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SIAB Open
The NCC Open was a golf tournament on the Swedish Golf Tour from 1984 and on the Challenge Tour from 1990. It was last played in 2001 and always held at Söderåsen Golf Club near Söderåsen National Park outside Helsingborg, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on .... Winners Notes References {{reflist External linksCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Swedish Golf Tour events Golf tournaments in Sweden Recurring sporting events established in 1984 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2001 1984 establishments in Sweden 2001 disestablishments in Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billesholm
Billesholm was a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Bjuv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 2,910 inhabitants in 2010. By 2015 it has merged with Bjuv and lost its "locality" status. References Populated places in Skåne County Populated places in Bjuv Municipality {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klas Eriksson
Klas Eriksson (born 30 July 1971) is a Sweden, 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. 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 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Challenge Tour
The 1994 Challenge Tour was the sixth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season. The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by Northern Ireland's Raymond Burns. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1994 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Challenge Tour Rankings ''For full rankings, see 1994 Challenge Tour graduates.'' The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 1995 European Tour. Notes References External linksOfficial homepage of the Challenge Tour {{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour The Challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anssi Kankkonen
Anssi Kankkonen (born 11 October 1968) is a Finnish professional golfer who played on the European Tour. Kankkonen was born in Lahti, the son of former Olympic ski jumping champion Veikko Kankkonen, and followed in his father's footsteps winning a team competition in the Finnish Championships with the Lahti Ski Club team in 1985, before turning to golf. As an amateur, he represented Finland at the 1990 Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1990 and played on the Swedish Golf Tour before joining the Challenge Tour. Kankkonen recorded his first Challenge Tour win at the 1995 SIAB Open, and almost won another tournament back-to-back, losing a playoff to Thomas Bjørn at the Himmerland Open. He played on the 1996 European Tour but recorded only one top-10, at the English Open, and returned to the Challenge Tour in 1997 where he won two tournaments, the Alianca UAP Challenge in Portugal after triumphing in a three-way playoff, and the Rolex Trophy Pro-Am in Switzerland. He wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Challenge Tour
The 1995 Challenge Tour was the seventh season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season. The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by Denmark's Thomas Bjørn. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1995 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Challenge Tour Rankings ''For full rankings, see 1995 Challenge Tour graduates.'' The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 1996 European Tour. Notes References External linksOfficial homepage of the Challenge Tour {{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Mednick
Adam Mednick (born 9 September 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. Early life Mednick was born in Bethesda, Maryland in the United States to an American father and a Swedish mother, and moved to Sweden when he was eight years old. His great-grandparents emigrated from Kiev in the Ukraine, and the authorities in the United States changed their family name from Mednikov to Mednick. Amateur career Mednick had a successful amateur career, representing Gävle Golf Club, situated 180 kilometres north of Stockholm, Sweden, in the same player generation as club mates, European Tour winner to be, Peter Hedblom and 1988 Amateur Championship winner Cristian Härdin. When Härdin became the first Swede to play in The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in April 1989, Mednick caddied for him. Mednick also caddied for Härdin at the 1988 Amateur Championship triumph, after Mednick had lost and been kicked out from the tournament in an early round. Mednick lost in the final of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalle Väinölä
Kalle Väinölä (born 15 December 1971) is a retired Finnish professional golfer who played on the Challenge Tour and European Tour 1995–2004. Career Väinölä's family moved to a new house adjacent to a golf course when he was two years old, and he took up the game when he was four. An all-round sportsman, he gave up golf when he was 13 to concentrate on tennis but he returned to the game at 17 and went on to play for his native Finland, winning the Finnish Amateur, the Greek Open Amateur and the European Club Cup. In 1992 he won the EGA Trophy representing continental Europe along with eight players including Thomas Bjørn and Niclas Fasth, against a Great Britain & Ireland team that included Pádraig Harrington. Väinölä turned professional in 1994 and won a Swedish Golf Tour card, which in turn brought him a Challenge Tour ranking. On the 1995 Challenge Tour, he was runner-up at the Eulen Open Galea in Spain and again at the Siab Open, behind compatriot Anssi Kankkonen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Challenge Tour
The 1996 Challenge Tour was the eighth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season. The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by England's Ian Garbutt. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1996 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however. Challenge Tour Rankings ''For full rankings, see 1996 Challenge Tour graduates.'' The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 1997 European Tour. Notes References External linksOfficial homepage of the Challenge Tour {{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour The Challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalle Brink
Karl Henrik Brink (born 12 August 1975) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the European Tour and the Challenge Tour. Brink was born in Helsingborg, Sweden. His sister, Maria, is also a professional golfer, who has competed on the Ladies European Tour. In 1993, Brink was member of the Swedish team winning the European Boys' Team Championship in Ascona, Switzerland. He also represented Sweden at the 1994 Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National, outside Paris, France, earning a bronze medal with his team. Brink turned professional in 1994. He has three wins on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour, the first coming in 1997 at the BTC Slovenian Open, when he went on to finish the season in second place on the 1997 Challenge Tour money list. His second win was at the 1999 Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay, were he beat Henrik Stenson in the final. His third win came in 2006 at the Lexus Open. He has also had the opportunity to play in events on the European Tour most years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joakim Rask
Joakim "Jocke" Rask (born 8 January 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer. Rask's father, a scratch golfer, taught him to play as a six-year-old and he represented the Swedish boys' team. Rask concentrated on golf after an ice-hockey injury, and turned professional in 1992 at the age of 20. He won a Challenge Tour event in his first season, and he had a great 1996 season, which saw him hold the number one rankings position for several weeks in the mid-to-late part of the season, and graduated to the European Tour.Joakim Rask Bio European Tour, accessed 8 September 2016 Rask played 63 events on the 1997–2015 where his best performance was ninth at the 2001 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Challenge Tour
The 1997 Challenge Tour was the ninth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season. The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by Italy's Michele Reale. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1997 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however. Challenge Tour Rankings ''For full rankings, see 1997 Challenge Tour graduates.'' The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 1998 European Tour. Notes References External linksOfficial homepage of the Challenge Tour {{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour The Challenge T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Larsson (golfer)
Fredrik Larsson (born 13 August 1968) is a Swedish professional golfer. Larsson played on the Challenge Tour 1990–2000 where he enjoyed success, winning four times 1991–1993, putting him on the list of golfers with most Challenge Tour wins.Challenge Tour all-time winners European Tour, accessed 19 September 2016 He was also runner-up at the 1998 NCC Open, 1998 Volvo Finnish Open, 1996 Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix, 1993 |
