September 03-06
Galgorm Spa & Golf Resort, Ballymena, Northern Ireland
โฌ200,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Tyler Koivisto completed a remarkable victory in his first Official World Golf Ranking recognised event by winning the Northern Ireland Open Supported by The R&A.
The American, teeing it up in his first European Challenge Tour event, posted a final round three under par 67 to reach 13 under par at Galgorm Castle Golf Club, two strokes clear of Norwayโs Kristian Krogh Johannessen in second place on 11 under par.
Koivisto spent three years as a schoolteacher after university before taking up golf full-time two years ago and is now faced with a promising future after a life-changing victory which secures him full Challenge Tour playing privileges.
ย โItโs very special,โ he said. โGolfing wise, probably the best week of my life. For my wife, our wedding, obviously, was the best week of my life.
First time in Northern Ireland.
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) September 6, 2020
First Challenge Tour event.
First @OWGRltd recognised event.
Here's the moment that will go down in history for Tyler Koivisto. #NIOpen pic.twitter.com/Ki1Vxl08AV
โThey called me up last week and asked me if I could fly to Northern Ireland and I said yes, Iโm going to take any opportunity I can get. I was mostly playing mini tour stuff in the States, some Monday qualifiers and I taught for three years.
โI think my mentality was good this week. I was really relaxed, not really caring and in terms of expectations I was just hitting golf shots and having fun. I had a blast this week on the course. I didnโt really worry too much about the results.โ
The Minnesotan showed the calmness of an experienced winner coming down the stretch at Galgorm Castle and he highlighted the birdie at the 15th hole as a pivotal moment.
โI think the birdie I made on 15 was huge,โ he said. โJust because I had seen a lot of putts burn the edge or my pace was a little weird. That went in the side door then and I thought to myself โyeah, Iโm going to get this done nowโ. I hit three really good tee shots coming down the stretch and that was very special.
โThat scene on the 18th green was special and it was nice to see my name on the top of the leaderboard. All the hard work you put in, itโs nice to see it pay off and get to the next level.โ
โThe birdie I made on 15 was huge. That went in the side door and I thought to myself โyeah, Iโm going to get this done nowโ.โ#NIOpen pic.twitter.com/9q15Lyged4
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) September 6, 2020
This weekโs event would not have been possible without The R&A, who provided additional through their Covid-19 Support Fund.
โIโm grateful just for the opportunity to come over here with everything going on, with the pandemic, and being able to set up this tournament bubble, I couldnโt believe all the work that went into that,โ Koivisto said.
โJust the ease of coming over here and having people arrange stuff for me was great. The R&A stepping in, it wouldnโt happen otherwise, Iโm very grateful for them.โ
🎥 The end of a memorable week in Northern Ireland.#NIOpen pic.twitter.com/qRnHjCDDYZ
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) September 6, 2020
Johannessen posted the joint-low round of the day with a five under par 65 to secure solo second place, one stroke clear of Jens Fahrbring, who also posted 65, and Englandโs Andrew Wilson who shared third place on ten under par. Swedenโs Bjรถrn Hellgren and Icelandโs Gudmundur Kristjansson made up the top five, sharing fifth place on nine under par.
With victory in Ballymena, Koivisto made it an American double with countryman John Catlin winning on the European Tour at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucรญa Masters, and the 27-year-old moves immediately to sixth place on the Road to Mallorca Rankings.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
