8/9/2024 3:13:00 PM | Men's Golf
Macon - Martin Kjellser, a recent graduate of Young Harris College with four years of college golf experience, has joined the Mercer men's golf staff as an assistant coach for the 2024-25 season. Kjellser will be a Graduate Assistant at Mercer, pursuing his MBA.Â
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Kjellser, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, played four seasons at Division II Young Harris from 2020-24. As a freshman in 2020-21, Kjellser played 23 rounds, holding a 73.4 stroke average and helping the team to a Peach Belt Conference championship for the first time in program history.Â
The following season, he competed in 15 rounds for the Mountain Lions, maintaining a stroke average of 80.5. Kjellser shot a season-best 75 in the second round of the Queens (N.C.) Fall Invitational. A standout in the classroom, he was named to both the Peach Belt Conference Men's Golf Team of Academic Distinction as well as PBC Presidential Honor Roll.Â
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Kjellser's junior season of 2023-24 saw him play in nine rounds with a stroke average of 77.6. His lowest round of the season came in the Spring Bulldog Clash where he shot a 72. In 2023-24, Kjellser's final season at Young Harris, he competed in a career-high 19 rounds, posting a 77.53 stroke average. In the Music City Invitational, he shot a season-best 70 in the second round en route to a T28 finish. Kjellser also had a fine showing at the King University Invitational, recording rounds of 71 and 74 for a T26 finish.Â
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Kjellser graduated from Young Harris in 2024 with a degree in Business Statistics and Analysis and a minor in Mathematics.  During the 2020-21 season with the Mountain Lions, Kjellser was teammates with Tobias Jonsson, a fellow native of Sweden who transferred to Mercer following the season. Jonsson spent three years at Mercer from 2021-24, becoming one of the most decorated golfers in program history. Prior to becoming teammates at Young Harris, Kjellser and Jonsson played junior golf together in Sweden.Â
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Kjellser, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, played four seasons at Division II Young Harris from 2020-24. As a freshman in 2020-21, Kjellser played 23 rounds, holding a 73.4 stroke average and helping the team to a Peach Belt Conference championship for the first time in program history.Â
The following season, he competed in 15 rounds for the Mountain Lions, maintaining a stroke average of 80.5. Kjellser shot a season-best 75 in the second round of the Queens (N.C.) Fall Invitational. A standout in the classroom, he was named to both the Peach Belt Conference Men's Golf Team of Academic Distinction as well as PBC Presidential Honor Roll.Â
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Kjellser's junior season of 2023-24 saw him play in nine rounds with a stroke average of 77.6. His lowest round of the season came in the Spring Bulldog Clash where he shot a 72. In 2023-24, Kjellser's final season at Young Harris, he competed in a career-high 19 rounds, posting a 77.53 stroke average. In the Music City Invitational, he shot a season-best 70 in the second round en route to a T28 finish. Kjellser also had a fine showing at the King University Invitational, recording rounds of 71 and 74 for a T26 finish.Â
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Kjellser graduated from Young Harris in 2024 with a degree in Business Statistics and Analysis and a minor in Mathematics.  During the 2020-21 season with the Mountain Lions, Kjellser was teammates with Tobias Jonsson, a fellow native of Sweden who transferred to Mercer following the season. Jonsson spent three years at Mercer from 2021-24, becoming one of the most decorated golfers in program history. Prior to becoming teammates at Young Harris, Kjellser and Jonsson played junior golf together in Sweden.Â
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