Overview: In his first year at Clemson after two strong seasons at East Carolina…first native of Sweden to play golf for Clemson…will challenge for a starting position in 2024-25…two-time All-AAC selection for the Pirates as a freshman and sophomore … set the East Carolina school record for career wins (four) … tied for the lowest 18-hole score in program history (63 in the first round at Ironwood Collegiate Classic in the first round on October 2, 2023) … his second-round score of 64 at Cutter Creek Collegiate Classic (March 20, 2024) is tied for third lowest score in East Carolina history … shot a 15-under (201) at Ironwood Collegiate Classic October 2-3, 2023, which is tied for fourth lowest 54-hole total at ECU … posted the second lowest single-season stroke average (71.29) in program history as a sophomore during 2023-24… owned a 72.06 career average 24 events at East Carolina… recorded 11 career tops 10 finishes (tied for ninth all-time at East Carolina)…that included five Top 5’s and four individual titles.
As a Sophomore at East Carolina (2023-24): Earned AAC All-Conference honors for the second consecutive year becoming the eighth player in program history with multiple all-league honors … appeared in all 12 events recording seven Top 10 finishes (tied for first in single-season) which included a pair of tournament wins … posted a team-best 71.29 scoring average, the second-best single-season average in program history … won individual titles at the Ironwood Collegiate Classic (201) and Cutter Creek (207), the latter marking his second-straight win at the Cutter Creek Golf Club … his score of 201 (15-under) at the Ironwood Collegiate Classic was the fourth-lowest 54-hole total in program history and his 15-under par is tied for the second lowest … tied the 18-hole school record of 63, which was shot during the opening round at Ironwood … finished tied for 22nd at The American Championships posting a score of 214 (4-over) … led the team with 13 rounds below par and recorded five of the team’s lowest nine rounds, which included a round of 63 (first) and 64 (second) … named AAC Golfer of the Week on March 22.
As a Freshman at East Carolina (2022-23): Became the seventh different Pirate (ninth overall) to earn AAC All-Conference honors … one of two players to appear in all 12 events (other Philip Linberg Bondestad) … posted a team-best 72.78 stroke average … earned a pair of individual wins at the ECU Intercollegiate and the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate where he posted a score of 213 … first Pirate since Tim Conover (2016-17) to win two events in the same season … named AAC Golfer of the Week after placing first at the ECU Intercollegiate (March 22) – a first since Blake Taylor in 2019 … finished tied for third at The American Championships carding three rounds in the 60’s (68-69-69) for a personal-best score of 206, which was the lowest score in the championships by an ECU golfer … his opening round 68 set a new program record in the league championships … claimed four Top 10 finishes on the year to lead the squad (six top 15’s) … shot 72 or better in 15 of 36 rounds (sub-70 on 10 occasions) … posted low 18-hole score of 67 (5-under) during second round action at the General Hackler Intercollegiate … recorded eight of the Pirates lowest 15 rounds … shot under par in four of 12 events which included Grandover Collegiate (-1), ECU Intercollegiate (-3), Cutter Creek Intercollegiate (-3) and AAC Championship (-4) … named to the 2022-23 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
Before East Carolina: Won Teen Tour Grand Opening by 6 shots … finished second in the Abbekås Open Future Series … finished fifth in the PGA Championship Landerys Masters in the Nordic Golfleague … finished fourth at the Race to Teen Tour Final Order of Merit (2021) … earned a third-place finish at the Teen Tour Elite No. 5 (2021) … represented Sweden in Nordic Junior Match (2021) … Swedish Junior Club Champions with Riggenas Golf Klubb (2021) … placed fifth at the Stenson Sunesson Junior Challenge (2021) … finished seventh at the JSM Slag (National Championship) Teen Tour Elite No. 3 (2021).
Personal: Born in Halmstad, Sweden … Son of Ewa and Stefan Augustsson … has a sister, Wilma … Played soccer for 10 years before starting high school … majoring in economics.
