Christian Nilsson (golfer)

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Christian Nilsson
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Nilsson at the 2010 KLM Open
Personal information
Full nameChristian Lars Nilsson
Born (1979-05-25) 25 May 1979 (age 43)
Karlstad, Sweden
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Karlstad, Sweden
Spouse
Johanna Nilsson
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(m. 2009)​
Children1
Career
Turned professional1999
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other8

Christian Lars Nilsson (born 25 May 1979) is a Swedish former professional golfer.

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Professional career

Nilsson was born in Karlstad, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999 with a plus 3 handicap. Nilsson played on the Challenge Tour full-time since 2004, playing few events before then. His first event on the European Tour was the 2005 Open Championship where he missed the cut. His first full season on the European Tour was 2006, and his second in 2007. In 2008 he played on both the Challenge and European Tours with his best finish a runner-up to David Dixon at the Saint-Omer Open, but he did not break through until 2009 at the same event. At the 2009 Saint-Omer Open in June, a week opposite the U.S. Open, Nilsson won his first European Tour event by 6 strokes over Portugal's José-Filipe Lima. The win was Nilsson's first professional win on a recognized major golf tour. [1]

After a disappointing season in 2012 where he finished 149th in the Race to Dubai, Nilsson announced that he would be retiring from professional golf to focus more on his family. [2] He began working as an instructing professional at Karlstad Golf Club.

In 2017 he came back to competitive golf, playing on the Nordic Golf League, the Swedish Golf Tour and the Swedish mini tour Future Series. In 2017 and 2018 he won four times on the Future Series in Sweden.

Professional wins (9)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
121 Jun 2009 Saint-Omer Open 1−13 (68-69-65-69=271)6 strokes Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima

1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
121 Jun 2009 Saint-Omer Open 1−13 (68-69-65-69=271)6 strokes Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima

1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Telia Challenge Waxholm Flag of Norway.svg Morten Hagen Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 May 2002 Telehuset Larvik Open−13 (69-69-65=203)9 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Knut-Alexander Schiager
23 Sep 2005 Hydro-Texaco Open−6 (69-69=138)4 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Morten Hagen
39 Oct 2005Öresund Masters−9 (72-69-69=210)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Johansén

Other wins (5)

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ Christian Nilsson wins the Saint-Omer Open
  2. ↑ Out of Bounds (in Swedish)
  3. 1 2 "Golf - Den Stora Sporten'" [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. pp. 180, 200, 201.
  4. ↑ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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