Lars Pontus Nyholm (born 10 February 1998) is a

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professional golfer. He joined the

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in 2022 and was runner-up at the

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. As an amateur, he was part of the European team winning the 2016

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and the Swedish team winning the

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. He played in the

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Amateur career

Nyholm grew up in

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, where his father is a superintendent at the local golf course, and his father took him golfing as soon as he could walk. His swing coach is Kasper Hedblom, son of three-time European Tour winner

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. As a junior, Nyholm won the 2015 Order of Merit on the Skandia Tour, an under-21 circuit in Sweden, and was runner-up in the 2015 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship. In 2016, he won the tournament, and advanced to the round of 16 in the

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. Nyholm appeared for the National Team at the

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in Japan and

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in 2016, and was a member of the winning Continental European Team in the

against Great Britain and Ireland. He was part of the Swedish team, together with Albin Bergström,

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, Christoffer Pålsson,

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and

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, winning the

. He defeated

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as Sweden triumphed over England in the final. Nyholm accepted a scholarship to

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and played with the

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golf team 2017–2021. He was 2018

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Freshman of the Year and qualified individually for the

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. In 2021, he was Golfer of the Year after three first-place finishes and leading Campbell to a second-straight league title while rating first in stroke average (70.08). He graduated in May 2021 as a business administration major, with the most top-10 individual finishes (21) and the lowest career stroke average (71.17) in school history. He was rated as high as No. 13 by Golfstat, No. 15 in PGA Tour University and No. 46 in

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. Nyholm earned a sponsor's exemption to

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on the

where he made the cut. He crowned his college career with a selection to play in the

with the international team.

Professional career

Nyholm turned professional after the

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in July 2021. He made a few starts on the

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where he was tied 6th at the

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and tied 7th at the British Challenge. He joined the 2022

after finishing tied 29th at the Final Stage of Q-School. In his rookie season, Nyholm was runner-up at the

after matching the 18-hole tournament scoring record with a 9-under 62, totaling a 20-under 264 to finish two shots behind the champion. He finished 50th in the season rankings. In 2023, Nyholm held or shared the lead ahead of the final round twice, at the

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where he finished tied 18th, and the

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where he finished tied 5th.

Amateur wins

*2016 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship *2019 Intercollegiate at Innisbrook *2020 Golfweek True Blue Amateur *2021 Southern Invitational, Golfweek Spring Invitational, Stitch Intercollegiate Source:

Professional wins (2)

Swedish Future Series wins (2)

Sources:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2016 *

(representing Continental Europe): 2016 (winners) *

(representing Sweden): 2016 *

(representing Sweden):

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(winners),

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(representing the International Team):

Source:

References

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