Dennis Edlund

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Dennis Edlund
Personal information
Full nameDennis Edlund
Born (1965-09-24) 24 September 1965 (age 59)
Strängnäs, Sweden
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Trangsund, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1988
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour5 (Tied-7th all-time)
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1997

Dennis Edlund (born 24 September 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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Career

In 1965, Edlund was born in Strängnäs.

Edlund turned professional in 1988. He played on the European Tour and its official development tour, the Challenge Tour, between 1990 and 2003. He won five times on the Challenge Tour, including twice in 1996, when he won the English Challenge Tour Championship and Rolex Trophy Pro-Am on his way to second place on the tour's end of season rankings. His best finishes on the European Tour were as runner-up at both the 1997 Alamo English Open and the 1998 Standard Life Loch Lomond.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
118 Jul 1993 Open des Volcans −12 (70-70-64-72=276)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Gervás, Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hedblom
228 May 1995 Compaq Open −1 (72-71-73-71=287)3 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn, Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Nielsen
34 Aug 1996 English Challenge Tour Championship −6 (75-71-66-70=282)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Rob Edwards
410 Aug 1996 Rolex Trophy Pro-Am −14 (66-66-68-74=274)Playoff Flag of England.svg Carl Watts
57 Oct 2000 San Paolo Vita Open −15 (73-68-69-63=273)1 stroke Flag of Italy.svg Marcelo Santi

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
121 Aug 1988 Gevalia Open −11 (73-66-67-71=277)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Arne Brostedt, Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Dahlberg

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Internationellt, amatörer" [International, amateurs]. Svensk Golf. No. 10. October 1987. p. 88.