Lauri Ruuska (born 28 December 1993) is a Finnish professional golfer and European Tour player. He shot a 59 to win the 2023 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge.
Amateur career Ruuska won the 2013 Finnish Matchplay Championship, SM Reikäpeli, as a teenager, and topped the Finnish Tour Order of Merit. In 2015, he won the Finnish Stroke Play Championship, was runner-up at the Finnish Amateur Championship, and tied for 4th at the Nordea Tour Winter Series Lakes Open in Spain, a Nordic Golf League event. He made the cut at the 2015 GANT Open, a Challenge Tour event.
Professional career Ruuska turned professional ahead of the 2016 season and joined the Nordic Golf League, where he won his first title in 2017.
In 2020, he was runner-up at the PGA Catalunya Resort Championship, Thisted Forsikring Championship and Ledreborg Masters to finish 4th in the Order of Merit and join the 2021 Challenge Tour.
On the Challenge Tour, he won his first title at the 2023 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge, where he shot a bogey-free 59, becoming the fourth player in Challenge Tour history and the first Finn to card a sub-60 round.
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Ruuska was successful at Q-School and joined the 2024 European Tour, where his best finish his rookie season was a tie for 10th at the Italian Open.
In 2026, he joined the MENA Golf Tour where he won the Egypt Golf Series event at New Giza Golf Club after a final round ten-under-par 62.
Amateur wins 2015 Finnish Stroke Play Championship
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Professional wins (10) Challenge Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up120 Aug 2023Vierumäki Finnish Challenge−27 (59-70-64-64=257)7 strokes Jack McDonald, Joakim Wikström
MENA Golf Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up121 Jan 2026Egypt Golf Series New Giza Golf Club−14 (70-70-62=202)1 stroke Charlie Crockett
Nordic Golf League wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up130 Sep 2017GolfUppsala Open−14 (65-68-71=204)1 stroke Rasmus Holmberg, Erik Oja26 Mar 2026Infinitum Spring Series Final−14 (64-62-71=197)3 strokes August Thor Høst
Finnish Tour wins (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up122 Aug 2013SM Reikäpeli(as an amateur)4 and 3 Henri Lipsanen26 May 2017Finnish Tour Opening−5 (69-70-72=211)3 strokes Jaakko Mäkitalo310 Jun 2017Finnish Tour 3−9 (67-72-68=207)4 strokes Peter Erofejeff, Rasmus Karlsson (a)45 May 2019Finnish Tour Opening−3 (72-73-68=213)Playoff Sami Välimäki529 May 2022Kuljetusrinki Open−16 (67-66-64=197)2 strokes Rasmus Karlsson68 Jul 2023EEZY Open−14 (71-65-66=202)1 stroke Niclas Hellberg
Team appearances Amateur European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande (representing Finland): 2014 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Finland): 2013, 2014, 2015
See also 2023 European Tour Qualifying School graduates Lowest rounds of golf
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