2022-23 Men's Golf Roster

Sun Belt Conference
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Lukas Jönsson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ahus, Sweden
  • High School Österänggymnasiet
  • Prev School Bethune-Cookman

Biography

Career Bests
Low Round: 66 (2022-23 Bash at the Beach second round)
Best Finish: 3rd (with 17 top 25s, 6 top 10s and 2 top 5s)
Lowest 54-Hole Total: 207 (2022-23 Elon Phoenix Invitational)

2022-23: Senior

Second on team with a 72.14 scoring average in 29 rounds over 10 tournaments (fourth-best in program history and second-best outside of the COVID-shortened 2019-20 season) ... Tied for 12th at the Sun Belt Championship at 1 over for 54 holes (71-72-74—217) ... Scoring average of 71.93 for the spring season with three top-12 finishes in five spring tournaments ... Had seven top-25 finishes in 10 tournaments as a senior ... Seven rounds in the 60s and 16 rounds of par or better ... Three top-10 finishes total, with a tie for sixth at the Elon Phoenix Invitational (69-68-70—207) in the fall with a 6-under total ... In the spring, placed eighth at the Bash at the Beach and tied for 10th at the Rutherford Intercollegiate ... Shot career-best 66 (5 under) in Round 2 of Bash at the Beach event.

2021-22: Junior 

Scoring average of 72.82 in 22 rounds over eight tournaments … Tied for third place at the Wofford Invitational with three straight rounds of 70 for a 6-under total of 210 on a par-72 layout … Career-best 68 during the opening round of the Irish Creek Collegiate … Tied for 24th place at the Sea Palms Collegiate to open the spring … Top-30 finishes in all three fall starts, with 22nd-place showings at the Phoenix Invitational and the Black Creek Invitational … Posted a 1-under total at the Phoenix Invitational with rounds of 71, 70 and 71 at the par-71 layout … Also had a second-round 70 at the Black Creek Invitational.

2020-21: Sophomore

Played in nine tournaments accumulating 26 rounds of play ... Averaged a 74.54 ... Posted four top 25 finishes on the player leaderboard ... Also had two top-15 efforts with a season-best finish of T13 at the Mountaineer Invitational.

2019-20: COVID season (No eligibility used)

Competed in five tournaments events, two as an individual, amassing 15 rounds of play... Helped to propel the Mountaineers to a second place finish at the Wildcat Fall Invitational with a 10th place effort on the player leaderboards... Assisted in a second-place team finish at the Wildcat Invitational... Ranked 42nd Sun Belt in average score/round average.

  • Lowest round: 69, career low (1R at Wildcat Fall Invitational) 
  • Round average: 74
  • Lowest 3-round final tournament score: 215, a career low (Wildcat Fall Invitational)
  • Average tournament score: 222.5
  • Lowest 3-round to-par score: +2, career low (Wildcat Fall Invitational)
  • Best finish: 10th, career best (Wildcat Fall Invitational) / For career, one Top 5, two Top 10’s and 3 Top 25 finishes...
  • Birdie total: 35 (High of 11 at Wildcat Fall Innovational) 
  • Eagles: 1

2018-19: (Bethune-Cookman freshman)

Transferred from Bethune-Cookman University with a freshman stoke average of 76.38… Competed in a total of five tournaments, 13 rounds… Best two-round event finish, tied for third out of 125 at the Lonnie Barton Invitational during the spring of 2019… Carded a career-low round of 71, and the third place finish also marked his lowest two-round to par score (2-over-par). Finishing tied for 18th at the Gary Freeman Spring Invitational denotes his best three-round tournament finish of his collegiate career. His effort at the said Freeman Invitational was also his lowest three-round tournament to par score, 13-over-par, as well as his lowest-three round tournament total (229) of his career.

Other Info:
Full name is Lukas Per Wilhelm Jönsson… Has one younger sibling, Maja Jönsson ... Member and competitor for a club team known as Uristianstad GK Eli that is coached by David Green … Team finished fifth at the national team championships in 2019 … Accumulated the highest team GPA at Bethune-Cookman University… Majoring in Mathematics … Born on December 23,1999.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior