Jan Sebastian Söderberg (born 19 September 1990) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career

Söderberg was born in

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in Småland, Sweden, but grew up playing golf at

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in Gothenburg on the west coast of the country. He won four junior tournaments in the Gothenburg area. He was part of the Swedish team winning the 2008

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at Bled Golf Club,

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. He also represented Sweden twice at the

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. Söderberg played college golf at

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in Conway, South Carolina from 2009 to 2013, where he won twice. His best World Amateur Golf Ranking was 51st.

Professional career

Söderberg turned professional in August 2013 and won twice on the

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the following month. In 2014, he played all three stages of the European Tour qualifying school, finishing 39th. This earned him membership of the Challenge Tour for 2015. Söderberg then played on the

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and

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in 2015. In 2016, he won the inaugural event of the

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season, the

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. In June 2016, through sectional qualifying in England, he qualified for his first major championship entry, the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in

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, were he missed the cut by two strokes. In a high quality field at the 2019

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in September at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Switzerland, on the European Tour, after shooting a 14-under 266 score over 72 holes, Söderberg found himself in a five-man playoff for the title. One of Söderberg's competitors were the newly crowned

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Champion Rory McIlroy, who made five birdies in his last seven holes to catch the leaders. On the first extra hole, the par 4 18th, Söderberg claimed the biggest title of his career with a good approach and an eight feet birdie putt, when McIlroy and

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, missed their birdie-putts from shorter distances. The win in Switzerland earned Söderberg a first prize of €416,000, an exemption through the end of the 2021 European Tour season and moved him to a career best 107th on the Official World Golf Ranking, advancing from 287th the week before. He finished the

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season 52nd on the

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rankings. In January 2020, Söderberg set a record for the

by playing the quickest round in the final round of the

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. Teeing off first with a local marker and his caddie, he decided to attempt it and shot a round of 75; a better score than 30 golfers who played at normal pace. Söderberg played in 96 minutes, beating the previous record of 119 minutes set by

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. In 2021, Söderberg finished tied second in two tournaments in Spain back to back. He was joint runner-up with

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at the 2021 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, 3 strokes behind

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. The following week he finished a stroke behind

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at the

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. He ended the season 61st in the Race to Dubai. Söderberg again came close to adding a second European Tour title at the 2022

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. He entered the final round six strokes off the lead but emerged from the chasing pack to set the clubhouse target at nine under. However,

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of Denmark produced a sensational eagle-birdie finish to deny him a second title, and he finished solo second.

Amateur wins

*2008 Carin Koch Junior Open (Gullbringa G&CC, Sweden) *2009 Chalmers Junior Open (Chalmers GC, Sweden), Carl Pettersson Hovås Junior Open (Göteborg GC, Sweden) *2010 Carl Pettersson Hovås Junior Open (Göteborg GC, Sweden) *2012 Furman Intercollegiate *2013 Insperity ASU Invitational Sources:

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to the

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Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2008 (winners) *

(representing Sweden): 2011,

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References

External links

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