Guðmundur Kristjánsson (golfer)
| Guðmundur Kristjánsson | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Guðmundur Ágúst Kristjánsson |
| Born | 7 October 1992 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Sporting nationality |  Iceland |
| Residence | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Career | |
| College | East Tennessee State University |
| Turned professional | 2016 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League |
| Professional wins | 3 |
Guðmundur Ágúst Kristjánsson (born 7 October 1992) is an Icelandic professional golfer and European Tour player.[1]
Early life and amateur career
[edit]Kristjánsson grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland. He won the Icelandic Junior Matchplay Championship in 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009, and in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010 he won the Icelandic Junior Strokeplay Championship.[2]
He played his first event abroad in 2007 when he was 14, and three years later he won the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy at Royal St George's Golf Club in England.[3]
Kristjánsson attended college at East Tennessee State University between 2012 and 2016, and played golf with the East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's golf team.[2] He roomed with Adrian Meronk and won multiple times, and represented the school in the NCAA National Championship. He turned professional after graduating with a degree in Physics in 2016.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Kristjánsson joined the Nordic Golf League in 2017. In 2019 he won three events and earned promotion to the Challenge Tour.[4][1]
In his rookie year on the Challenge Tour, he finished fifth at the Northern Ireland Open, and became the highest ranked Icelandic golfer on the Official World Golf Ranking, as he overtook Haraldur Magnús.[5]
In 2022, he tied for 3rd at the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge.[6] He also came through the European Tour Qualifying School to earn a spot on the European Tour for 2023.[1]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2005 Icelandic Junior Strokeplay Championship, Icelandic Junior Matchplay Championship
- 2006 Icelandic Junior Strokeplay Championship
- 2007 Icelandic Junior Matchplay Championship
- 2008 Icelandic Junior Strokeplay Championship, Icelandic Junior Matchplay Championship
- 2009 Icelandic Junior Matchplay Championship
- 2010 Icelandic Junior Strokeplay Championship, Duke of York Young Champions Trophy
- 2013 Icelandic Matchplay Championship
- 2015 Seminole Intercollegiate
Source:[7]
Professional wins (3)
[edit]Nordic Golf League wins (3)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Feb 2019 | Mediter Real Estate Masters | −12 (64-70-66=200) | 3 strokes |  Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
|
| 2 | 15 Jun 2019 | PGA Championship | −9 (67-67-70=204) | Shared title with  Christian Bæch Christensen
| |
| 3 | 12 Jul 2019 | Svea Leasing Open | −16 (66-67-67=200) | 4 strokes |  Jonathan Ågren
|
*Christensen and Kristjánsson agreed to share the 2019 PGA Championship (NGL) after unsafe conditions caused play to halt after three holes of a playoff.
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Iceland): 2011, 2014
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Iceland): 2016
Source:[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Gudmundur Kristjansson player profile". European Tour. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Roster: Gudmundur Kristjansson". East Tennessee State Athletics. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Q&A: Guðmundur Kristjánsson". European Tour. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Elvar, Sigurður (12 July 2019). "Guðmundur Ágúst sigraði og tryggði sér keppnisrétt á Áskorendamótaröðinni" [Guðmundur Ágúst won and secured the right to compete in the Challenge Tour] (in Icelandic). Golf Iceland. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
Þetta var þriðji sigur hans á mótaröðinni á þessu tímabili og tryggði hann sér keppnisrétt á Áskorendamótaröðinni út þetta tímabil og á því næsta.
[It was his third Tour victory this season and he secured the right to compete on the Challenge Tour for the rest of this season and the next.] - ^ "Guðmundur Ágúst upp um 95 sæti á heimslista atvinnukylfinga" (in Icelandic). Golfsamband Íslands. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "John Murphy finishes in tie for third in Finland". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Gudmundur Agust Kristjansson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Guðmundur Kristjánsson at the European Tour official site
- Guðmundur Kristjánsson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site