Sebastian Soderberg

Soderberg had always wanted to be a professional golfer since he was very young. Even though he played a lot of different sports, golf was always his first priority. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, but when he was three his family moved to Belgium. When he was 7, the family moved back to Gothenburg and Soderberg got a membership at the Partille Golf Club, where he started to play golf. By the time he was 16, he was good enough to represent Sweden at the European Boys Team Championship and won a golf medal. This gave him the opportunity to go to Coastal Carolina University, which is in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He spent 4 1/2 years there playing golf and graduating in 2013 with a degree in Exercise Sport Science. He turned professional in 2013. Soderberg won twice on the Nordic Golf League in 2013.
In 2014, he played all three stages of the European Tour qualifying school, finishing 39th. This earned him membership of the Challenge Tour for 2015.
2015 Notes: Made 17 starts on the Challenge Tour and made the cut in 12. Had three top 10s, his best finish was T-3rd at the EMC Challenge Open. Also had a T-4th at the Madeira Island Open, which was both the Challenge and European Tour. Finished the year 31st on their Road to Oman rankings. Also made four European Tour starts and along with the T-4th at Madeira had a T-3rd at the Nordea Masters.
2016 Notes: In 2016, he won the inaugural event of the 2016 Challenge Tour season, the Barclays Kenya Open.

Sebastian Soderberg
2016 European Challenge Tour Record
Tournament Place Rounds Score To Par Money Euro
The Barclays Kenya Open Win 67-68-68-67 270 -18 $39,365.88 ¢35,200.00
Red Sea Egyptian Challenge CUT 76-73 149 5
Challenge de Madrid T-15 68-66-76-68 278 -2 $2,771.05 ¢2,465.00
Turkish Airlines Challenge T-3 66-68-67-72 273 -15 $13,019.44 ¢11,375.00
Montecchia Open CUT 72-68 140 -2
D+D Real Czech Challenge T-55 69-67-70-76 282 -6 $473.06 ¢612.00
Soderberg has participated in 6 European Challenge Tour events in 2016, playing 20 rounds of golf.
He has a scoring average of 69.60 and has earned Euro 38,725 & $55,629 this year.
In 2016 he has played 1392 strokes and is 38 shots under par.
He has finished in the Top 3 - 2 times, the Top 5 - 2 times,
the Top 10 - 2 times, and the Top 25 - 3 times, making 4 cuts.
Rds in 60s: 13 Rds under par: 14 Rds at par: 1 Rds over par: 5
Lowest Score on Tour in 2016: 66 Highest Score on Tour in 2016: 76