Toni Karjalainen
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| Toni Karjalainen | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 9 July 1979 Lappeenranta, Finland |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Sporting nationality |  Finland |
| Residence | Espoo, Finland |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2003 |
| Current tour(s) | Asian Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 3 |
Toni Karjalainen (born 9 July 1979) is one of only a few Finnish professional golfers on the international circuit, and has been his country's highest ranked male golfer.
Karjalainen won the 2005 Thomas Björn Open on the European Tour's official developmental tour to earn full membership of the Challenge Tour for 2006. He followed up in 2006 by winning the Telenet Trophy. He also made several appearances on the main European Tour in 2006, having won limited privileges through his Challenge Tour performances.
Having lost his playing privileges in Europe at the end of the 2008 season, Karjalainen joined the Asian Tour in 2009 after coming through qualifying school.
Professional wins (5)
Challenge Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Jun 2005 | Thomas Bjørn Open | +4 (66-73-74-75=288) | 1 stroke |  Oskar Bergman
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| 2 | 21 May 2006 | Telenet Trophy | −14 (66-73-67-68=274) | 1 stroke |  Ivó Giner,  Gary Lockerbie
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Nordic Golf League wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 Jun 2002 | Messilä Trophy | −15 (63-67-71=201) | 6 strokes | Erik Stenman
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| 2 | 12 Jun 2009 | FGT II | −12 (66-68-70=204) | 5 strokes | Joonas Granberg, Thomas Sundström
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| 3 | 31 Jul 2011 | Gant Open | −16 (65-66-69=200) | Playoff | Kristoffer Broberg
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Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Finland): 2000, 2002
See also
External links
- Toni Karjalainen at the European Tour official site
- Toni Karjalainen at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
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