Anders Rosenberg Hansen (born 16 September 1970) is a semi-retired
Danish
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professional golfer
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.
Career
Hansen was born in
Sønderborg, Denmark. He turned professional in 1995. It took him a few years to establish himself on the
European Tour, with his first top 116 Order of Merit finish (the level a player requires to automatically regain his card) coming in 1999.
His maiden European Tour victory was the 2002
Volvo PGA Championship and he finished in the top 60 on the Order of Merit every year from 2000 to 2012, with a best of seventh in 2011. He has featured in the top 25 of the
Official World Golf Ranking
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
and has been the highest ranked Danish golfer.
Hansen represented Denmark in the
WGC-World Cup
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in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and
2007
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.
Hansen had six top-10 finishes in 2006 including a third at the
Dubai Desert Classic, playing the two final days in the leaderball with
Tiger Woods
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and
Retief Goosen, and a second at the
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for the second straight year.
Hansen qualified for the
PGA Tour
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for 2007, capturing the fourth available spot, eight strokes off the winner,
George McNeill
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Biography
McNeill was born and raised in Napl ...
, but failed to maintain his playing rights at the end of the season.
His second European tour victory came when he won the 2007
BMW PGA Championship, the same tournament where he claimed his first victory five years before. Hansen then won his third event in 2009 at the
Joburg Open
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, in South Africa. He came from behind on the final day with a 66, and eventually won by one stroke over
Andrew McLardy
Andrew Ronald McLardy (born 20 January 1974) is a South African professional golfer.
McLardy was born in Triangle, Zimbabwe to Scottish parents. He had a successful amateur career, including representing South Africa twice in the Eisenhower T ...
. A month later he won for the second time on the
Sunshine Tour
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at the
Vodacom Championship
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and after strong finishes in the two European Tour co-sanctioned events at the end of the season, he headed the Order of Merit for 2009.
Hansen achieved his best finish ever at a
World Golf Championship
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event in March 2011, when he finished tied 3rd at the
WGC-Cadillac Championship
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Under sp ...
, three strokes behind winner
Nick Watney. He later on achieved his best finish in a major, when he finished 3rd in the
2011 PGA Championship
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.
He retired after the 2015 European Tour season,
but still played in a small number of events in 2016. Hansen regained his European Tour card through Q School in 2017.
Professional wins (4)
European Tour wins (3)
1Co-sanctioned by the
Sunshine Tour
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European Tour playoff record (1–3)
Sunshine Tour wins (2)
1Co-sanctioned by the
European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2006 PGA – 2007 PGA)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in World Golf Championships
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Amateur
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European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark):
1991
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,
1993
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*
Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark):
1992
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Professional
*
World Cup (representing Denmark):
1999
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,
2002
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,
2003
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,
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
,
2005
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,
2007
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,
2008
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,
2011
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*
Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe):
2009
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,
2011
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See also
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2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
__NOTOC__
This is a list of the 40 players who earned their 2007 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2006.
2007 Results
*PGA Tour rookie in 2007
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2008 (finished inside ...
*
2017 European Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of the 33 players who earned 2018 European Tour cards through Q School in 2017.
2018 European Tour rookie
First-time member ineligible for Rookie of the Year award
2018 Results
* European Tour rookie in 2018
† Firs ...
References
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Danish male golfers
Houston Cougars men's golfers
European Tour golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Sunshine Tour golfers
People from Sønderborg Municipality
Sportspeople from Zürich
1970 births
Living people