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Courtesy: Jeri Thorpe, Athletic Media Relations Release: 09/02/2009 |
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Junior (2008-09) David Lingmerth enjoyed his best season as a Razorback in 2008-09 earning Second-Team All-Southeastern Conference, PING All Central Region and Honorable Mention All-America honors as a junior. Lingmerth opened the season with back-to-back second-place showings followed by a fifth-place finish helping the Razorbacks jump out of the gate quickly in the fall. He added four more top 10 finishes in the spring including career-best ties for fifth at both the SEC Championships and the NCAA South Central Regional Championships. Lingmerth also tied for 23rd in the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championships and won two of his three matches in match play. Sophomore (2007-08) Lingmerth appeared in the UA lineup in all 12 events for Arkansas and was second on the team with a 73.39 scoring average. He was named to the 15-member PING All-South Central Region team. He posted nine top-20 results in his first season as a Razorback including three finishes in the top 10. He finished in a tie for fourth place at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate with a nine-over-par 222. At the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, he turned in a career-low 54-hole total of 208 (-8) which was good for a share of 10th place. He also fired a season-low 68 in the second round of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, which was one of his four rounds in the 60s. Lingmerth tied for ninth place at the Mizzou Intercollegiate with a six-over-par 222. He was UA's second finisher at the SEC Championships where he posted a six-over-par 222 and tied for 32nd place. Lingmerth was the top UA finisher at the NCAA Central Regional where he turned in an 11-over-par 224 which was good for a share of 20th place. During the break before the spring semester, Lingmerth captured the 2007 Dixie Amateur title with a one-under-par 283 at the 72-hole event in Pompano Beach, Fla. He defeated Germany's Stephan Gross in a four-hole sudden death playoff. Freshman (2006-07 at W. Florida) Lingmerth was a third-team PING All-America selection at the University of West Florida. He was also named to the All-Gulf South Conference first team. During the year, he played in eight events and was second on the team with a 72.13 scoring average. He had four top-10 finishes, including a win at the Southeastern Collegiate where he shot a six-under-par 210. Lingmerth carded a four-under-par 212 at the Gulf South Conference Championship to finish tied for third place. Klippans Gymnasieskola He won the Swedish High School Championships during his senior year, in which he had a 72.6 scoring average. Lingmerth won the FSB Tour Elite Championship and claimed a bronze medal at the European Team Championship in 2005. He played eight events as a member of the Swedish national team. Personal Born July 22, 1987, he is the son of Thomas and Birgitta Lingmerth. He has three younger siblings, Andreas, Tobias and Louisa. His uncle, Goran Lingmerth, was a kicker for the Cleveland Browns in 1987. David is majoring in business marketing at Arkansas. |
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