Oliver Gillberg
| Oliver Gillberg | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lars Oliver Gillberg | ||
| Born | 18 October 1996 Örebro, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Örebro, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2018 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 7 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Oliver Gillberg (born 18 October 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer and Challenge Tour player. He won the Swedish Matchplay Championship twice, in 2019 and 2024.[1]
Early life and amateur career
[edit]Gillberg got his first golf club when he turned one, and was coached by his father, a teaching pro at Askersund Golf Club.[2] He won several titles on the junior Skandia Tour and finished 4th at Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship in 2015, and 4th again in 2016, three strokes behind winner Jesper Svensson.[3]
In 2016, he joined the Nordic Golf League while still an amateur, where he recorded six top-12 finishes, including a runner-up at the Finnish Open at Åland Golf Club.[4] In 2017, he finished 4th individually at the European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande.[5]
In 2018, Gillberg won the South African Stroke Play Championship at Pecanwood Golf Estate, a stroke ahead of Matt Saulez and two ahead of Wilco Nienaber.[6]
He appeared for Sweden at the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy in Ireland, and at the 2018 European Amateur Team Championship in Germany alongside David Nyfjäll, Pontus Nyholm, Jesper Svensson, Tim Widing and Ludvig Åberg, where they led the strokeplay ahead of England but lost in the quarterfinal to eventual winners Finland.[7][8]
Gillberg rose to a career-high of 7th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, and topped the European Amateur Golf Ranking.[9][10]
Professional career
[edit]Gillberg turned professional in late 2018, and won twice on the Nordic Golf League in 2019, to finish 3rd in the 2019 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit.[11]
He was runner-up at the 2023 Swedish PGA Championship, and won the Swedish Matchplay Championship twice, in 2019 at Österåker Golf Club and in 2024 at Rya Golf Club.[12]
After five top-3 finishes, he ended the 2024 Nordic Golf League season 6th in the Order of Merit and graduated to the Challenge Tour for 2025.[13]
In his first 2025 Challenge Tour start, at the Challenge de España, Gillberg shared the halfway lead with Luis Masaveu and ultimately tied for 8th.[14]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2009 Skandia Tour Närke #2
- 2010 Skandia Cup Riksfinal
- 2012 Juniorslaget
- 2013 Skandia Tour Riks #3 Stockholm
- 2015 McDonald's Junior Cup
- 2018 South African Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (7)
[edit]Nordic Golf League wins (5)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 May 2019 | TanumStrand Fjällbacka Open | −15 (67-67-67=201) | 3 strokes | Gustav Adell,  Niklas Nørgaard
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| 2 | 7 Sep 2019 | SM Match | 19 holes | Christopher Feldborg Nielsen
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| 3 | 25 May 2023 | Gamla Fredrikstad Open | −11 (66-69-70=205) | 1 stroke |  Bjarki Pétursson
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| 4 | 6 Sep 2024 | SM Match (2) | 20 holes | Simon Hovdal (a)
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| 5 | 19 Sep 2024 | Great Northern Challenge | −14 (65-69-68=202) | 2 strokes | Adam Guedra, Bjørn La Cour Søborg
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Swedish Future Series wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Aug 2018 | Kårsta Open - Oakley Tour (as an amateur) |
−16 (66-62=128) | 6 strokes | Andreas Grönkvist, Kristoffer Karlsson
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| 2 | 22 Apr 2019 | Tomelilla Open | −6 (70-68=138) | 4 strokes | Christopher Sahlström
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Source:[3]
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande (representing Sweden): 2017, 2018
- Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2018
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 2018
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2018
Source:[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Oliver Gillberg – Profile". European Tour. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Oliver Gillbergs succé: "Jag fick min första golfklubba när jag var ett år gammal"". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Oliver Gillberg". Golfdata. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "2016 Ålandsbanken Finnish Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Oliver Gillberg". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Magnusson, Carl (9 February 2018). "Svensk golfamatör vann i Sydafrika". Swedish Golf Federation (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Svenska spelarna uttagna till lag-VM i Dublin". Swedish Golf Federation (in Swedish). 2 August 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2018 - Faldo Course Berlin im A-ROSA Scharmützelsee, Germany". European Golf Association. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Johansson, Jesper (23 July 2019). "Svensk Golf Podcast: Oliver Gillberg om att inleda en proffskarriär". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Brännmyr, Jonas (6 February 2018). "Örebroaren etta på Europarankningen för golfamatörer: "Förstaplatsen i världen ligger inom räckhåll"". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "2019 Swedish Golf Tour Ranking". Danish Golf Tour. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Strömberg, Martin (7 September 2019). "Dubbla svenska matchmästare korade". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Sandborg set for Challenge Tour return following Nordic Golf League promotion". European Tour. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Gillberg and Masaveu share halfway lead in Girona". European Tour. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Oliver Gillberg at the European Tour official site
- Oliver Gillberg at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Oliver Gillberg at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)