Career: Finished career with the seventh-lowest scoring average (72.658) in school history with nine career top-10 finishes… T5th with 120 career rounds played and T8th with 41 tournament starts… Earned his undergraduate degree in finance (3.723 GPA) in three years and added his MBA (4.0 GPA) during his additional year of eligibility in 2022-23 due to Covid-19 waiver from the 2019-20 season that was shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic…
2022-23: Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year… First-team all-conference… Big South All-Championship team… Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Big South All-Academic Team… Posted third-lowest scoring average (72.42) in league… Had two top-10 individual finishes… Named Big South golfer of the week Feb. 9 after T12 in Battle at Briar’s Creek (69-76-71—216)… Finished sixth at season-opening Badger Invitational (68-70—138)… T5 at Big South stroke play championship (72-71-74—217)…
2021-22: Named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America… Big South Golfer of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year… named first-team all-conference and all-academic team… Big South Presidential Honor Roll.. NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional participant (81-72-78—231, T54)… T1st in Big South stroke play (71-66-70—207) and named to all-championship team… Led league with six top-10 finishes... Ranked No. 237 in Golfstat national rating and No. 167 in the Golfstat Cup…Finished 2nd among Big South golfers with a 71.69 stroke average… Played par, or better, golf in 21 of 33 rounds, including a collegiate career-low 64 at the Golfweek Fall Challenge… Ranked 21st in the nation in par-3 scoring and 90th in average score with 116 birdies heading into regional play… Named Big South golfer of the week four times… Opened season with four-straight top-10 finishes at Golfweek Fall Challenge (T6), Georgetown Intercollegiate (T4), Wolfpack Intercollegiate (T9) and Daniel Island Intercollegiate (T7)…
2020-21: Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar choice by the GCAA… Named to Big South all-conference and all-academic teams as well as to Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Competed in all eight events and compiled a 72.96 stroke average, 11th-lowest in the Big South Conference… Had four top-20 individual finishes… Career-best T6 (71-70-70—211) at Tar Heel Intercollegiate… T16 in Big South stroke play championship (72-70-73—215) and won his final competition in match play 2&1… Collegiate career low 68 and finished T16 at Golfweek Spring Invitational (73-68-74—215)… Broke par 10 times in 24 rounds… Shot 78-71-72--221 (T42) at NCAA Noblesville Regional…
2019-20: Named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America… Big South All-Academic Team and Presidential Honor Roll member… Played in all six events, compiling a 73.0 stroke average – T11th among Big South golfers… Scoring average stands 7th-lowest all-time among Campbell sophomore class records… Posted eight rounds of par, or better, golf… Shot collegiate low 69 in opening round of Border Olympics… Matched career-best collegiate finish with a T15 (-2) at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate (72-70-72—214)… Was even-par over final 36 holes (78-72-72—222) to help team T1st at Little Rock First Tee Classic…
2018-19: Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll member… Twice named Big South Freshman of the Week… Opened collegiate career with T15 at the Golfweek Program Challenge (72-71-70—213), where he helped lead CU to team title… Top-20 finish (T18) at FGCU Classic… 4 rounds of par, or better, golf…
