2021-22 Men's Golf Roster
Nyfjäll, David
David Nyfjäll
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Uppsala, Sweden
- High School:
- Celsiusskolan
Bio
2022-23: Appeared in all 38 rounds … First Team All-Big Ten … Winner of the Byron Nelson Award for the Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Closed out his final season with a stroke average of 70.9, ranking fifth in program history … Opened the season at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invite … Placed in 4th at the Windon Memorial with a score of 208 (72-67-69) … Took runner-up honors at the Marquette Invitational with a 208 (70-69-69) … Fired back-to-back rounds of two-under 70 to finish the Quail Valley Collegiate Inv … Placed in 9th at the Cal Poly Invitational, highlighted by a five-under-par 67 in his opening round … Went undefeated in three rounds at the Big Ten Match Play … Took 18th place at The Prestige with a 216 (70-69-77) … Placed in 20th at the Valspar Collegiate, carding a four-under 67 in his second round … Took 3rd place at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial, carding a five-under 66 in his opening round … Placed in 6th at the Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate with a 217 (70-74-73) … Opened postseason play with 9th at the Big Ten Championship with a 142 (73-69) … Closed out his campaign with 44th at the NCAA Las Vegas Regional, finishing at three-under-par with a 213 (75-68-70).
2021-22: Appeared in 35 rounds in his senior season … First Team All-Big Ten … Finished the season with a stroke average of 71.3, a mark that ranks eighth all time in program history … Carded a two-under-par 70 in his second round of the Marquette Intercollegiate to open the season … Fired two rounds of three-under-par at the Windon Memorial to take 10th place with a 210 (68-74-68) … Took 3rd place at the Hamptons Intercollegiate with a 215 (70-73-72) … Fired a four-under-par 68 in hjs final round of the Quail Valley Collegiate Inv. to place in 12th with a 209 (69-72-68) … Went undefeated in two matches at the Big Ten Match Play ... Placed in 7th at The Prestige led by a four-under-par 67 in his final round … Set his low-round of the season with a five-under-par 67 in the second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate to place in 26th with a 213 (74-67-72) … Finished at five-under-par to place in 15th at The Goodwin with a 205 (66-68-71) … Took 14th place at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate to close out the regular season … Took the Wildcats’ first win at the Big Ten Championship since 2010 with a 215 (68-72-75) … Closed out his season at the NCAA Columbus Regional in 29th place with a 217 (74-72-71).
2021: Saw action in 21 rounds in his junior campaign … Opened the season with a record of 0-1-2 at the Big Ten Match Play … Took his highest finish of the year with 6th place at the Spartan Collegiate @ Sea Island, firing a four-under-par 212 (72-70-70) … Opened the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate with a three-under-par 68 in his first round for a 221 (T-35; 68-75-78) … Began postseason play with consecutive 72s to close out the Big Ten Championship in 20th (83-72-72=227) … Concluded the season with 26th place at the NCAA Stillwater Regional.
2019-20: Appeared in 21 rounds in his sophomore season … First Team All-Big Ten … Opened the year with a one-under-par 70 in his first round of the Windon Memorial to place in 30th with a 217 (70-71-76) … Placed in 5th at four-under-par with a 212 (71-71-70) at the Marquette Intercollegiate … Took his second Top-5 finish in as many events with a two-under 214 (70-72-72) at the Crooked Stick Invitational … Closed out the Big Ten Match Play with a record of 2-1-0 … Concluded his season with 4th place at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, firing his season-low score of 67 (-5) in his second round for a 211 (70-67-74).
2018-19: Big Ten Freshman of the Year...First Team All-Big Ten... Concluded his rookie campaign with a 71.72 stroke average, the lowest average from any first-year in program history and the eighth best single-season stroke average … Finished tied for 25th place at the Marquette Intercollegiate, with eight birdies in his last round ... Boasted a 4-over in his debut performance for a share of 33rd place at the Windon Memorial Classic...Two time Big Ten Player of the Week..Shot 11-under to tie for first at Chatham Hills...Earned back-to-back individual titles after shooting 5-under 211 at the UNCG/Grandover Collegiate. Finished even at Desert Mountain Intercollegiate to tie for 8th place. Shot 6-under to tie for third in the weather shortened Boilermaker Invitational...Had a top-10 finish after carding an even par on the third day of Big Ten Championships for a share of 11th place. Shot a 3-under 213 (73-69-71) in his first NCAA Regional appearance. Finished his rookie campaign with a 71.72 stroke average, the lowest average from any first-year in program history and the eighth best single-season stroke average.
Junior Career: Winner of the Swedish Junior Match Play Championship and Junior Masters Invitational in 2017 … Finished in third place at the German Boys' Open (2017) … Semifinalist of the 2016 Boys' Amateur Championship … Won the Finnish International Junior Championship in 2013 … As a member of the Swedish National Team, finished in fourth place at the European Boys' Team Championship in 2017 … Placed third with Upsala GC at the 2017 Swedish National Club Championship … Winner of the Jacques Léglise trophy in 2017 with the Continent of Europe team.
| Season | Events | Rounds | Strokes | Avg. | Low Round | Par or Better | Rounds in 60s | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top25 |
| 2018-19 | 11 | 32 | 2,335 | 72.96 | 67 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | 7 | 21 | 1,293 | 71.83 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 7 | 21 | 1,318 | 73.22 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | 12 | 35 | 2,353 | 71.30 | 66 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022-23 | 13 | 38 | 2,481 | 70.89 | 66 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Career | 50 | 147 | 9,780 | 72.06 | 66 | 73 | 26 | 11 | 16 | 24 |
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