both the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship and the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship in the same year. Jonas Blixt had previously won both tournaments, but not in the same season.

Nyholm appeared for the National Team at the European Boys' Team Championship in 2017, finishing fourth. He was a member of the winning Continental European Team in the 2017 Jacques Léglise Trophy against Great Britain and Ireland. He appeared in the European Amateur Team Championship four times and won the 2019 event at Ljunghusen Golf Club with Albin Bergström, Vincent Norrman, Christoffer Pålsson, Pontus Nyholm and Ludvig Åberg. Nyholm won the bronze at the 2020 event in the Netherlands together with Gustav Andersson, Albin Bergström and Vincent Norrman.[3]

Nyholm accepted a scholarship to Northwestern University and started playing with the Northwestern Wildcats men's golf team in 2018. He was awarded Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year after two individual titles and a 71.72 stroke average, the lowest average from any first-year in program history, including Luke Donald.[4][5]

He played in the 2019 Scandinavian Invitation on the European Tour and made the cut.[6]

Nyfjäll advanced to the round of 16 at the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club, after triumphing in a 12-man playoff for the last match play spot.[7][8]

Amateur wins[]

Sources:[2][6]

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Source:[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile David Nyfjäll". European Tour. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "David Nyfjall". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ "European Team Championships". EGA. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Men's Golf Roster: David Nyfjall". Northwestern Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Men's Golf: David Nyfjäll wins first career Big Ten Golfer of the Week honor". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "David Nyfjäll". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Greensburg native and No. 1 seed Mark Goetz falls as David Nyfjäll's Cinderella run continues — for now". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  8. ^ Melton, Zephyr (11 August 2021). "12 players for 1 spot?! Here's how a wild U.S. Amateur playoff unfolded". Golf.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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