Axel Bóasson (born 3 June 1990) is an Icelandic

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. In 2017, he became Iceland's first winner on the

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and won the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit. He also won the mixed team gold and the men's silver at the

2018 European Golf Team Championships The 2018 European Golf Team Championships was a golf tournament played in August 2018 at Gleneagles, Scotland. It was the inaugural event and consisted of three competitions – men's, women's and mixed team format. 16 two-player teams took part ...

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Early life and amateur career

Bóasson was born in

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. He won the Icelandic Championship in 2011 and represented Iceland at the 2011 European Amateur Team Championship and the

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. In 2015, he won both the Icelandic Match Play Championship and the Icelandic Stroke Play Championship. Bóasson attended

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between 2010 and 2014 and played with the

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golf team in the

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Professional career

Bóasson turned professional in 2016 and joined the

. He became the first ever Icelandic winner of the Nordic Golf League in 2017 when he won the SM Match in Sweden. He also won the 12 Twelve Championship in Denmark and finished inside the top ten on nine further occasions over 20 starts, to become the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit winner, and was promoted to the

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. Bóasson represented Iceland at the

. He won the team gold together with Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir, Valdis Thora Jonsdottir and

Birgir Hafþórsson Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson (born 16 May 1976) is an Icelandic professional golfer and former European Tour player. At age 41, he became Iceland's first winner on the Challenge Tour, winning the 2017 Cordon Golf Open in France. He also won the m ...

, and silver behind Spain in the men's event with Hafþórsson.

Amateur wins

*2011 Icelandic Championship *2015 Eimskipsmotarodin 4 - Icelandic Match Play Championship, Eimskipsmotarodin 5 - Icelandic Stroke Play Championship Source:

Professional wins (4)

Nordic Golf League wins (4)

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. ...

(representing Iceland): 2006, 2008 *

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has bee ...

(representing Iceland):

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, 2011 *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eise ...

(representing Iceland):

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Professional *

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

(representing Iceland):

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(winner – mixed team)

References

External links

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