List of Swedish professional golfers
This is a list of Swedish professional golfers with one or more professional tour wins or holding a PGA, LPGA, Ladies European Tour (LET) or PGA European Tour card.
Updated as of 21 November 2016.
Male golfers
| Player | Birth | Main Tour wins | Other wins | OWGR[1] | Awards and Notes | ||||||||
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| Henrik Stenson | 1976 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2001–2016 | 1 · 1 · – | 3 | 2 | 2014 | Golfer of the Year (2013) Race to Dubai #1 (2013 · 2016) FedEx Cup #1 (2013) | ||
| Robert Karlsson | 1969 | (T4 · T4) | (RU) | 11 | 1995–2010 | 6 | 2008 | European Tour Order of Merit #1 (2008) Harry Vardon Trophy (2008) | |||||
| Jesper Parnevik | 1965 | (RU · RU) | 5 | 4 | 1993–2001 | 1 · – | 7 | 2000 | The Open runner-up (1994 · 1997) | ||||
| Alexander Norén | 1982 | 8 | 2009–2016 | 2 · – · – | 1 | 9 | 2016 | Race to Dubai #3 (2016) | |||||
| Fredrik Jacobson | 1974 | (T5) | (RU) | 1 | 3 | 2003–2011 | 16 | 2004 | European Tour Order of Merit #4 (2003) | ||||
| Peter Hanson | 1977 | (T3) | 6 | 2005–2012 | 1 | 17 | 2012 | Race to Dubai #4 (2012) | |||||
| Niclas Fasth | 1972 | (RU) | 6 | 2000–2007 | 4 | 18 | 2007 | European Tour Order of Merit #7 (2007) | |||||
| Carl Pettersson | 1977 | (T3) | 5 | 1 | 2002–2012 | 23 | 2006 | European Amateur Champion 2000 | |||||
| Anders Forsbrand | 1961 | (T4) | 6 | 1987–1995 | – · 1 | 37 | 1993 | European Tour Order of Merit #4 (1992) | |||||
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | 1966 | 6 | 1991–2007 | 40 | 1997 | Rookie of the Year (1991) | |||||||
| Pierre Fulke | 1971 | (RU) | 3 | 1999–2000 | 2 | 27 | 2001 | ||||||
| Jonas Blixt | 1984 | (RU) | 2 | 2012–2013 | 33 | 2014 | |||||||
| David Lingmerth | 1987 | 1 | 2015 | 1 | 35 | 2016 | |||||||
| Joakim Haeggman | 1969 | 3 | 1993–2004 | 2 | 42 | 2004 | |||||||
| Johan Edfors | 1975 | 3 | 2006 | 2 · – · – | 4 | 44 | 2006 | European Tour Order of Merit #10 (2006) | |||||
| Patrik Sjöland | 1971 | 2 | 1998–2000 | 1 | 48 | 1998 | European Tour Order of Merit #5 (1998) | ||||||
| Jarmo Sandelin | 1967 | 5 | 1995–2001 | 1 | 59 | 1999 | Rookie of the Year (1995) European Tour Order of Merit #9 (1999) | ||||||
| Daniel Chopra | 1973 | 2 | 2007–2008 | 1 · – · – | 3 | 2 | 60 | 2008 | |||||
| Gabriel Hjertstedt | 1971 | 2 | 1997–1999 | 111 | 1999 | First Swedish PGA Tour win (1997) | |||||||
| Kristoffer Broberg | 1986 | 1 | 2015 | 4 | 64 | 2015 | 100th Swedish European Tour win (2015) | ||||||
| Mathias Grönberg | 1970 | 4 | 1995–2003 | – · 1 · – | 1 | 1 | 65 | 2003 | European Tour Order of Merit #10 (1998) | ||||
| Fredrik Andersson Hed | 1972 | 1 | 2010 | 2 | 68 | 2010 | |||||||
| Rikard Karlberg | 1986 | 1 | 2015 | 2 · – · – | 69 | 2016 | |||||||
| Peter Hedblom | 1970 | 3 | 1997–2009 | 4 | 77 | 2008 | |||||||
| Mats Lanner | 1961 | 3 | 1987–1998 | 4 | 84 | 1989 | |||||||
| Richard S. Johnson | 1976 | 1 | 2 | 2002–2010 | 1 | 94 | 2006 | ||||||
| Ove Sellberg | 1959 | 3 | 1986–1990 | 96 | 1989 | First Swedish European Tour win (1986) | |||||||
| Pelle Edberg | 1979 | (3xRU) | 143 | 2007 | |||||||||
| Mikael Lundberg | 1973 | 3 | 2005–2014 | 3 | 145 | 2009 | |||||||
| Christian Nilsson | 1979 | 1 | 2009 | 1 | 150 | 2010 | |||||||
| Michael Jonzon | 1972 | 2 | 1997–2009 | 2 | 159 | 1997 | |||||||
| Chris Hanell | 1973 | 1 | 2004 | 1 | 162 | 2004 | |||||||
| Johan Carlsson | 1986 | 1 | 166 | 2014 | |||||||||
| Magnus A. Carlsson | 1980 | (RU) | 1 | 176 | 2008 | ||||||||
| Oskar Henningsson | 1985 | 1 | 2009 | 192 | 2009 | ||||||||
| Adam Mednick | 1966 | 1 | 2002 | 6 | 295 | 2002 | |||||||
| Oscar Florén | 1984 | 1 | 203 | 2011 | |||||||||
| Peter Gustafsson | 1976 | (2xRU) | – · – · 1 | 237 | 2005 | Tour de las Américas Order of Merit #1 (2009) | |||||||
| Joel Sjöholm | 1985 | (3xRU) | 228 | 2011 | |||||||||
| Joakim Bäckström | 1978 | 1 | 2005 | 1 | 276 | 2006 | |||||||
| Johan Axgren | 1975 | 4 | 190 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Kalle Brink | 1975 | 3 | 400 | 2006 | |||||||||
| Dennis Edlund | 1965 | (2xRU) | 5 | 222 | 1997 | ||||||||
| Magnus Persson Atlevi | 1965 | (2xRU) | 3 | – · 1 | 131 | 1990 | |||||||
| Klas Eriksson | 1971 | 5 | 226 | 1994 | European Amateur Champion 1990 | ||||||||
| Mårten Olander | 1971 | (RU) | 1 | 212 | 2003 | Ben Hogan Award (1993) | |||||||
| Martin Erlandsson | 1974 | (2xRU) | 1 | 248 | 2006 | ||||||||
| Henrik Nyström | 1969 | (3xRU) | 244 | 2002 | |||||||||
| Fredrik Henge | 1974 | 5 | 381 | 2000 | |||||||||
| Per Nyman | 1968 | 4 | 352 | 1999 | |||||||||
| Mikael Krantz | 1965 | 4 | 478 | 1993 | |||||||||
| Fredrik Larsson | 1968 | 4 | 636 | 1994 | |||||||||
| Johan Ryström | 1964 | (3xRU) | 3 | 151 | 1991 | ||||||||
| Fredrik Widmark | 1975 | 3 | 297 | 2005 | |||||||||
| Joakim Rask | 1972 | 3 | 538 | 1998 | |||||||||
| Henrik Norlander | 1987 | (RU) | 1 | 263 | 2015 | ||||||||
| Leif Westerberg | 1974 | 2 | 257 | 2007 | |||||||||
| Per G. Nyman | 1974 | 2 | 561 | 2005 | |||||||||
| Pehr Magnebrant | 1970 | 2 | 476 | 2002 | |||||||||
| Jens Fahrbring | 1984 | 2 | 259 | 2015 | |||||||||
| Fredrik Lindgren | 1966 | 2 | 253 | 1993 | |||||||||
| Eric Carlberg | 1974 | 2 | 306 | 2000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Westermark | 1963 | 2 | 741 | 1999 | |||||||||
| Alexander Björk | 1990 | 1 | 188 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Sebastian Söderberg | 1975 | 1 | 236 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Joakim Lagergren | 1991 | 1 | 210 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Jens Dantorp | 1989 | 1 | 316 | 2013 | |||||||||
| Christofer Blomstrand | 1991 | – · 1 · – | 317 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Simon Forsström | 1989 | 1 | 355 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Mattias Eliasson | 1975 | 230 | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Steven Jeppesen | 1984 | 357 | 2006 | ||||||||||
| Raimo Sjöberg | 1970 | 1 | 444 | 2000 | |||||||||
| Anders Haglund | 1964 | 1 | 688 | 2006 | European Amateur Champion 1986 | ||||||||
| Fredrik Ohlsson | 1979 | 801 | 2008 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 24 | 106 | 1986–2016 | 8 · 3 · 1 | 6 | 160 | 1 · 2 | ||||
Female golfers
| Player | Birth | Main Tour wins | Other wins | WWGR[2] | Order of Merit | Awards and Notes | ||||||||||
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| Annika Sörenstam | 1970 | 10 | 2 | 72 | 17 | 1995–2008 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2006 | LPGA #1 1995 · 1997 · 1998 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 LET #1 1995 |
8 LPGA Player of the Year (record) 6 Vare Trophies (lowest avg. score) World Golf Hall of Fame 2003 3rd most LPGA Tour wins | ||||
| Helen Alfredsson | 1965 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1990–2008 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2008 | LET #1 1998 · #2 2008 LPGA #5 2008 |
LET Rookie of the Year 1989 LPGA Rookie of the Year 1992 LET Life Membership Solheim Cup Captain 2007 | ||||
| Liselotte Neumann | 1966 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1985–2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2005 | LET #1 1994 | LET Life Membership LPGA Rookie of the Year 1988 First Swedish LPGA win (1988) Solheim Cup Captain 2013 | ||
| Sophie Gustafson | 1973 | (2xRU) | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1996–2011 | 1 | 17 | 2003 | LET #1 2000 · 2003 · 2007 · 2009 | LET Player of the Year 1998 · 2000 · 2003 | |||||
| Anna Nordqvist | 1987 | 1 | 6 | 2009–2016 | 7 | 2009 | LPGA #7 2014 · #10 2015 | LET Rookie of the Year 2009 | ||||||||
| Maria Hjorth/McBride | 1973 | (2xRU) | 5 | 2 | 1999–2011 | 16 | 2008 | LPGA #5 2001 · LET #5 2007 | ||||||||
| Caroline Hedwall | 1989 | (T3) | (RU) | 5 | 2011–2012 | 3 | 23 | 2013 | LET #3 2011 | LET Player of the Year 2011 LET Rookie of the Year 2011 | ||||||
| Catrin Nilsmark | 1967 | (T4) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1994–1999 | 81 | 2002 | Solheim Cup Captain 2003 · 2005 | |||||||
| Carin Koch | 1971 | (T5) | 2 | 1 | 2000–2005 | 9 | 2002 | LPGA #8 2002 | Solheim Cup Captain 2015 | |||||||
| Cecilia Ekelundh | 1978 | 3 | 2004–2006 | |||||||||||||
| Linda Wessberg | 1980 | 3 | 2006–2009 | 71 | 2007 | LET #6 2006 · LET #8 2007 | ||||||||||
| Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore | 1965 | 3 | 1989–1999 | |||||||||||||
| Kärstin Ehrnlund | 1959 | 2 | 1980–1984 | First Swedish LET win (1980) | ||||||||||||
| Lotta Wahlin | 1983 | 2 | 2008 | LET #7 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Charlotta Sörenstam | 1973 | (5) | 1 | 2000 | 1 | 79 | 2002 | |||||||||
| Louise Friberg | 1980 | 1 | 2008 | 72 | 2008 | |||||||||||
| Åsa Gottmo | 1971 | 1 | 2002 | 52 | 2002 | |||||||||||
| Marlene Hedblom | 1972 | 1 | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Camilla Lennarth | 1988 | 1 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Anna Oxenstierna | 1963 | 1 | 1989 | |||||||||||||
| Marie Wennersten-From | 1958 | 1 | 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Johanna Johansson/Westerberg | 1977 | 1 | 2009 | Name changed to Johanna Johansson | ||||||||||||
| Emma Zackrisson | 1979 | 1 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Mikaela Parmlid | 1980 | (2xRU) | LET #12 2013 | Runner up 2014 International Crown. | ||||||||||||
| Louise Stahle | 1985 | (2xRU) | LET Rookie of the Year 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Pernilla Lindberg | 1986 | (T5) | (2xRU) | 87 | 2015 | LET #18 2011 · 2012 · 2013 | Runner up 2014 International Crown. | |||||||||
| Nina Reis | 1980 | (RU) | ||||||||||||||
| Anna Berg | 1973 | (RU) | LET Rookie of the Year 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Karin Sjödin | 1983 | (T4) | 72 | 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Daniela Holmqvist | 1988 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Madelene Sagström | 1992 | 3 | 217 | 2016 | Symetra #1 2016 | |||||||||||
| Pia Nilsson | 1954 | Solheim Cup Captain 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 13 | 9 | 113 | 85 | 1980–2016 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||||
1 M.E. = LET major only. Women's British Open turned major on both tours 2001, Evian turned major on both tours 2013.
Participation in international team tournaments
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
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| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
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Golf at the Summer Olympics
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| Men's[3] | Henrik Stenson | DNP | DNP | Silver
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| Reserves: Alexander Norén · Rikard Karlberg · Kristoffer Broberg · Freddie Jacobson · Jonas Blixt | |||||
| Women's[4] | Anna Nordqvist | ||||
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| Reserves: Maria McBride · Caroline Hedwall · Camilla Lennarth · Madelene Sagström · Lina Boqvist | |||||
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See also
- List of female golfers
- List of male golfers
- List of golfers with most European Tour wins
- List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
- List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
- List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
Notes
- Swedes that have chosen to represent other countries (e.g. Jenny Lidbäck and Carl Suneson) are not included.
References
- ^ Career best. Official World Golf Ranking website includes archive of weekly ranking lists of Top-200 from 1987 on.
- ^ Career best. Officially introduced in February 2006, calculated from 2002. Full list of all ranked players at the official WWGR site.
- ^ Olympic Ranking - Men, International Golf Federation
- ^ Olympic Ranking - Women, International Golf Federation
External links
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