Anders Hansen | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Anders Rosenberg Hansen | ||
Born | Sønderborg, Denmark | 16 September 1970||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | Denmark | ||
Residence | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Career | |||
College | University of Houston | ||
Turned professional | 1995 | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Sunshine Tour | ||
Professional wins | 4 | ||
Highest ranking | 23 (14 August 2011) [1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 3 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | T24: 2012 | ||
PGA Championship | 3rd: 2011 | ||
U.S. Open | T55: 2007 | ||
The Open Championship | T19: 2008 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Anders Rosenberg Hansen (born 16 September 1970) is a Danish former professional golfer.
Hansen was born in Sønderborg, Denmark. He turned professional in 1995. It took him a few years to establish himself on the European Tour, with his first top 116 Order of Merit finish (the level a player requires to automatically regain his card) coming in 1999.
His maiden European Tour victory was the 2002 Volvo PGA Championship and he finished in the top 60 on the Order of Merit every year from 2000 to 2012, with a best of seventh in 2011. He has featured in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking and has been the highest ranked Danish golfer.
Hansen represented Denmark in the WGC-World Cup in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007.
Hansen had six top-10 finishes in 2006 including a third at the Dubai Desert Classic, playing the two final days in the leaderball with Tiger Woods and Retief Goosen, and a second at the Italian Open for the second straight year.
Hansen qualified for the PGA Tour for 2007, capturing the fourth available spot, eight strokes off the winner, George McNeill, but failed to maintain his playing rights at the end of the season.
His second European tour victory came when he won the 2007 BMW PGA Championship, the same tournament where he claimed his first victory five years before. Hansen then won his third event in 2009 at the Joburg Open, in South Africa. He came from behind on the final day with a 66, and eventually won by one stroke over Andrew McLardy. A month later he won for the second time on the Sunshine Tour at the Vodacom Championship and after strong finishes in the two European Tour co-sanctioned events at the end of the season, he headed the Order of Merit for 2009.
Hansen achieved his best finish ever at a World Golf Championship event in March 2011, when he finished tied 3rd at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, three strokes behind winner Nick Watney. He later on achieved his best finish in a major, when he finished 3rd in the 2011 PGA Championship.
He retired after the 2015 European Tour season, [2] but still played in a small number of events in 2016. Hansen regained his European Tour card through Q School in 2017.
Legend |
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Flagship events (2) |
Other European Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 26 May 2002 | Volvo PGA Championship | −19 (68-65-66-70=269) | 5 strokes | Colin Montgomerie, Eduardo Romero |
2 | 27 May 2007 | BMW PGA Championship (2) | −8 (74-70-67-69=280) | Playoff | Justin Rose |
3 | 11 Jan 2009 | Joburg Open 1 | −15 (71-68-64-66=269) | 1 stroke | Andrew McLardy |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | Mark Foster, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford Vaughan | Foster won with eagle on second extra hole Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole |
2 | 2007 | BMW PGA Championship | Justin Rose | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2008 | BMW International Open | Martin Kaymer | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 2009 | Mercedes-Benz Championship | James Kingston | Lost to par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 11 Jan 2009 | Joburg Open 1 | −15 (71-68-64-66=269) | 1 stroke | Andrew McLardy |
2 | 15 Feb 2009 | Vodacom Championship | −18 (69-70-66-65=270) | 4 strokes | Graham DeLaet, Charl Schwartzel |
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | Mark Foster, Trevor Immelman, Paul Lawrie, Doug McGuigan, Bradford Vaughan | Foster won with eagle on second extra hole Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | ||||||||||
U.S. Open | T55 | ||||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T77 | CUT | CUT | T57 | T19 | CUT | ||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T24 | T12 | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | T24 |
U.S. Open | CUT | ||
The Open Championship | CUT | T22 | CUT |
PGA Championship | CUT | 3 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 9 |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Match Play | R64 | R64 | R64 | R32 | R64 | R32 | |||||
Championship | T57 | T12 | 45 | T3 | T29 | ||||||
Invitational | T58 | T22 | T45 | T29 | |||||||
Champions | 63 | T23 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
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