David Lingmerth


David Lingmerth is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Lingmerth played college golf at the University of West Florida and the University of Arkansas where he was a two-time All-American. He won one event at West Florida and another at Arkansas.
In 2010, Lingmerth finished college and turned professional. He went through all stages of the PGA Tour Qualifying school, and finished T59th to earn a place on the Nationwide Tour.
Lingmerth thus played on the Nationwide Tour during the 2011 season. He had some success with two third-place finishes and five top-10s but missed out on earning his PGA Tour card by two spots on the season-ending money list, finishing 27th; the top 25 advanced to the PGA Tour. He also played the PGA Tour Qualifying school again in a move to try and earn playing privileges, but finished way down the field outside the top 100.
Lingmerth continued on the Web.com Tour in 2012 and after losing a playoff earlier in the year, he won his first title on the tour at the Neediest Kids Championship in October, finishing a stroke ahead of Casey Wittenberg. Lingmerth ended the season ranked 10th on the money list, which earned him his PGA Tour card for the 2013 season.
In only his second career start on the PGA Tour, Lingmerth finished as a joint runner-up at the Humana Challenge after losing in a three-man playoff. He shot a 10-under-par round of 62 in the final round to get into the playoff alongside Brian Gay and Charles Howell III. He was eliminated at the first extra hole after finding the water with his second shot to the par-5 18th hole. Lingmerth also led the 2013 Players Championship in the third round, finishing T2, two strokes behind Tiger Woods. He finished his rookie season in 75th place, to retain his card for 2014.
In 2014 however, he finished the season in 134th place, resulting in a visit to the Web.com Tour Finals. There he finished in 8th place, earning a return to the PGA Tour.
Lingmerth earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2015 Memorial Tournament. At the 2015 Quicken Loans National, Lingmerth finished solo third with a final round 69, four shots behind the winner, Troy Merritt.
In January 2016, Lingmerth lost in a sudden-death playoff to Jason Dufner at the CareerBuilder Challenge. This was the second time that Lingmerth had lost in a playoff at the event, following his runner up finish to Brian Gay in 2013. He lost on the second extra hole after hooking his second shot into the water at the 18th and had earlier had a putt for the victory from 20 feet on the first playoff hole. Despite this, the result moved Lingmerth into the top 50 in the world rankings.
His uncle, Goran Lingmerth, played for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

Amateur wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

PGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12013Humana Challenge Brian Gay, Charles Howell IIIGay won with birdie on second extra hole
Lingmerth eliminated with birdie on first hole
22015Memorial Tournament Justin RoseWon with par on third extra hole
32016CareerBuilder Challenge Jason Dufner Lost to par on second extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12012United Leasing Championship Peter TomasuloLost to par on fourth extra hole

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional