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Johan Axgren
Personal information
Full nameBengt Johan Axgren
Born (1975-03-05) 5 March 1975 (age 49)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceGothenburg, Sweden
PartnerSofia
Children1
Career
Turned professional1995
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour4
Other2

Bengt Johan Axgren (born 5 March 1975) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Axgren was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1995.

Axgren has won four times on the Challenge Tour, the first in 1996, and then once in 2004 and twice more in 2006, when he finished second on the end of season money list, to graduate to the European Tour for the 2007 season. He did not win sufficient money during that season to retain his tour card, and returned to the Challenge Tour the following season.

Professional wins (6)

Challenge Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 16 Jun 1996 Västerås Open −7 (66-67-67=200) 3 strokes Sweden Markus Rosenlund
2 11 Jun 2004 Open des Volcans - Challenge de France −4 (75-67-67-71=280) 1 stroke England Richard Bland
3 12 Feb 2006 Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
(co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas)
−7 (74-67-69-67=277) Playoff Sweden Alexander Norén
4 12 Mar 2006 Tusker Kenya Open −10 (64-69-67-70=270) 4 strokes England James Hepworth, England Gary Lockerbie

Other wins (2)

  • 2001 Lear Open Silfverschiöldspokalen (Swedish mini-tour)
  • 2003 Telia Tourkval Kävlinge (Telia Tour)

See also