KOIVISTO, Tyler | -13 |
67 |
71 |
62 |
67 |
267 |
2 |
JOHANNESSEN, Kristian Krogh | -11 |
69 |
69 |
66 |
65 |
269 |
3 |
FAHRBRING, Jens | -10 |
71 |
68 |
66 |
65 |
270 |
โ |
WILSON, Andrew | -10 |
71 |
68 |
64 |
67 |
270 |
5 |
HELLGREN, Björn | -9 |
68 |
69 |
68 |
66 |
271 |
โ |
KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | -9 |
68 |
67 |
69 |
67 |
271 |
7 |
HIGGO, Garrick | -8 |
72 |
68 |
67 |
65 |
272 |
โ |
TARRIO, Santiago | -8 |
69 |
68 |
66 |
69 |
272 |
9 |
DI NITTO, Enrico | -7 |
68 |
66 |
71 |
68 |
273 |
โ |
MIVIS, Christopher | -7 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
273 |
11 |
ENEFER, Will | -6 |
71 |
68 |
69 |
66 |
274 |
โ |
RUSCH, Benjamin | -6 |
71 |
67 |
66 |
70 |
274 |
13 |
DINWIDDIE, Robert | -5 |
69 |
66 |
70 |
70 |
275 |
โ |
EVANS, Ryan | -5 |
71 |
65 |
71 |
68 |
275 |
โ |
FERNANDEZ, Scott | -5 |
73 |
67 |
69 |
66 |
275 |
โ |
GREGORY, Scott | -5 |
74 |
68 |
68 |
65 |
275 |
โ |
OVESEN, Martin | -5 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
275 |
โ |
YOUNG, Daniel | -5 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
275 |
19 |
GALBRAITH, JR | -4 |
70 |
70 |
66 |
70 |
276 |
โ |
KNAPPE, Alexander | -4 |
71 |
70 |
65 |
70 |
276 |
21 |
DANTORP, Jens | -3 |
72 |
69 |
68 |
68 |
277 |
โ |
PLANT, Alfie | -3 |
67 |
69 |
71 |
70 |
277 |
23 |
BORDA, David | -2 |
71 |
72 |
66 |
69 |
278 |
โ |
KEARNEY, Niall | -2 |
71 |
70 |
68 |
69 |
278 |
โ |
LÄNGFORS, Per | -2 |
70 |
72 |
68 |
68 |
278 |
23 |
MANLEY, Stuart | -2 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
278 |
โ |
MANSELL, Richard | -2 |
75 |
63 |
67 |
73 |
278 |
โ |
ROBB, Chris | -2 |
71 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
278 |
โ |
WAITE, Mitch | -2 |
73 |
69 |
68 |
68 |
278 |
30 |
AXELSEN, John | -1 |
71 |
71 |
67 |
70 |
279 |
โ |
KIMSEY, Nathan | -1 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
68 |
279 |
โ |
NEIL, Bradley | -1 |
70 |
67 |
76 |
66 |
279 |
33 |
KEMMER, Dodge | PAR |
68 |
72 |
70 |
70 |
280 |
โ |
MAGNUS, Haraldur | PAR |
73 |
70 |
70 |
67 |
280 |
โ |
NEMECZ, Lukas | PAR |
74 |
67 |
71 |
68 |
280 |
โ |
STUREHED, Henric | PAR |
71 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
280 |
37 |
BLOOR, George | 1 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
281 |
โ |
FORD, Matt | 1 |
70 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
281 |
โ |
FORSSTRÖM, Simon | 1 |
74 |
67 |
72 |
68 |
281 |
โ |
JOHANSSON, Niclas | 1 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
281 |
โ |
SLOMAN, Tom | 1 |
70 |
72 |
69 |
70 |
281 |
42 |
ORRIN, Max | 2 |
74 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
282 |
43 |
BERARDO, Clément | 3 |
67 |
73 |
71 |
72 |
283 |
โ |
BULLEN, Michael | 3 |
72 |
66 |
73 |
72 |
283 |
โ |
ELLIS, Harry | 3 |
71 |
71 |
68 |
73 |
283 |
โ |
QUESNE, Julien | 3 |
66 |
72 |
74 |
71 |
283 |
โ |
VAN WEST, Robbie | 3 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
73 |
283 |
48 |
BJORNSSON, Andri | 4 |
73 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
284 |
โ |
CANNON, Christopher | 4 |
68 |
72 |
69 |
75 |
284 |
โ |
FLOYDD, Jack | 4 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
67 |
284 |
โ |
KOPP, Alexander | 4 |
73 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
284 |
52 |
PETERSSON, Robin | 5 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
76 |
285 |
53 |
MOORE, Bradley | 6 |
67 |
69 |
75 |
75 |
286 |
54 |
ALLAN, James | 7 |
69 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
287 |
55 |
EGGENBERGER, Mathias | 8 |
78 |
65 |
74 |
71 |
288 |
โ |
LUNDBERG, Mikael | 8 |
68 |
74 |
74 |
72 |
288 |
โ |
PALMER, Andrew | 8 |
70 |
73 |
73 |
72 |
288 |
โ |
TALBOT, Ben | 8 |
68 |
73 |
72 |
75 |
288 |
59 |
GRENVILLE-WOOD, Joshua | 9 |