Prep/Personal: Former Swedish PGA Junior Open runner-up… Represented Delsjo Golf Club in the 2018 Swedish Junior Team and Swedish Men’s Team Championships… T7th in the Skandia Tour Elite Series at Oijared Golf Club… Played in prestigious Duncan Putter (T25) event… T31st in 2018 Swedish Junior National Stroke Play Championship… T17th in 2018 Stenson-Sunesson Junior Challenge (T17)… 2017 Delsjo Junior Open Champion… Advanced to quarterfinals of 2017 Swedish Junior National Match Play Championship and was runner-up at both the Swedish PGA Junior Open and Silfverschiold Trophy, where he was also low amateur…. T3rd at 2017 Skandia Tour Elite Series at Abekkas Golf Club, T6th in the Future Series Men Hovas Professional Open… T10th at Stenson-Sunesson Junior Challenge, T13th at the Swedish Junior National Stroke Play Championship… Represented Delsjo Golf Club in Swedish Junior Team Championship and Swedish Men’s Team Championship… Son of Johan and Aasa Lilja… Born Feb. 19, 1999… Graduated May 8, 2021 as a finance major and earned his MBA in May 2023…
Henrik Lilja Career Stats
| Season |
Events |
Rds. |
Strokes |
Avg. |
Low Round |
Top Finish |
| 2018-19 (Fr.) |
5 |
14 |
1043 |
74.50 |
70 (GW Prog.) |
T15 (GW Prog.) |
| 2019-20 (So.) |
6 |
18 |
1314 |
73.0 |
69 (Border) |
T15 (Wolfpack) |
| 2020-21 (Jr.) |
8 |
24 |
1751 |
72.96 |
68 (Golfweek) |
T6 (Tar Heel) |
| 2021-22 (Sr.) |
11 |
33 |
2366 |
71.69 |
64 (Golfweek) |
T1 (Big South) |
| 2022-23 (Gr.) |
11 |
31 |
2245 |
72.42 |
68 (3X) |
T5 (Big South) |
| Career |
41 |
120 |
8719 |
72.6583 |
64 (’21-21) |
T1 (’21-22) |
Henrik Lilja Career Results
2018-19
Golfweek Program Challenge 72-71-70--213 (T15)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate 74-75-74--223 (T57)
FGCU Classic 75-78-76--229 (18)*
ECU Intercollegiate 78-78-71--227 (T24)*
Stitch Intercollegiate 77-74--151 (T65)
2019-20
Golfweek Conference Challenge 73-73-75--221 (T32)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate 72-70-72--214 (T15)
Little Rock/First Tee Classic 78-72-72--222 (T23)
Intercollegiate at Innisbrook 73-75-71--219 (T31)
Sea Best Invitational 74-70-75--219 (T52)
Border Olympics 69-73-77--219 (T20)
2020-21
Sea Best Invitational 76-75-79--230 (T46)
Southern Invitational 71-75-71--217 (T19)
Schenkel Invitational 74-74-78--226 (T50)
Tar Heel Intercollegiate 71-70-70--211 (T6)
Golfweek Spring Invitational 73-68-74--215 (T16)
Stitch Intercollegiate 70-76-70--216 (T41)
Big South Championship 72-70-73--215 (T16)
NCAA Noblesville Regional 78-71-72—221 (T42)
2021-22
Golfweek Fall Challenge 74-64-69--207 (T6)
Georgetown Intercollegiate 71-68-70--209 (T4)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate 70-71-72--213 (T9)
Daniel Island Intercollegiate 73-70-72--215 (T7)
Sea Best Invitational 77-71-75--218 (T37)
Advance Golf Partners Collegiate 72-76-76--224 (T40)
Dorado Beach Collegiate 71-70-70--211 (T12)
Schenkel Invitational 70-73-70--213 (T12)
Stitch Intercollegiate 74-73-71--218 (T10)
Big South Championship 71-66-70--207 (T1)
NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional 81-72-78—231 (T54)
2022-23
Badger Invitational 68-70--138 (6)
Graeme McDowell Invitational 79-73-74--226 (T19)
Georgetown Intercollegiate at Liberty Natl. 72-76-72--220 (T15)
Furman Intercollegiate 71-71-70--212 (T13)
Daniel Island Intercollegiate 78-73-75--226 (T31)
Sea Best Invitational 77-68-74--219 (T36)
Battle at Briar’s Creek 69-76-71--216 (T12)
Schenkel Invitational 72-70-73--215 (T12)
Seahawk Intercollegiate 69-68-74--211 (T14)
Stitch Intercollegiate 76-69--142 (T16)
Big South Championship 72-71-74--217 (T5)
