Klas Eriksson

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Klas Eriksson
Personal information
Born (1971-07-30) 30 July 1971 (age 52)
Växjö, Sweden
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceVäxjö, 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 7th all time)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT41: 1996
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner
1993

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

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.

On 30 October 1994, Eriksson achieved a highest world ranking of 226.

Amateur wins[edit]

Professional wins (5)[edit]

Challenge Tour wins (5)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 29 Mar 1993 Club Med Open −10 (71-68-70-69=278) 2 strokes England Neal Briggs
2 4 Jul 1993 Bank Austria Open −10 (69-72-70-67=278) 1 stroke Northern Ireland Stephen Hamill, France Jean-François Remésy
3 26 Sep 1993 Challenge Novotel −12 (68-69-70-69=276) 1 stroke France Michel Besanceney
4 12 Aug 2001 Talma Finnish Challenge −16 (69-72-66-65=272) 4 strokes England Gary Clark
5 17 Aug 2008 Trophée du Golf Club de Genève −14 (68-70-73-63=274) Playoff Netherlands Wil Besseling, Brazil Alexandre Rocha

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1999 NCC Open Denmark Thomas Nørret, Sweden 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 Netherlands Wil Besseling, Brazil Alexandre Rocha Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Rocha eliminated by par on third hole

Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
The Open Championship T41 CUT CUT

Note: Eriksson only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

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

Team appearances[edit]

Amateur

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

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