Joakim Rask

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Joakim Rask
Personal information
Born (1972-01-08) 8 January 1972 (age 53)
Katrineholm, Sweden
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb; 16.1 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Bromma, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins11
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Other8
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2009

Joakim "Jocke" Rask (born 8 January 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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Rask's father, a scratch golfer, taught him to play as a six-year-old and he represented the Swedish boys' team. Rask concentrated on golf after an ice-hockey injury, and turned professional in 1992 at the age of 20. He won a Challenge Tour event in his first season, and he had a great 1996 season, which saw him hold the number one rankings position for several weeks in the mid-to-late part of the season, and graduated to the European Tour. [1]

Rask played 63 events on the European Tour 1997–2015 where his best performance was ninth at the 2001 North West of Ireland Open. His biggest check came with his tie for fourth at the 2014 Kazakhstan Open on the Challenge Tour. [1]

Professional wins (11)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
130 Aug 1992 Västerås Open −8 (67-65-67=199)2 strokes Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ed Morton
29 Jun 1996 KB Golf Challenge −17 (67-65-68-71=271)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Greg Owen
38 Jun 1997 SIAB Open −3 (67-71-71-72=281)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Brink

Nordic Golf League wins (8)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
128 May 2000 Kinnaborg Open−6 (71-65-68=204)4 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Grönhagen
29 Sep 2006 Thermia Open−9 (68-72-67=207)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Pelle Edberg
310 Jun 2007 Telia Open−14 (66-66-67=199)9 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Panu Kylliäinen
41 Sep 2007 Västerås Mälarstaden Open −4 (69-69-68=206)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Lindgren, Flag of Sweden.svg Pehr Magnebrant
523 Sep 2007EGCC Open−3 (71-69-73=213)2 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Matti Meriläinen
66 Jun 2009 Söderby Masters−8 (72-72-67=211)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Eliasson
78 Jul 2011 Katrineholm Open −11 (67-69-69=205)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Petter Bocian
828 Jun 2013 Mercedes-Benz Matchplay5 and 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Johansson

References

  1. 1 2 Joakim Rask Bio, European Tour, accessed 8 September 2016