Jarmo Sandelin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jarmo Sakari Sandelin | ||
Born | Imatra, Finland | 10 May 1967||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Spouse | Linda Sandelin | ||
Children | 3 | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1987 | ||
Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour | ||
Professional wins | 11 | ||
Highest ranking | 59 (11 July 1999) [1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 5 | ||
Asian Tour | 1 | ||
Challenge Tour | 2 | ||
European Senior Tour | 2 | ||
Other | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | T24: 2000 | ||
U.S. Open | CUT: 2000 | ||
The Open Championship | T31: 2000 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Jarmo Sakari Sandelin (born 10 May 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Senior Tour. He had five European Tour wins and played in the 1999 Ryder Cup.
Sandelin was born in Imatra, Finland, but grew up in Sweden and became a Swedish citizen.
Sandelin turned professional in 1987 and despite several visits to qualifying school, did not win a place on the European Tour until 1995 when he graduated from the second tier Challenge Tour by finishing in 9th place on the end of season rankings in 1994. He won the Turespana Open De Canaria during his début season as he finished in 21st place on the Order of Merit and was named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. [2] [3]
In 1996, Sandelin played on the United States–based PGA Tour, but made just one cut from 14 tournament starts during the season. He returned to Europe towards the end of the year with immediate success, winning the Madeira Island Open. [4] He has won a total of five tournaments on the European Tour and his best season was 1999, when he won the Spanish and German Opens and finished 9th on the Order of Merit. He also made his only Ryder Cup appearance that year, but was only selected to play in the singles and lost his match against Phil Mickelson 5 and 3. [3]
Sandelin suffered a loss of form after the turn of the century which culminated in a return to qualifying school in 2005. Having employed a coach for the first time in his career, [5] he regained his European Tour card immediately. [6] He managed to maintain his playing status another three years, although by small margins. In 2007 he edged out Lee Slattery for the last automatic card for 2008 by just €77. [7] He entered the European Tour Qualifying School totally 12 times.
In May 2017, Sandelin became eligible for the European Senior Tour, from 2018 known as the Staysure Tour. The first season he played 13 tournaments, had seven top-10s, with a best tied-4th finish at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters and finished 17th on the 2017 European Senior Tour Order-of-Merit rankings. [8] In 2018 Sandelin was runner-up in the Swiss Seniors Open and he had his first win on the senior tour in the final event of the 2019 season, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius, 18 years after his last European Tour win. [9]
In 2001, he was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden. [3]
The European Tour tournament Lancome Trophy at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, 30 km west of Paris, France in September 1997, was won by Mark O'Meara, one stroke ahead of Sandelin. A television viewer in Sweden noted that, on the 15th green in the final round, O'Meara, facing a two and a half foot putt, had replaced his ball half an inch closer to the hole than had been indicated by his marker. Sandelin wrote to O'Meara in March 1998, sent a video recording of the incident and asked for an explanation. O'Meara insisted he had not intended to gain any advantage and sought advice from the PGA and European Tours, who informed him that the tournament was over and the result stood. [10] O'Meara admitted in April 1998, he may, without intention, have broken the rules of golf on his way to winning the 1997 Lancome Trophy. [11]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 12 Feb 1995 | Turespaña Open De Canaria | −6 (74-72-66-70=282) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 31 Mar 1996 | Madeira Island Open | −9 (72-67-71-69=279) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
3 | 25 Apr 1999 | Peugeot Open de España | −21 (66-66-66-69=267) | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 | 13 Jun 1999 | German Open | −14 (69-64-73-68=274) | Playoff | ![]() |
5 | 25 Nov 2001 (2002 season) | BMW Asian Open 1 | −10 (72-66-72-68=278) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1999 | German Open | ![]() | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 29 Aug 1993 | Finnish PGA Championship | E (71-74-71=216) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 11 Sep 1994 | Challenge Novotel | −10 (70-69-73-66=278) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1991 | Volvo Finnish Open | ![]() | Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole |
2 | 1994 | Stockley Park Challenge | ![]() | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 18 Oct 1998 | Open Novotel Perrier (with ![]() | −26 (62-68-63-136=329) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 8 Aug 2019 | Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship | −8 (53-47=100) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Legend |
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Tour Championships (1) |
Other European Senior Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 15 Dec 2019 | MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius) | −12 (69-70-65=204) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 14 Jul 2024 | Swiss Seniors Open | −10 (69-64-67=200) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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U.S. Open | CUT | WD | |||||
The Open Championship | T79 | 65 | T31 | ||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T24 |
Note: Sandelin never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Tournament | 1999 |
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Match Play | |
Championship | T20 |
Invitational | T30 |
"T" = Tied
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | NT | |||||||
Senior PGA Championship | CUT | T69 | CUT | NT | CUT | |||
U.S. Senior Open | 55 | NT | ||||||
Senior Players Championship | ||||||||
Senior British Open Championship | T70 | 11 | T29 | NT | T28 | CUT | T25 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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