Christofer Blomstrand

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Christofer Blomstrand
Personal information
Born (1991-12-09) 9 December 1991 (age 32)
Höör, Sweden
Height182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other4
Achievements and awards
PGA of Sweden Future Fund Award2017

Christofer Blomstrand (born 9 December 1991) is a Swedish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour where he was runner-up at 2018 Porsche European Open.

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Career

Blomstrand was born in Höör and is attached to Falsterbo Golf Club. He turned professional in 2011 and joined the Nordic Golf League. In 2015, he tied for 3rd at the ECCO German Masters and won his first professional title at the Race to HimmerLand in Denmark. He also won the Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship in Oman on the MENA Tour.

Blomstrand earned a 2016–17 Sunshine Tour card through qualifying school, and won the Zambia Sugar Open in April 2016 with a final round 63. [1] [2] He spent 2017 on the Challenge Tour, where his best finish was a tie for 4th place at the Finnish Challenge and the Bridgestone Challenge.[ citation needed ]

Blomstrand tied for 25th at qualifying school to capture the last available card for the 2018 European Tour, where he saw immediate success at Joburg Open, finding himself in solo second place, after a third round of 62, where he was 11-under-par for the day after 14 holes to raise hopes of an historic 59. [3] He ultimately finished in a tie for 8th with a final round 75. [4] Later in the year he finished runner-up at Porsche European Open, one stroke behind Richard McEvoy. [5]

In 2020, Blomstrand tied for 3rd at the Euram Bank Open, a dual ranking European and Challenge Tour event, and was runner-up at the Challenge Tour Grand Final. He won multiple times on the 2023 Nordic Golf League, and was runner-up at the Sand Valley Polish Masters. [6]

Professional wins (6)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
124 Apr 2016 Zambia Sugar Open −16 (73-71-69-63=276)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg CJ du Plessis

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
118 Aug 2024 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge −20 (66-69-68-65=268)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Alexander Lévy, Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lindberg

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
13 Oct 2015 Race to HimmerLand−8 (74-68-65=207)2 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Schmidt Hansen, Flag of Norway.svg Eirik Tage Johansen,
Flag of Denmark.svg Nikolaj Erland Nissen
223 Feb 2023 GolfStar Winter Series II−16 (72-62-64=198)4 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Charlie Lindh
312 May 2023Skåne Challenge−6 (73-68-69=210)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Åkesson

MENA Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
121 Oct 2015 Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship−11 (67-68-70=205)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Julian Kunzenbacher

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References

  1. ↑ "Blomstrand's sweet Zambia Sugar victory". SuperSport. 24 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Munyeka, Kondwani (25 April 2016). "Christofer bags Zambia Sugar Open". The Post. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sharma closes in on first European Tour win at Joburg Open". The Irish Times. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Blomstrand Dazzles But Sharma Dominates At Joburg Open". European Tour. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Richard McEvoy holds nerve to claim maiden European tour title". The Irish Times. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Damgaard, Peter (12 May 2023). "Peter Launer Bæk blev nr. 3, da Christofer Blomstrand vandt Skåne Challenge" [Peter Launer Bæk finished 3rd when Christofer Blomstrand won the Skåne Challenge]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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