Joakim Bäckström
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| Joakim Bäckström | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Joakim Bäckström |
| Born | 16 March 1978 Umeå, Sweden |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Helsingborg, Sweden |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1999 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 9 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
Joakim Bäckström (born 16 March 1978) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Bäckström was born in Umeå. He turned professional in 1999.
Having failed to win a place on the European Tour in 2000, Bäckström spent his early career in Sweden on the Telia Tour, where he won the 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open and the 2002 Sunbyholm Open. He also picked up five wins in Denmark during 2003 and 2004.
Bäckström finally joined the European Tour in 2005 after coming through the 2004 qualifying school final stage, and won the Aa St Omer Open during his rookie season.[1] However he has struggled to establish himself after that, never finishing inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, and lost his tour card at the end of 2008.
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[edit] Professional wins (9)
[edit] European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Jun 2005 | Aa St Omer Open (co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour) |
-4 (72-70-68-70=280) | Playoff |  Paul Dwyer |
[edit] Other wins (8)
- 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open (Telia Tour, Sweden)
- 2002 Sundbyholm Open (Telia Tour, Sweden)
- 2003 Marlboro Classic Masters (Scanplan Tour, Denmark)
- 2004 Krone Golf Tour Open, Samsø Linien Pro-am, A Hereford Beefstouw Open (all Kaupthing Tour, Denmark), Hjarbæk Fjord Golfcenter (Scanplan Tour, Denmark)
- 2011 Danfoss Masters (Nordic League)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Backstrom holds his nerve for win". BBC Sport. 19 June 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4109068.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
[edit] External links
- Joakim Bäckström at the European Tour official site
- Joakim Bäckström – profile at golfdata.se (Swedish)
- Joakim Bäckström at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
