Joakim Wikström | |
Fullname: | Joakim Simon Wikström |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1991 |
Birth Place: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Residence: | Onsala, Kungsbacka Municipality, Sweden |
Status: | Professional |
Yearpro: | 2013 |
Tour: | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League |
Prowins: | 7 |
Joakim Wikström (born 18 December 1991) is a Swedish professional golfer and Challenge Tour player. He has won five times on the Nordic Golf League and was runner-up at the 2023 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge.[1]
Wikström represented Sjögärde Golf Club before switching to nearby Hills Golf Club. He turned professional in 2013 and joined the Nordic Golf League, after he topped the leaderboard at Q-School, held at Elisefarm Golf Club.[2] He recorded a win in his rookie season at the Katrineholm Open, hosted by Robert Karlsson.[3]
In 2020, Wikström won the V Sport Golf Challenge at PGA Sweden National Lakes Course after shooting a course record 61 in the third round.[4] He secured a second title of the season at Visby Open, where he won a playoff on the second hole.[5]
Wikström finished third in the 2021 Nordic Golf League rankings to earn promotion to the 2022 Challenge Tour. In 2023, he was runner-up at the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge after recording a 61 in the final round.[6]
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No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 5 Jul 2013 | Katrineholm Open | −12 (65-71-68=204) | 2 strokes | Niclas Johansson, Malcolm Kokocinski | |
2 | 27 Aug 2020 | V Sport Golf Challenge | −17 (72-66-61=199) | 1 stroke | Niclas Johansson | |
3 | 24 Sep 2020 | Visby Open | −7 (68-70-71=209) | Playoff | Juuso Kahlos | |
4 | 18 Jun 2021 | Samsø Pro-Am Classic | −13 (67-68-68=203) | 2 strokes | Adam Eineving, Christopher Feldborg Nielsen, Alexander Wennstam, Sebastian Wiis | |
5 | 28 Feb 2023 | ECCO Tour Spanish Masters | −9 (70-70-67=207) | Playoff | Sebastian Wiis |
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