Tim Widing (born 14 July 1997) is a

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professional golfer and Korn Ferry Tour player. As an amateur, he won two silver medals at European Team Championships and a silver at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan.

Amateur career

Widing grew up in Jönköping, where he played for the A6 Golf Club since he was 13 years old. He had success as a junior and won several titles on the Teen Tour and in the Junior Masters Invitational series. He appeared for the National Team at the 2015 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan where his team secured the silver, behind the host nation. He also won silver with the team at the

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in 2015 behind Italy, and again in 2016, this time behind Germany. He was a member of the Continental European Team in the Jacques Léglise Trophy contested against Great Britain and Ireland. Widing accepted a scholarship to University of San Francisco and played with the

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golf team 2016–2021. He won three individual titles, and became only the second male student-athlete in USF history to earn first-team all-conference honors four times. As a senior, he was named All-American and crowned USF Male Athlete of the Year. He graduated with a degree in International business, and due to Q-School cancellation because of COVID, stayed on a fifth year to do a graduate degree in sports management. Widing lost a playoff to Angus Flanagan in the Collegiate Showcase at the 2021

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to lose out on a spot in field and his first PGA Tour start, but was later offered a sponsor's exemption after

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withdrew due to injury.

Professional career

Widing turned professional in June 2021 and made seven starts on the European Challenge Tour over the summer. In his fourth start, he led the

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ahead the final round, but a bout of food poisoning following a bad pasta carbonara forced him to drop out of the tournament. A few weeks later, he also led the

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after a five-under-par opening round of 66. Widing joined the 2022 PGA Tour Latinoamérica after he finished second at the Q-School at Estrella del Mar in Mexico. His best finish was a tie for fifth at the Abierto del Centro, and he finished 33rd in the rankings to keep his status. In February, he won the Storyi Temecula Open on the Golden State Tour, and in December he finished solo third at the Argentina Classic. Widing joined the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour after he finished tied 29th in the Final Stage of Q-School at the Landings Club in Savannah, Georgia. He recorded a career-low 54-hole score of 198 to hold a one stroke lead going into the final round of the Compliance Solutions Championship in Norman, Oklahoma, eventually finishing in a tie for 4th. The performance sent him to 29th place in the season rankings, where the top 30 earn PGA Tour cards for 2024 at the end of the season.

Amateur wins

*2012 Skandia Tour Regional #3 - Halland *2013 Öijared Junior Open *2015 Skandia Tour Elit #5, Junior Masters Invitational, Skydda Junior Open *2016 Wilson Junior Open *2018 Seattle U Redhawk Invite *2020 Lamkin Grips SD Classic *2021 Ping Cougar Classic Source:

Professional wins (2)

Other wins (2)

*2019 Wiredaholm Open (SGF Golf Ranking, as an amateur) *2022 Storyi Temecula Open (Golden State Tour)

Team appearances

Amateur * European Young Masters (representing Sweden): 2013 *

(representing Sweden): 2014, 2015 * Junior Golf World Cup (representing Sweden): 2015 * Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2015 * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden):

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* European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden):

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