Johan Axgren

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Johan Axgren
Personal information
Full nameBengt Johan Axgren
Born (1975-03-05) 5 March 1975 (age 47)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Gothenburg, Sweden
PartnerSofia
Children1
Career
Turned professional1995
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour4
Other2

Bengt Johan Axgren (born 5 March 1975) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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Axgren was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1995.

Axgren has won four times on the Challenge Tour, the first in 1996, and then once in 2004 and twice more in 2006, when he finished second on the end of season money list, to graduate to the European Tour for the 2007 season. He did not win sufficient money during that season to retain his tour card, and returned to the Challenge Tour the following season.

On 7 May 2006, Axgren achieved a career highest world ranking of 189. [1]

Professional wins (6)

Challenge Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
116 Jun 1996 Västerås Open −7 (66-67-67=200)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Rosenlund
211 Jun 2004 Open des Volcans – Challenge de France −4 (75-67-67-71=280)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Richard Bland
312 Feb 2006 Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open 1−7 (74-67-69-67=277)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Alex Norén
412 Mar 2006 Tusker Kenya Open −10 (64-69-67-70=270)4 strokes Flag of England.svg James Hepworth, Flag of England.svg Gary Lockerbie

1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2004 Volvo Finnish Open Flag of England.svg Phillip Archer, Flag of Finland.svg Roope Kakko (a)Kakko won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2006 Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Flag of Sweden.svg Alex Norén Won with birdie on third extra hole

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
110 Oct 2003 Telia Tourkval Kävlinge−10 (65-71-70=206)9 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Björklund, Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Huldahl

Other wins (1)

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References

  1. ↑ "Ranking, Week 18, 2006" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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