Pelle Edberg

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Pelle Edberg
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Personal information
Full namePer Oscar Edberg
NicknamePelle
Born (1979-04-13) 13 April 1979 (age 43)
Jönköping, Sweden
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Hok, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1997
Current tour(s) Nordic Golf League
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T12: 2007

Per Oscar "Pelle" Edberg (born 13 April 1979) is a Swedish professional golfer and former European Tour player. He was runner-up at the 2008 SAS Masters, the 2010 Saint-Omer Open, and the 2015 D+D Real Czech Masters.

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Early life

Edberg was born and grew up in Jönköping, Sweden, as the youngest of four sons to Stefan Edberg, the owner of Hook Golf Club, situated 30 kilometers south of the city of Jönköping. Edberg and his brothers Hans, Jonas and Calle all spend a lot of their childhoods at the golf course. His brother Hans, who also became a golf professional and twice a winner on the Swedish Golf Tour, [1] has always trained and supported him. [2]

Without the possibility to go to college in America or combine golf training with studies at upper secondary sports school in Sweden, Edberg turned professional at 17 years of age. [2]

Professional career

After several unsuccessful attempts at the European Tour qualifying school, Edberg finally gained his tour card in 2004, having played most of that year on the second tier Challenge Tour.

Edberg failed to retain his playing privileges on the European Tour in his rookie season, and after a year of limited opportunities in 2006, regained his tour card for 2007 at final qualifying school. In 2007 he finished tied for 12th place at the 136th Open Championship played at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland, and had three top-10 finishes, including a tie for 3rd at the Smurfit European Open. He finished the season ranked in 51st position on the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit.

In 2008 Edberg continued his consistent play, ending the season in 85th place on the Order of Merit, recording his best finish on tour to date along the way, a share of 2nd place at the SAS Masters in Stockholm in his home country.

Having spent 2012–2014 mainly on the Challenge Tour, Edberg re-qualified to the European Tour in 2014 and had the second best year of his career in 2015, finishing runner up in the D+D Real Czech Masters, third at the Porsche European Open and fourth at the Omega European Masters, for a 71st place in the Race to Dubai. [3]

On 4 September 2020, Edberg, at 41 years of age, came back to winning, by claiming his first professional win in 14 years, when he won the TanumStrand Fjällbacka Open on the Nordic Golf League and Swedish Golf Tour, with a 15 under par score, leading wire to wire.

Professional wins (6)

Nordic Golf League wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
113 May 2003 Telia Grand Opening −2 (67-71=138)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Nilsson
28 Jun 2003Rönnebäck Open−13 (66-68-69=203)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Steven Jeppesen
314 Aug 2003Sundbyholm Open−8 (68-70-70=208)4 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Leijon, Flag of Sweden.svg Kristoffer Svensson,
Flag of Sweden.svg Leif Westerberg
41 Oct 2006 TourGolf Masters−20 (69-69-67-63=268)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Bruzelius
54 Sep 2020 TanumStrand Fjällbacka Open−15 (65-65-69=198)3 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Jarand Ekeland Arnøy

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
17 May 2000Bankboken Tour 21 Pojkar #1−5 (70-67-74=211)7 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Sjöstrand

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2011 Roma Golf Open Flag of England.svg Sam Little Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament200720082009201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T12CUTCUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

European Tour career summary

SeasonStartsCuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop
10		Earnings
(€)		Money
list rank
2004 1–––––––
2005 259––––50,701177
2006 43––––15,804236
2007 2814–– 1 3629,61451
2008 3014– 1 1 3366,00185
2009 3419–––1213,653132
2010 1911– 1 –3196,218119
2011 111––––1,491321
2012 114–––285,918162
2013 22–––121,330217
2014 21––––––
2015 2510– 1 1 4463,74071
2016 3015–––2275,551100
2017 104––––51,885203
2018 5–––––––
2019 9–––––9,480–
Career*246108–33192,383,419258 [4]

*As of the 2019 season. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf – Den stora sporten [Golf – The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 277. ISBN   91-86818007.
  2. 1 2 "Pelle Edberg". Golfbladet. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pelle Edberg". European Tour. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Career Money List". European Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Pelle Edberg". European Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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