Klas Eriksson

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Klas Eriksson
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Personal information
Born (1971-07-30) 30 July 1971 (age 54)
Växjö, Sweden
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Växjö, Sweden
Spouse
Marina
(m. 2004)
Children2
Career
Turned professional1991
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour5 (Tied-8th all-time)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T41: 1996
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner
1993

Klas Eriksson (born 30 July 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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Career

Eriksson was born in Växjö and turned professional in 1991 having won the European Amateur and the French Amateur Stoke Play Championship the previous year. He finished 45th on the Order of Merit in his rookie season, but injuries and putting problems meant he failed to retain his card at the end of the 1998 season and he was back on the Challenge Tour in 1999.

Eriksson graduated from the Challenge Tour for a second time in 2001 by finishing 7th on the Rankings having won for the fourth time on the tour at the Talma Finnish Challenge. [1] He maintained his playing status on the European Tour for four seasons before again returning to the Challenge Tour. In 2008 he won his fifth Challenge Tour title at the Trophée du Golf Club de Genève as he secured promotion to the top level for the third time. In 2009 he again failed to win sufficient money to retain his European Tour card and was back on the Challenge Tour in 2010.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

Challenge Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
129 Mar 1993 Club Med Open −10 (71-68-70-69=278)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Neal Briggs
24 Jul 1993 Bank Austria Open −10 (69-72-70-67=278)1 stroke Ulster Banner.svg Stephen Hamill, Flag of France.svg Jean-François Remésy
326 Sep 1993 Challenge Novotel −12 (68-69-70-69=276)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Michel Besanceney
412 Aug 2001 Talma Finnish Challenge −16 (69-72-66-65=272)4 strokes Flag of England.svg Gary Clark
517 Aug 2008 Trophée du Golf Club de Genève −14 (68-70-73-63=274)Playoff Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wil Besseling, Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Rocha

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1999 NCC Open Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Nørret, Flag of Sweden.svg Per G. Nyman Nyman won with bogey on second extra hole
Nørret eliminated by par on first hole
2 2008 Trophée du Golf Club de Genève Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wil Besseling, Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Rocha Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Rocha eliminated by par on third hole

Results in major championships

Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004
The Open Championship T41CUTCUT

Note: Eriksson only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Eriksson ends victory drought in Finland". London Evening Standard . 12 August 2001. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-28.