Austrian Golfer

Lukas Boandl

Professional Golfer | Austrian National Champion

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About

Lukas Boandl - Austrian golfer playing for Rice University
Born January 26, 2002
Nationality Austrian
Status Professional (since 2026)
Education Rice University (B.A., Class of 2026)
Home Course TGC Loipersdorf-Fürstenfeld

Born in Königsdorf, Austria, Lukas Boandl is one of the country's top golfers and a graduate of Rice University (Class of 2026). He has represented Austria internationally and gained experience on the DP World Tour, Challenge Tour, Pro Golf Tour, and Alps Tour as an amateur.

After four seasons with the Rice Owls, including three collegiate tournament wins, PING All-Central Region honors, and a share of the program's career-wins record, Lukas was crowned 2026 Austrian National Champion. He closed his amateur career with a tie for second at the French International Amateur Championship, then turned professional and finished T10 on his HotelPlanner Tour debut at the Rosa Challenge Tour in Poland.

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Achievements

Collegiate Wins (Rice University)

  • 2025: Trinity Forest Invitational (co-champion, -15)
  • 2024: Bayou City Collegiate Classic (co-champion, -12)
  • 2024: Argent Financial Classic (-10)

National & Professional

  • 2026: T10, Rosa Challenge Tour, Poland (HotelPlanner Tour; professional debut, -6)
  • 2026: Austrian National Champion (Nationale Offene; -28)
  • 2026: T2, French International Amateur Championship (final amateur event)
  • 2026: T19, NCAA Athens Regional (-4); T9, American Championship
  • 2026: T5, Mossy Oak Intercollegiate; American Conference Golfer of the Week
  • 2025: T61, Interwetten Open (Challenge Tour)

Records & Honors

2026 Austrian National Champion (Nationale Offene at GC Klagenfurt-Seltenheim; rounds of 64-62-71-63, -28); T10 on professional debut at the 2026 Rosa Challenge Tour (HotelPlanner Tour), closing with a 65; T2 at the 2026 French International Amateur Championship; PING All-Central Region Team (2026), second Rice golfer ever with All-Region honors; unanimous American All-Conference (2026) and American All-Conference (2025); American Conference Golfer of the Week (Apr. 2026); three career collegiate wins; 2025-26 Rice single-season records for stroke average (70.46), average vs. par (-1.11), rounds of par or better (25), and rounds in the 60s (15); first Rice golfer with 10+ rounds in the 60s in a season twice; school-record 36-hole score of 132; Conference USA All-Freshman Team (2023); GCAA All-America Scholar, CSC Academic All-District, and American All-Academic (2025).

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