Lukas Boandl
Lukas Boandl is an amateur golfer from Königsdorf, Austria, who plays collegiate golf for the Rice University men's golf team. He has represented Austria in international amateur competitions and, as an amateur, has competed in professional events on the DP World Tour, Challenge Tour, Pro Golf Tour, and Alps Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Boandl grew up in Königsdorf, Austria and later accepted a scholarship to study and play golf at Rice University in Houston, Texas.He attended BHAK Fürstenfeld for high school in Austria. In 2021, Boandl recorded a 72.0 stroke average and won the Styrian Championship with a birdie on the final hole. The same year, he tied for ninth at the PGA of Austria Championship and placed seventh at the Austrian International Amateur. In 2020, he recorded three top-five finishes in national events, including third place in both the Austrian Under-18 Match Play and the Vienna County Championship. As a junior, he represented Austria in tournaments including the Evian Junior Championship, the Junior Open in England, the European Young Masters, and the European Boys' Team Championship.
In August 2021, he made the cut at the Gösser Open, an Alps Tour event in Maria Lankowitz, Austria. In 2022, he competed on the Pro Golf Tour and finished tied for 10th at the Raiffeisen Pro Golf Tour event in St. Pölten, Austria.
College career at Rice University
Boandl enrolled at Rice University in 2022 to play NCAA Division I college golf. As a freshman in the 2022–23 season, he was one of two Rice golfers to appear in every tournament and was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team.In his sophomore year, Rice moved to the American Athletic Conference, and Boandl recorded a 73.88 scoring average with multiple top-20 finishes. During that season, he tied for 12th at the 2023 Argent Financial Classic and finished 13th at the Hoosier Collegiate.
In his junior year, he was named to the 2025 AAC All-Conference Team and led Rice with a 71.34 stroke average, which was the second-lowest single-season average in program history. In September 2024, Boandl won the Argent Financial Classic at 10 under par, becoming the fourth Rice golfer to finish a tournament at −10 or better Later that fall, he tied for first at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic at 12 under par, tying the second-lowest 54-hole score to par in program history. During the season, he set program records including the lowest 36-hole total and became the first Rice golfer to record two rounds of 65 or better in a single season. He finished the 2024–25 season with three top-five and three top-10 finishes, and received an at-large individual invitation to the 2025 NCAA Regional tournament in Bremerton, Washington. He tied for 19th at the NCAA Regional.
In his senior year, Boandl tied for first at the Trinity Forest Invitational in October 2025, shooting 15 under par with rounds of 66–66–69. He lost a playoff for the medalist honor, and the result was recorded as his third career collegiate title, tying the Rice program record for most tournament wins by a golfer. By late 2025, Boandl ranked third in program history in career stroke average and held the school record for rounds in the 60s in collegiate competition. He has been named an All-America Scholar and Academic All-District.
Professional tour appearances
While maintaining amateur status, Boandl has competed in professional events in Austria. In 2025, he played in the DP World Tour's Austrian Alpine Open at Gut Altentann Golf Club in May 2025 and shot 74 and 71 to miss the 36-hole cut. In the first round of the event, he holed an approach shot for birdie on the 12th hole.In July 2025, he played the Interwetten Open in Schladming, Austria. He made the cut and finished tied for 61st at 5 under par for the tournament. In July 2024, he played the Euram Bank Open at GC Adamstal but missed the cut.
Boandl has also competed on the Alps Tour. As a teenager, he made the cut at the 2021 Gösser Open. In May 2024, he competed again at the Gösser Open, finishing 47th in that edition. He has also competed on the Pro Golf Tour, including a tied-10th finish at an event in St. Pölten in 2022.
In August 2025, he placed third at the Austrian National Championship at Golf Club Gut Murstätten, finishing 14 under par, three strokes behind the winner, Niklas Regner.
Amateur wins
- 2019 Austrian Juniors Tour 2
- 2021 Styrian Championship
- 2024 Argent Financial Classic