Ondřej Lieser (born 12 August 1991) is a Czech professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.
In 2020 he became the first golfer from the Czech Republic to win on the Challenge Tour with victory at the Andalucía Challenge de España, and the first Czech golfer to gain a full playing card on the European Tour.
He represented the Czech Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics tournament but finished at the last place.Ondřej Lieser at Olympedia
Amateur career Lieser represented the Czech Republic at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy.
Professional career Lieser turned professional after the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy and made his professional debut at the D+D Real Czech Challenge on the Challenge Tour in October 2012, where he earned his first pay check after finishing tied 33rd.
Lieser played on the Pro Golf Tour where he won the Zell am See – Kaprun Open in 2018 and the Polish Open in 2019. He finished fifth on the 2019 Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit and earned a Challenge Tour card for 2020.
In 2020, Lieser finished tied for fourth place at the Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil in October before winning the Andalucía Challenge de España in Cadiz in November, two strokes ahead of Richard Mansell. With the victory, Lieser moved into sixth place on the Order of Merit and secured his spot in the season-ending Challenge Tour Grand Final. Lieser went on to win the Grand Final and by doing so; claimed the Order of Merit title, becoming the first Czech player to do so.
Professional wins (15) Challenge Tour wins (2) Legend Grand Finals (1) Other Challenge Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up18 Nov 2020Andalucía Challenge de España−10 (74-70-67-67=278)2 strokes Richard Mansell222 Nov 2020Challenge Tour Grand Final−11 (70-69-66-68=273)1 stroke Christofer Blomstrand, Alexander Knappe, Santiago Tarrío
Pro Golf Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up120 Jul 2018Zell am See – Kaprun Open−17 (66-64-69=199)Playoff Craig Howie227 Jun 2019Polish Open−19 (61-66-64=191)7 strokes Félix Mory
Czech PGA Tour wins (10) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up15 Oct 2013Kaskáda Grand Final +1 (73-74-70=217)7 strokes Stanislav Matuš225 Aug 2015Oaza Energo Czech PGA Stroke Play Championship−11 (69-71-65=205)9 strokes Martin Příhoda34 Sep 2016WGM Czech Open−6 (72-70-69-71=282)Playoff Luke Groves421 Oct 2016Prague Golf Masters−14 (68-63-71=202)9 strokes Chris Robb526 Apr 2017Czech One Trophy−10 (65-67-74=206)2 strokes Manuel Trappel612 Aug 2017Kenox Cup−8 (68-68=136)2 strokes Filip Mrůzek716 Aug 2017Sokolov Trophy−9 (65-70=135)4 strokes Aleš Kořínek, Filip Mrůzek830 Sep 2018Repromeda Cup−18 (68-63-67=198)6 strokes Filip Mrůzek99 Jun 2019Czech PGA Matchplay Championship5 and 4 Gregg LaVoie106 Oct 2019Portiva Golf Trophy−11 (68-67-70=205)1 stroke Stanislav Matuš
Other wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up115 Sep 2020Penati Slovak Open−8 (71-67=138)4 strokes Štěpán Daněk, Pavol Mach (a), Michal Pospíšil, Filip Raza
Team appearances Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing the Czech Republic): 2012
References
External links
Ondřej Lieser at the Czech PGA Tour official site