General: Swedish amateur golfer who is ranked No. 216 in the European Amateur Golf Ranking and No. 1154 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking … Took up golf at age 5 … Outside interests include Allsvenskan (Swedish Football League) and badminton … One of three children … Enrolled in business administration … Name pronounced “DID-rik RING-wall BENG-tsun”
2024-25: Tournament Results
Competed in three events in 2024-25, all as an individual … Top finish was a tie for 28th in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational (even) in the fall
Amateur Career: Top finishes in 2024 include 62nd at the European Nations Cup-Copa Sotogrande and 75th at the Lytham Trophy … Earned eight top-5 finishes over the past 12 months in events that counted toward his EGR ranking, including two wins and a runner-up finish in Swedish Junior Tour Elite events … Won the Stenson Sunesson Junior Challenge and posted runner-up finishes at the 2022 R&A Boys Amateur Championship, the Teen Tour Elite #6, the Swedish Golf Team Invitation, and the GTT Finale-Sweden Invitational … Added a third-place finish in the 24th Faldo Series Grand Final … Missed advancing to match play at the 2023 R&A Amateur Championship in England by one stroke
High School/Junior Golf: Plays out of Saltsjöbadens Golf Club … Won the JSM Slag, Svenska Junior Tournament and two Swedish Junior Elite events … Attends the Golf Academy at Riksidrottsgymnasiet Helsingborg
Our first Boys’ Amateur Championship finalist…
Congratulations Didrik Ringvall Bengtsson 🇸🇪👏 pic.twitter.com/dbsFDR7Sl0
— The R&A (@RandA) August 13, 2022
