Joakim Haeggman

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Joakim Haeggman
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Haeggman at the 2009 KLM Open
Personal information
Full nameKarl Sven Joakim Haeggman
NicknameJocke
Born (1969-08-28) 28 August 1969 (age 55)
Kalmar, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Kalmar, Sweden
Spouse
Emelie
​
(m. 2011)​
Children2
Career
Turned professional1989
Current tour(s) European Senior Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins11
Highest ranking 39 (25 July 2004) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Challenge Tour3
European Senior Tour2
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2005
PGA Championship CUT: 1994, 2004
U.S. Open T57: 2004
The Open Championship T16: 2004
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner 		1992

Karl Sven Joakim Haeggman (born 28 August 1969) is a Swedish professional golfer who formerly played on the European Tour. He was the first Swede to play in the Ryder Cup.

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Early life

Haeggman was born in Kalmar on the east coast of the province of Småland in Sweden. He grew up close to the golf course at Kalmar Golf Club and learned the game without golf playing parents.

He won the unofficial 1985 Swedish Youth Championship, Colgate Cup, at his age level (16 years old) [2] [3]

Amateur career

In 1986, Haeggman won the Swedish Junior Under 19 Championship. [2]

As a 19 year old, Haeggman won the 1988 French Open Amateur Stroke-play Championship at Chantilly, north of Paris, shooting a score of level par 288. [4] The year after, he won the French Junior Open Match-play Championship as well.

He turned professional during 1989, still a junior, why he never represented Sweden on the highest amateur level, only at boys' level and the Continent of Europe at the Jacques Léglise Trophy.

Professional career

He won his place on the European Tour at the 1989 qualifying school. He has won three events on the European Tour, and several other professional events. His best seasons were 1993, 1997 and 2004, in each of which he made the top twenty on the Order of Merit.

Haeggman won his first tournament on the highest level at the 1993 Peugeot Spanish Open, becoming the first Swedish winner of the event and claiming the tenth Swedish victory on the European Tour.

The same year, Haeggman became the first Swede to play for the European Team in the Ryder Cup. He won his Sunday singles match against John Cook with one hole up, but Europe lost the Ryder Cup match against United States 15-13 at The Belfry Golf Club, England. [2]

Haeggman was out of the game for nearly two years following an ice hockey accident in 1994 which left him with a dislocated shoulder and broken ribs, which deprived him of the chance to play in the following Ryder Cup, and he has not represented Europe again. He also missed half a season after breaking his ankle playing ice hockey in December 2002.

Haeggman represented Sweden four times at the World Cup and twice at the Dunhill Cup.

At the 1993 Dunhill Cup at the Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland, the Swedish team of Haeggman, Anders Forsbrand and Jesper Parnevik finished tied 3rd, after losing just one match, against winners to be United States in the semi-finals.

At the 1997 Dunhill Cup, Haeggman scored a record 27 strokes on the front nine holes at the Old Course, in his stroke-play match against Justin Leonard, United States. The Swedish team of Haeggman, Per-Ulrik Johansson and Jesper Parnevik eventually lost in the final of the tournament against South Africa.

Haeggman and Jesper Parnevik represented Sweden at the 1994 World Cup of Golf at the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico. Sweden finished 3rd, behind United States and Zimbabwe and Haeggman 9th in the individual competition.

In 1998, Haeggman was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden. [5]

Week 30 in July 2004, Haeggman was ranked a career best 39th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
116 May 1993 Peugeot Spanish Open −13 (69-69-69-68=275)2 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Ernie Els, Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo
23 Aug 1997 Volvo Scandinavian Masters −18 (67-69-65-69=270)4 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Garrido
314 Mar 2004 Qatar Masters −16 (75-64-68-65=272)1 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhito Sato

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1994 Alfred Dunhill Open Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo Lost to par on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
120 Mar 1994 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open −9 (71-67-72-69=279)Playoff Flag of Malaysia.svg Periasamy Gunasegaran, Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Nobilo

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1994 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Periasamy Gunasegaran, Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Nobilo Won with par on eighth extra hole
Nobilo eliminated by par on sixth hole

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
18 Jul 1990 Wermland Open −10 (68-71-66-73=278)5 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Högberg
29 Aug 1992 SI Compaq Open −15 (69-69-64-67=269)4 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Ive Persson
327 Apr 2008 AGF-Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne −9 (66-74-67-68=275)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Marcus Higley

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1989 Gevalia Open Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Lanner Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Argentine Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other European Senior Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
14 Dec 2022 MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)−11 (66-67-66=199)4 strokes Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva
21 Sep 2024 HSBC India Legends Championship 1−9 (65-70-72=207)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Andrew Marshall

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India

Results in major championships

Tournament1993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUTT57
The Open Championship CUTT77CUTT38T16CUT
PGA Championship CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20042005
Match Play R64
Championship T48
Invitational WD
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
WD = withdrew

Results in senior major championships

Tournament2021202220232024
The Tradition
Senior PGA Championship T14T50CUTT14
U.S. Senior Open CUTCUT50T22
Senior Players Championship
The Senior Open Championship T40T41T25T17
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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  1. ↑ "Week 30 2004 Ending 25 Jul 2004" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 200, 209, 210, 211, 217, 225, 227, 236–237, 246, 250, 256–257. ISBN   91-86818007.
  3. ↑ "Nästa år faller drömgränsen" [Next year the dream line will be beaten]. Svensk Golf. No. 9. September 1985. pp. 26–29.
  4. ↑ "Joakim fransk mästare när Sverige sopade rent" [Joakim French Champion when Sweden cleaned up]. Svensk Golf. No. 6. June 1988. p. 106.
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