David Nyfjäll

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
Personal information
Full nameDavid Andreas Nyfjäll
Born (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999
Uppsala, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceGreater Chicago area
Career
CollegeNorthwestern University
Turned professional2023
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2023
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Big Ten Freshman of the Year2019

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.

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]

Nyfjäll 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]

Nyfjäll won the 2022 Big Ten Championship by firing a 1-under 215 at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort. He was 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]

Professional career

Nyfjäll earned a spot in the 2023 U.S. Open at the qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, on 5 June and announced he would make his professional debut at the U.S. Open.[10]

Amateur wins

Sources:[2][6]

Results in major championships
Tournament 2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[2]

References
  1. "Player Profile David Nyfjäll". European Tour. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. "David Nyfjall". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  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. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. "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.
  9. "Nyfjäll Wins 2022 Big Ten Golf Championship". Northwestern Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  10. "Uppsalagolfarens succé – får göra proffsdebut i major" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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