Peter Gustafsson Explained

Peter Gustafsson
Fullname:Peter Gustafsson
Birth Date:17 August 1976
Birth Place:Orust, Sweden
Residence:Marbella, Spain
Yearpro:1999
Extour:European Tour
Challenge Tour
Tour de las Américas
Prowins:9
Award1:Tour de las Américas
Order of Merit winner
Year1:2009

Peter Gustafsson (born 17 August 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer, born in Orust, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999.

After just missing out on automatic graduation from the Challenge Tour in 2004, Gustafsson was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School to gain his place on the European Tour for 2005. In his début season he was runner up in two tournaments, the Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía and the Omega European Masters, and finished in 46th place on the Order of Merit. Despite that, he missed out on the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award, which went to Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño of Spain. In subsequent seasons, he was unable to consistently produce those same high levels of performance, and lost his place on the European Tour in 2007.

In 2009, Gustafsson won the Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia, the opening event of the Tour de las Américas season, in Colombia, coming from behind in the final round to claim victory by one stroke.[1] He rounded off the season with top five finishes in both the Argentine Masters and the Argentine Open as he ended the year as winner of the Tour de las Américas Order of Merit for 2009.[2]

Professional wins (9)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
112 Aug 1999GE Capital Bank Open−12 (67-61-67=195)2 strokes Peter Malmgren
224 Sep 1999Audi Open Finale−10 (69-67-70=206)3 strokes Lars Brovold (a)
38 Sep 2002Holiday Club Open−5 (71-69-71=211)1 stroke Janne Mommo

Other wins (5)

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sweden’s Gustafsson Edges Out Altamirano for Victory . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717080645/http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/?seccion=noticia&idx=559&lg=en . dead . July 17, 2011 . . March 15, 2009 . 2009-03-16 .
  2. Web site: Open victory a dream come true for César Costilla . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717080650/http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/?seccion=noticia&idx=688&lg=en . dead . 17 July 2011 . . 13 December 2009 . 2009-12-14 .