69 |
73 |
69 |
78 |
289 |
โ |
WILLEY, Andrew | 9 |
70 |
72 |
74 |
73 |
289 |
61 |
ROSS, Craig | 11 |
68 |
71 |
76 |
76 |
291 |
62 |
GALIANO AGUILAR, Mario | 15 |
69 |
72 |
77 |
77 |
295 |
63 |
O'ROURKE, Conor | 17 |
69 |
70 |
79 |
79 |
297 |
64 |
BOURDY, Grégory | 4 |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
CASTAGNARA, Giulio | 4 |
70 |
74 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
DUBOIS, Edouard | 4 |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
ELVIRA, Manuel | 4 |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
LACROIX, Frederic | 4 |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
LANDO CASANOVA, Jérôme | 4 |
72 |
72 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
MCKIBBIN, Tom (AM) | 4 |
71 |
73 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
SAHLSTROM, Christopher | 4 |
73 |
71 |
- |
- |
144 |
โ |
WIEGELE, Martin | 4 |
74 |
70 |
- |
- |
144 |
73 |
ARKENAU, Hinrich | 5 |
70 |
75 |
- |
- |
145 |
โ |
HURLEY, Gary | 5 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
โ |
KRISTENSEN, Nicolai | 5 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
โ |
MULLARNEY, Ronan | 5 |
73 |
72 |
- |
- |
145 |
โ |
SANDBORG, Jesper | 5 |
72 |
73 |
- |
- |
145 |
โ |
TOWNDROW, Sean | 5 |
70 |
75 |
- |
- |
145 |
79 |
GIRRBACH, Joel | 6 |
74 |
72 |
- |
- |
146 |
โ |
HARRISON, Jack | 6 |
78 |
68 |
- |
- |
146 |
โ |
HOEY, Michael | 6 |
76 |
70 |
- |
- |
146 |
โ |
SAINZ, Javier | 6 |
73 |
73 |
- |
- |
146 |
โ |
WOAN, Harrison | 6 |
76 |
70 |
- |
- |
146 |
84 |
DE SOUSA, Raphaël | 7 |
78 |
69 |
- |
- |
147 |
โ |
MATUS, Stanislav | 7 |
72 |
75 |
- |
- |
147 |
โ |
QUINONES, Douglas | 7 |
71 |
76 |
- |
- |
147 |
โ |
RIU, Victor | 7 |
71 |
76 |
- |
- |
147 |
โ |
ZEMMER, Aron | 7 |
73 |
74 |
- |
- |
147 |
89 |
GAVINS, Daniel | 8 |
70 |
78 |
- |
- |
148 |
โ |
GILL, Bailey | 8 |
76 |
72 |
- |
- |
148 |
โ |
HUTCHINSON, Ben | 8 |
74 |
74 |
- |
- |
148 |
โ |
KING, Gary | 8 |
73 |
75 |
- |
- |
148 |
โ |
KUNZENBACHER, Julian | 8 |
74 |
74 |
- |
- |
148 |
โ |
WALKER, Euan | 8 |
68 |
80 |
- |
- |
148 |
โ |
WRISDALE, Jordan | 8 |
71 |
77 |
- |
- |
148 |
96 |
BRAEUNIG, Christian | 9 |
72 |
77 |
- |
- |
149 |
โ |
CAREY, David | 9 |
71 |
78 |
- |
- |
149 |
โ |
DU PLESSIS, Hennie | 9 |
78 |
71 |
- |
- |
149 |
โ |
GREHAN, Stuart | 9 |
73 |
76 |
- |
- |
149 |
โ |
MØLLER, Niklas Norgaard | 9 |
76 |
73 |
- |
- |
149 |
โ |
OWEN, Laurie | 9 |
72 |
77 |
- |
- |
149 |
โ |
PURCELL, Conor | 9 |
74 |
75 |
- |
- |
149 |
โ |
VECCHI FOSSA, Jacopo | 9 |
75 |
74 |
- |
- |
149 |
104 |
CLEMENTS, Todd | 10 |
71 |
79 |
- |
- |
150 |
โ |
MACCARIO, Federico | 10 |
72 |
78 |
- |
- |
150 |
โ |
MCELROY, Dermot | 10 |
76 |
74 |
- |
- |
150 |
107 |
FOLLETT-SMITH, Benjamin | 11 |
73 |
78 |
- |
- |
151 |
โ |
HARMER, Ryan | 11 |
77 |
74 |
- |
- |
151 |
โ |
JOHN, Allen | 11 |
76 |
75 |
- |
- |
151 |
โ |
LIPPARELLI, Edoardo Raffaele | 11 |
80 |
71 |
- |
- |
151 |
โ |
MCGEE, Ruaidhri | 11 |
76 |
75 |
- |
- |
151 |
โ |
MORY, Felix | 11 |
77 |
74 |
- |
- |
151 |
113 |
HASSAN, Jacob | 12 |
80 |
72 |
- |
- |
152 |
โ |
HILL, Josh (AM) | 12 |
76 |
76 |
- |
- |
152 |
115 |
DAWSON, Robin | 13 |
76 |
77 |
- |
- |
153 |
โ |
HENRY, Scott | 13 |
75 |
78 |
- |
- |
153 |
โ |
LAWLOR, Brendan | 13 |
74 |
79 |
- |
- |
153 |
โ |
MCBRIDE, Paul | 13 |
79 |
74 |
- |
- |
153 |
119 |
PENGE, Marco | 14 |
70 |
84 |
- |
- |
154 |
120 |
FERREIRA, Stephen | 15 |
79 |
76 |
- |
- |
155 |
โ |
KNIPES, Curtis | 15 |
74 |
81 |
- |
- |
155 |
122 |
OCHOA, Juan | 17 |
82 |
75 |
- |
- |
157 |
123 |
RUSH, Michael | 18 |
80 |
78 |
- |
- |
158 |
124 |
DAUX, Franck | 22 |
81 |
81 |
- |
- |
162 |
125 |
GRASSOTTI, Massimo | 23 |
80 |
83 |
- |
- |
163 |
W/D |
BOOTE, David | 2 |
72 |
70 |
- |
- |
142 |
RETD |
4 |
74 |
- |
- |
- |
74 |
|
RETD |
8 |
78 |
- |
- |
- |
78 |
|
W/D |
8 |
78 |
- |
- |
- |
78 |