Marcus Kinhult

Marcus Kinhult
Personal information
Born (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996
Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Fiskebackskil, Sweden
Career
Turned professional 2015
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T61: 2018
PGA Championship DNP
Marcus Kinhult
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's Golf
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing Mixed team
2014 Nanjing Boys' individual

Marcus Kinhult (born 24 July 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer.

The son of a golf professional, Kinhult started playing the game at six years old and showed huge potential, representing Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup in 2014 and Sweden at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[1] He won the 2015 Junior Invitational and the prestigious Lytham Trophy by eight shots in May 2015.[2] Kinhult plays at Skaftö Golfklubb, the same club as five-time European Tour winner Barry Lane and Joel Sjöholm.[2] His younger sister Frida Kinhult is also a promising golfer, having won the 2017 European Girls' Team Championship and qualified for the 2018 Women's British Open.[3]

Kinhult grabbed the golfing headlines in June 2015 when he led the European Tour's Nordea Masters at the halfway stage, after opening with rounds of 68 and 67. Only 18 years old, he ultimately tied for 33rd place in what was his second European Tour appearance.[1] He was the third amateur to lead a European Tour event after 36 holes, and the first since Ireland's Shane Lowry at the 2009 Irish Open, which Lowry went on to win.[2]

In late 2015 he entered the European Tour Qualifying School. After finishing third in the second stage, he led after three rounds at the final stage, eventually settling for the 17th card. Though he had considered going to college in America, he turned professional after his success at PGA Catalunya Resort.[1] Kinhult had a disappointing first season on the European Tour and only made two cuts. Halfway through the season he dropped down to the Challenge Tour where his best performance was at the Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge, where he held a two-shot lead heading into final round. He eventually finished fourth. Having entered the tournament in 68th place on the Road to Oman he needed a top-three finish to qualify for the Challenge Tour Grand Final.[4]

Marcus had better success on the Challenge Tour in 2017. He had five top-5 finishes, earned a career best solo second at the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final, and finished 5th in the Road to Oman, which gained him his European Tour card for 2018. He started the 2018 European Tour strong and after finishing solo third at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and tied for fifth at Open de France he rose to 148 on the Official World Golf Ranking and qualified for his first major at the 2018 Open Championship, where he made the cut.[5]

Amateur wins

  • 2013 Skandia Junior Open Boys, JSM Slag Boys
  • 2014 JSM Slag
  • 2015 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, Lytham Trophy

Source:[6]

Results in major championships

Tournament2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T61
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marcus Kinhult bio". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Casey, Phil (5 June 2015). "Marcus Kinhult becomes first amateur to lead European Tour event at halfway stage in six years after Nordea Masters blitz". Daily Mail. Press Association.
  3. ↑ "European Girls' Team Championship Results". European Golf Association. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Marcus Kinhult holds two shot lead heading into Ras Al Khaimah 2016 Golf Challenge final round". The National. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking: Marcus Kinhult". Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Marcus Kinhult". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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