Dennis Edlund
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| Dennis Edlund | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Dennis Edlund |
| Born | 24 September 1965 Strängnäs, Sweden |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Trangsund, Sweden |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1988 |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 5 (Tied 7th all time) |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1997 |
Dennis Edlund (born 24 September 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Edlund was born in Strängnäs and turned professional in 1988. He played on the European Tour and its official development tour, the Challenge Tour, between 1990 and 2003. He won five times on the Challenge Tour, including twice in 1996, when he won the English Challenge Tour Championship and Rolex Trophy Pro-Am on his way to second place on the tour's end of season rankings. His best finishes on the European Tour were as runner-up at both the 1997 Alamo English Open and the 1998 Standard Life Loch Lomond.
Amateur wins[edit]
- 1987 Biarittz Cup (France)[1]
Professional wins (7)[edit]
Challenge Tour wins (5)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Jul 1993 | Open des Volcans | −12 (70-70-64-72=276) | 1 stroke |  Ignacio Gervás, Peter Hedblom
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| 2 | 28 May 1995 | Compaq Open | −1 (72-71-73-71=287) | 3 strokes |  Thomas Bjørn,  Thomas Nielsen
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| 3 | 4 Aug 1996 | English Challenge Tour Championship | −6 (75-71-66-70=282) | 1 stroke |  Rob Edwards
|
| 4 | 10 Aug 1996 | Rolex Trophy Pro-Am | −14 (66-66-68-74=274) | Playoff | Carl Watts
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| 5 | 7 Oct 2000 | San Paolo Vita Open | −15 (73-68-69-63=273) | 1 stroke |  Marcelo Santi
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Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Aug 1988 | Gevalia Open | −11 (73-66-67-71=277) | 3 strokes | Per-Arne Brostedt, Peter Dahlberg
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Other wins (1)[edit]
- 2007 Älvkarleby Open (Swedish mini-tour)
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1987
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Internationellt, amatörer" [International, amateurs]. Svensk Golf. No. 10. October 1987. p. 88.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Dennis Edlund at the European Tour official site
- Dennis Edlund at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Dennis Edlund at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)