Oscar Stark (born 1 November 1988) is a retired Swedish

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. He played on the

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2014–2019 and won the 2017

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. As an amateur he won the 2011

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held at

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in Illinois.

Amateur career

Stark grew up in

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and was introduced to golf by his father at

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when he was 10. He competed on the Swedish junior circuits from 2004 and collected a number of titles. He later came to represent Vallda Golf & Country Club. Stark attended

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between 2008 and 2011 and excelled playing with the Oklahoma Christian Eagles golf team. He won four individual titles and was a four-time NAIA All-America selection, receiving first-team honors the final three years. He helped OCU win the NAIA national title in 2009 and 2011, and as a senior in 2011 he received the NAIA Arnold Palmer Medalist Award and Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year Award, after winning the

individually.

Professional career

After graduating, Stark played golf in North America for another two years and spent 2012 and 2013 on the

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, before qualifying for the Challenge Tour at the 2013 European Q-School, falling two strokes short of direct qualification to the

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. On the

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, Stark was runner-up at the Cordon Golf Open in France a stroke behind Álvaro Velasco and recorded two further top-5 finishes at the

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and the

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, to finish a career-best 31st in the Order of Merit. He secured his first Challenge Tour victory at the

in 2017. He made a career total of 13 starts on the

where his best finish was a tie for 16th at the 2016

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Amateur wins

*2004 Ericsson Junior Tour - Göteborg *2005 FSB Tour Regional #3 - Göteborg *2006 Chalmers Junior Open *2011

Source:

Professional wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

References

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