Klas Eriksson | |
Birth Date: | 30 July 1971 |
Birth Place: | Växjö, Sweden |
Residence: | Växjö, Sweden |
Children: | 2 |
Yearpro: | 1991 |
Extour: | European Tour Challenge Tour |
Prowins: | 5 |
Chalwins: | 5 (Tied 7th all time) |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T41: 1996 |
Pga: | DNP |
Award1: | Challenge Tour Rankings winner |
Year1: | 1993 |
Klas Eriksson (born 30 July 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Eriksson was born in Växjö and turned professional in 1991 having won the European Amateur and the French Amateur Stoke Play Championship the previous year. He finished 45th on the Order of Merit in his rookie season, but injuries and putting problems meant he failed to retain his card at the end of the 1998 season and he was back on the Challenge Tour in 1999.
Eriksson graduated from the Challenge Tour for a second time in 2001 by finishing 7th on the Rankings having won for the fourth time on the tour at the Talma Finnish Challenge.[1] He maintained his playing status on the European Tour for four seasons before again returning to the Challenge Tour. In 2008 he won his fifth Challenge Tour title at the Trophée du Golf Club de Genève as he secured promotion to the top level for the third time. In 2009 he again failed to win sufficient money to retain his European Tour card and was back on the Challenge Tour in 2010.
On 30 October 1994, Eriksson achieved a highest world ranking of 226.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 29 Mar 1993 | Club Med Open | −10 (71-68-70-69=278) | 2 strokes | Neal Briggs | |
2 | 4 Jul 1993 | Bank Austria Open | −10 (69-72-70-67=278) | 1 stroke | Stephen Hamill, Jean-François Remésy | |
3 | 26 Sep 1993 | Challenge Novotel | −12 (68-69-70-69=276) | 1 stroke | Michel Besanceney | |
4 | 12 Aug 2001 | Talma Finnish Challenge | −16 (69-72-66-65=272) | 4 strokes | Gary Clark | |
5 | 17 Aug 2008 | Trophée du Golf Club de Genève | −14 (68-70-73-63=274) | Playoff | Wil Besseling, Alexandre Rocha |
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result | |
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1 | 1999 | NCC Open | Thomas Nørret, Per G. Nyman | Nyman won with bogey on second extra hole Nørret eliminated by par on first hole | |
2 | 2008 | Trophée du Golf Club de Genève | Wil Besseling, Alexandre Rocha | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Rocha eliminated by par on third hole |
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