Henrik Nyström (born 23 April 1969) is a

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Career

Nyström played college golf for

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in the United States. He won the 1994 individual

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. Nyström turned professional in 1994. He spent his early career on the

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, before reaching the top-level

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

for the first time via

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in 1997. He remained on the tour until 2003, despite having to return to qualifying school for his first two seasons. However after a poor 2003 season Nyström returned to the Challenge Tour, where a consistent season including eight top-ten finishes would propel him to ninth place in the season-end rankings and a European Tour return. He maintained his card via qualifying school in 2005 and 2006, automatically in 2007 and again via qualifying school - for a sixth time - in 2008. However, Nyström's 2009 season was curtailed by a fractured left knee, meaning he played on a medical exemption in 2010. Nyström has three runner-up placings on the European Tour, at the 2000

Scottish PGA Championship The Scottish PGA Championship is a golf tournament played annually in Scotland since 1907. For many years the event was called the Scottish Professional Championship. It is the flagship event on the "Tartan Tour", the PGA Tour in Scotland's sche ...

, 2002

Omega Hong Kong Open The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and in 1962 was one of the five tournaments that made up the inaugural Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf ...

, and 2006

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. His best season was 2002, when he finished 94th on the Order of Merit.

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Sweden):

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nystrom, Henrik Swedish male golfers Lynn Fighting Knights men's golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Stockholm Sportspeople from Västerås 1969 births Living people

Career

Team appearances

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