Sebastian Söderberg
| Sebastian Söderberg | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Jan Sebastian Söderberg |
| Born | 19 September 1990 Eksjö, Sweden |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb; 13.2 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Career | |
| College | Coastal Carolina University |
| Turned professional | 2013 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Highest ranking | 86 (21 July 2024)[1] (as of 3 November 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T68: 2024 |
| U.S. Open | T53: 2022 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Jan Sebastian Söderberg (born 19 September 1990) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
[edit]Söderberg was born in Eksjö in Småland, Sweden, but grew up playing golf at Delsjö Golf Club 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 European Boys' Team Championship at Bled Golf Club, Slovenia.[2] He also represented Sweden twice at the European Amateur Team Championship.[3]
Söderberg played college golf at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina from 2009 to 2013, where he won twice.[4]
His best World Amateur Golf Ranking was 51st.[5]
Professional career
[edit]Söderberg turned professional in August 2013 and won twice on the Nordic Golf League the following month.[6][7]
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 European Tour and Challenge Tour in 2015. In 2016, he won the inaugural event of the 2016 Challenge Tour season, the Barclays Kenya Open.[8]
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 Pennsylvania, where he missed the cut by two strokes.
In a high-quality field at the 2019 Omega European Masters in September at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Switzerland, on the European Tour, Söderberg found himself in a five-man playoff for the title after shooting a 14-under 266 score over 72 holes. One of Söderberg's competitors was the newly-crowned PGA Tour FedEx Cup 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 by making an eight-feet birdie putt. McIlroy and Kalle Samooja both had birdie-putts from shorter distances, but missed.[9] 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 (at that time) 107th on the Official World Golf Ranking. He finished the 2019 season 52nd on the Race to Dubai rankings.
In January 2020, Söderberg set a record for playing the fastest round on the European Tour. Teeing off first with a local marker and his caddie in the final round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, 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 Thomas Pieters.[10]
In 2021, Söderberg finished tied second in two tournaments in Spain back to back. He was joint runner-up with Min Woo Lee at the 2021 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters, three strokes behind Matt Fitzpatrick. The following week he finished one stroke behind Jeff Winther at the Mallorca Golf Open. He ended the season 61st in the Race to Dubai.
Söderberg again came close to adding a second European Tour title at the 2022 British Masters at The Belfry. 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, Thorbjørn Olesen of Denmark produced an eagle-birdie finish to deny him a second title, and ultimately finished solo second.[11]
In May 2024, Söderberg held a three-shot lead after 36 holes at the Volvo China Open, which was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather. He was tied for the lead on the final hole, but made double bogey to finish tied-third, two strokes behind Adrián Otaegui.[12] The following month, Söderberg held an eight-shot lead after 54 holes at the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed. He shot 77 in the final round, including a double bogey on the 18th hole, to finish runner-up, one stroke behind Linn Grant.[13]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 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
Professional wins (6)
[edit]European Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Sep 2019 | Omega European Masters | −14 (64-70-66-66=266) | Playoff |  Lorenzo Gagli,  Rory McIlroy, Andrés Romero,  Kalle Samooja
|
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | Omega European Masters | Lorenzo Gagli, Rory McIlroy, Andrés Romero, Kalle Samooja
|
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Mar 2016 | Barclays Kenya Open | −18 (67-68-68-67=270) | 3 strokes |  Romain Langasque
|
| 2 | 15 Jul 2018 | Italian Challenge | −17 (64-67-71-65=267) | 1 stroke |  Eirik Tage Johansen
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Nordic Golf League wins (3)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Sep 2013 | Willis Masters | −11 (69-69-67=205) | Playoff | Oskar Henningsson
|
| 2 | 20 Sep 2013 | Actona PGA Championship | −9 (64-67-70=201) | Playoff |  Daniel Løkke
|
| 3 | 26 Feb 2018 | Lumine Lakes Open | −16 (68-64-66=198) | 4 strokes | Mark Haastrup
|
Results in major championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | |||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||
| PGA Championship | T68 | |||||
| U.S. Open | T53 | |||||
| The Open Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]| Tournament | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Championship | |
| Match Play | NT1 |
| Invitational | 77 |
| Champions | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
NT = No tournament
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2008 (winners)[2]
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2011, 2013[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Week 29 2024 Ending 21 Jul 2024" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "European Boys' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ a b "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Sebastian Soderberg profile". Coastal Carolina Sports. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Sebastian Söderberg". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Sebastian Söderberg – Career Results". sebastiansoderberg.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Sebastian Söderberg". www.golfdata.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Soderberg reigns supreme to become Kenyan king". European Tour. 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Huggan, John (1 September 2019). "Sebastian Soderberg beats Rory McIlroy as part of wild five-man playoff at the European Masters". Golf Digest. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Fastest round on European Tour: Sebastian Soderberg sets record". BBC Sport. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Sublime finish sees Olesen return to winner's circle". European Tour. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Adrian Otaegui secures PGA Championship place with Volvo China Open win on DP World Tour". Sky Sports. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "DP World Tour: Sebastian Soderberg hands Linn Grant victory after squandering eight-shot lead at Scandinavian Mixed". Sky Sports. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Sebastian Soderberg". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Sebastian Söderberg at the European Tour official site
- Sebastian Söderberg at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Sebastian Söderberg at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)