David Andreas Nyfjäll (born 26 January 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer. As an amateur, he was part of the teams winning the 2017 Jacques Léglise Trophy, the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship and the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup.[1]
| David Nyfjäll | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | David Andreas Nyfjäll | ||||
| Born | 26 January 1999 Uppsala, Sweden | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | Northwestern University | ||||
| Turned professional | 2023 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2023 | ||||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Amateur career
editNyfjäll won his first international title at the 2013 Finnish Junior International Championship and was a semi-finalist at the 2016 Boys Amateur Championship at Muirfield in Scotland. In 2017, he finished 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.
Nyfjäll 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. Nyfjäll won the bronze at the 2020 event in the Netherlands together with Gustav Andersson, Albin Bergström and Vincent Norrman.[3]
He played in the 2019 Scandinavian Invitation on the European Tour and made the cut.[4]
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.[5][6]
College career
editNyfjäll accepted a scholarship to Northwestern University and played with the Northwestern Wildcats men's golf team between 2018 and 2023. He was named 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.[7][8] He helped secure the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup for the international team.
In 2022, Nyfjäll won the Big Ten Championship, the only golfer in the 72-man field to finish the weekend under par, becoming Northwestern's first medalist at the event since David Lipsky in 2010.[9]
As a graduating senior, Nyfjäll won the 2023 Byron Nelson Award from the Golf Coaches Association of America, earning him a start at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson.[10]
Professional career
editNyfjäll turned professional mid-2023 after he earned a spot in the 2023 U.S. Open at the qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, and made his professional debut at the U.S Open at Los Angeles Country Club, where he missed the cut after rounds of 73 and 74.[11] He spent the rest of the season on the Challenge Tour, where his best finish was a tie for 6th at the Indoor Golf Group Challenge.
Amateur wins
edit- 2013 Finnish Junior International Championship Boys 14, Skandia Tour Regional #3 Gästrike-Hälsinge
- 2014 Skandia Cup Riksfinal P15
- 2015 Vassunda Junior Open
- 2016 Callaway Cup
- 2017 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship, Viksjö Junior Open, Salem Junior Open, Junior Masters Invitational - Final
- 2018 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship, Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship, GolfTech Tour 1, Chatham Hills Collegiate, UNCG Grandover Collegiate
- 2021 GCAA Summers Series - Indiana
- 2022 Big Ten Championship
Results in major championships
edit| Tournament | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | |
| U.S. Open | CUT |
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2017 (winners)
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2017
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2018, 2019 (winners), 2020, 2021, 2022
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International Team): 2019 (winners)
Source:[2]
References
edit- ^ "Player Profile David Nyfjäll". European Tour. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "David Nyfjall". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "European Team Championships". EGA. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ a b "David Nyfjäll". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Men's Golf Roster: David Nyfjall". Northwestern Athletics. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Men's Golf: David Nyfjäll wins first career Big Ten Golfer of the Week honor". The Daily Northwestern. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Nyfjäll Wins 2022 Big Ten Golf Championship". Northwestern Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "The First Look: The CJ Cup Byron Nelson". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Uppsalagolfarens succé – får göra proffsdebut i major" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
External links
edit- David Nyfjäll at the European Tour official site
- David Nyfjäll at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- David Nyfjäll at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)