Ondřej Lieser

Ondřej Lieser (born 12 August 1991) is a Czech professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.[1]

Ondřej Lieser
Personal information
Born (1991-08-12) 12 August 1991
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationality Czech Republic
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Other7
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner		2020

In 2020 he became the first golfer from the Czech Republic to win on the Challenge Tour with victory at the Andalucía Challenge de España,[2] and the first Czech golfer to gain a full playing card on the European Tour.[3]

He represented the Czech Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics tournament but finished at the last place.[4]

Amateur career

Lieser represented the Czech Republic at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy.[5]

Professional career

Lieser turned professional after the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy and made his professional debut at the D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour in October 2012, were he earned his first pay check after finishing tied 33rd.

Lieser played on the Pro Golf Tour where he won the Zell am See – Kaprun Open in 2018[6] and the Polish Open in 2019.[7] He finished fifth on the 2019 Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit and earned a Challenge Tour card for 2020.[8]

In 2020, Lieser finished tied for fourth place at the Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil in October before winning the Andalucía Challenge de España in Cadiz in November, two strokes ahead of Richard Mansell.[9] With the victory, Lieser moved into sixth place on the Order of Merit and secured his spot in the season-ending Challenge Tour Grand Final.[2] Lieser went on to win the Grand Final and by doing so; claimed the Order of Merit title, becoming the first Czech player to do so.[10]

Professional wins (9)

Challenge Tour wins (2)
Legend
Grand Finals (1)
Other Challenge Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 8 Nov 2020 Andalucía Challenge de España −10 (74-70-67-67=278) 2 strokes England Richard Mansell
2 22 Nov 2020 Challenge Tour Grand Final −11 (70-69-66-68=273) 1 stroke Sweden Christofer Blomstrand, Germany Alexander Knappe,
Spain Santiago Tarrío

Pro Golf Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 20 Jul 2018 Zell am See – Kaprun Open −17 (66-64-69=199) Playoff Scotland Craig Howie
2 27 Jun 2019 Polish Open −19 (61-66-64=191) 7 strokes France Félix Mory

Czech PGA Tour wins (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 4 Sep 2016 Beroun Czech Open −6 (72-70-69-71=282) Playoff England Luke Groves
2 30 Sep 2018 Repromeda Cup −18 (68-63-67=198) 6 strokes Czech Republic Filip Mrůzek
3 9 Jun 2019 Czech PGA Matchplay Championship 5 and 4 United States Gregg LaVoie
4 6 Oct 2019 Portiva Golf Trophy −11 (68-67-70=205) 1 stroke Czech Republic Stanislav Matuš

Other wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 15 Sep 2020 Penati Slovak Open −8 (71-67=138) 4 strokes Czech Republic Štěpán Daněk, Slovakia Pavol Mach (a),
Czech Republic Michal Pospíšil, Czech Republic Filip Raza

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Ondrej Lieser Career record". European Tour. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. "Lieser becomes first Czech winner with Challenge de España victory". European Tour. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. Paggio, Ivan (12 November 2020). "Ondřej Lieser – Česko má prvního hráče na European Tour" [Czechia has the first player on European Tour]. Golf.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. Ondřej Lieser at Olympedia
  5. "2012 Eisenhower Storylines". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "2018 Zell am See- Kaprun Open". OWGR. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. "2019 Polish Open". OWGR. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. "Order of Merit 2019". PGA of Germany. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  9. "2020 Andalucía Challenge de España". European Tour. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. Keogh, Brian. "Double joy as Lieser wins Road to Mallorca Rankings". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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