Niklas Lemke


Karl Niklas Lemke is a Swedish professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour. He has formerly played on the Challenge Tour and the Web.com Tour in the United States.

Early life

Lemke was born in Linköping, Sweden, son of golf professional Bertil Lemke, who himself once competeted in a European Tour tournament, the 1977 Scandinavian Enterprise Open in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as met Seve Ballesteros and Jim Dent in a driving competition on Saturday evening of the event.

Amateur career

In 2002, Niklas Lemke won the Swedish Junior Match-play Championship at Hooks Golf Club.
He represented Sweden at European Amateur championships in all age levels. He also represented Sweden twice at the Eisenhower Trophy, first time only 18 years old.
As an Arizona State University alum, Lemke's 2007 stroke average of 70.03 is the third best in the school's history, behind Paul Casey and Phil Mickelson.

Professional career

Lemke turned professional in 2007. In 2011, he had his best finish so far in a European Tour event, third at the Nordea Masters at Bro Hof Slott GC, Stockholm, Sweden, earning €93,900.
He has twice won the Swedish PGA Championship, in 2012 and in 2017, both times played at PGA Sweden National in Bara, outside Malmö, Sweden.
Lemke earned his European Tour card for 2019 with a sixth place finish at the 2018 Qualifying School Final Stage. In 2019, he played 25 tournaments on the European Tour, making 15 cuts and three top-10s, finishing 118th on the Race to Dubai, with €299,187 in prize money, just missing out automatic qualifying for next season. Anyway, he finished in a tie for the final card the following year in his eleventh try at the European Tour Qualifying School in November 2019.
On 8 March 2020, Lemke finished tied 3rd at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in Doha, Qatar, one stroke from a playoff, after a finishing 6-under-par 65 round, despite two over par on his last four holes.

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (3)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

Team appearances

Amateur