Sami Välimäki (born 16 July 1998) is a Finnish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. In his 6th European Tour start, he won the 2020 Oman Open. In 2025, he became the first Finn to win on the PGA Tour when he won the RSM Classic.
Amateur career During 2018, Välimäki was selected for the Europe team in the Bonallack Trophy and for the Continent of Europe team in the St Andrews Trophy. He played for the Finnish team that won the 2018 European Amateur Team Championship and represented Finland in the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy. He reached as high as 10th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking during 2018. While still an amateur, Välimäki also played a number of Nordic Golf League events during 2017 and 2018.
Professional career Välimäki turned professional in early 2019 after the completion of his military service in Finland. He played mostly on the Pro Golf Tour during 2019. He won his first professional victory in February at the Open Casa Green Golf in Morocco. He won twice more on the tour in August and also won the end-of-season Castanea Resort Championship for his fourth win of the season. Despite his four wins he only finished second in the Order of Merit.
After his third win on the 2019 Pro Golf Tour, Välimäki earned a place on the Challenge Tour, but later he qualified for the European Tour for 2020 by finishing 8th in qualifying school. In his fifth start of the 2020 season, he won the Oman Open, beating Brandon Stone in a playoff.
In October 2023, Välimäki claimed his second European Tour win at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, beating Jorge Campillo in a playoff.
In 2024, Välimäki joined the PGA Tour, where he was runner-up at the Mexico Open in his 5th start.
In 2025, Välimäki achieved 5 PGA Tour]top 20 finishes in the first half of the year, and in November he secured his card for 2026 when he finished runner-up at the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico. He was also runner-up at the 2025 Omega European Masters in Switzerland.
In November 2025, Välimäki became the first Finn to win on the PGA Tour, winning the RSM Classic in Georgia. His winning score was 23 under par, beating Max McGreevy by one shot.
Personal life Välimäki is a cousin of Finnish NHL player Juuso Välimäki.
Amateur wins 2016 Ticino Championship, Finnish Junior Match Play Under-18 2017 Portuguese International Amateur Championship, Ticino Championship
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Professional wins (9) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up123 Nov 2025RSM Classic−23 (66-62-65-66=259)1 stroke Max McGreevy
European Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up11 Mar 2020Oman Open−13 (74-67-64-70=275)Playoff Brandon Stone229 Oct 2023Commercial Bank Qatar Masters−18 (67-67-67-69=270)Playoff Jorge Campillo
European Tour playoff record (2–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12020Oman Open Brandon StoneWon with par on third extra hole22023Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Jorge CampilloWon with birdie on first extra hole
Pro Golf Tour wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up18 Feb 2019Open Casa Green Golf−14 (68-66-67=201)2 strokes David Heinzinger217 Aug 2019Starnberg Open−13 (68-64-68=200)1 stroke Thomas Rosenmüller324 Aug 2019EXTEC CzechOne Open−13 (67-66-67=200)3 strokes Ondřej Lieser41 Oct 2019Castanea Resort Championship−19 (67-63-67=197)4 strokes Ondřej Lieser
Finnish Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up115 Jun 2019NRG Open−11 (73-65-67=205)Playoff Peter Erofejeff220 Jun 2024SM Reikäpeli3 and 2 Eetu Isometsä
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2020202120222023202420252026Masters TournamentCUTPGA ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT60U.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipNTT68CUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship Tournament20252026The Players ChampionshipT69CUT CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2021ChampionshipT64Match PlayInvitationalChampionsNT1 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
"T" = Tied NT = No tournament
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Finland): 2015, 2016 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Finland): 2018 (winners) Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2018 St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2018 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy (representing Finland): 2018
See also 2019 European Tour Qualifying School graduates 2023 Race to Dubai dual card winners
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