Oliver Lindell (born 29 September 1998) is a Finnish professional golfer and European Tour player. He was runner-up at the 2026 KLM Open.
Amateur career Lindell was born in Porvoo, Finland, and represents Virvik Golf. He dominated junior golf in Finland, and was named Junior Golfer of the Year three years in a row. He represented Finland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, where he finished 5th.
In 2015, he won the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich. He also won the Master Promo Championship, a Nordic Golf League event held in Turku.
Professional career Lindell turned professional ahead of the 2016 season and joined the Nordic Golf League. He won twice and finished second on the rankings behind Mark Haastrup, to earn promotion to the 2017 Challenge Tour. He topped the Danish Golf Tour rankings, and was also awarded Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year on that tour.
Lindell played on the Challenge Tour from 2017 to 2024. In his rookie season, he recorded six top-10s, including a season best 4th place at Cordon Golf Open in France. In his first start of 2017, he made a hole-in-one at the Magical Kenya Open and won a car. In the pro-am at the 2018 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge, he shot a 59.
Lindell then recorded only five top-10s in the next six seasons, including a tie for 3rd at the Euram Bank Open, before enjoying a breakout season in 2024, where he finished second at the Danish Golf Challenge, D+D Real Czech Challenge and Hangzhou Open. He recorded eight consecutive top-10s and four consecutive top-5s on his way to finish 3rd in the rankings and earn promotion to the 2025 European Tour.
In 2026, Lindell was runner-up at the KLM Open, a stroke behind winner Eugenio Chacarra.
Amateur wins 2015 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy
Professional wins (4) Nordic Golf League wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up125 Jul 2015Master Promo Championship(as an amateur)−12 (69-65-70=204)3 strokes Niclas Hellberg26 May 2016 Kitchen Joy Championship −13 (66-68-69=203)2 strokes Nicolaj Norman Hansen318 Jun 2016NorthSide Charity Challenge−18 (62-64-72=198)1 stroke Linus Väisänen
Finnish Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up12 Aug 2020Finnish Tour IV−10 (66-70-67=203)2 strokes Alex Hietala
Results in major championships Tournament 2025Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipT28
"T" = tied
Team appearances Amateur Youth Olympic Games (representing Finland): 2014 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy (representing Finland): 2015
See also 2024 Challenge Tour graduates
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