Max Ola Anglert (born 10 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer, winner of the EGA Trophy and European Youths' Team Championship in 1992. In 1996 he won the Kentab/RBG Open on the Challenge Tour and joined the European Tour.

Amateur career

Anglert was a leading amateur golfer and represented his country at boy, youth and senior levels. With the Swedish team, he finished third at the 1989

European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...

, won the 1992 European Youths' Team Championship, and finished fourth at the 1993 European Amateur Team Championship. Anglert won the 1992 EGA Trophy in Germany, together with players such as Thomas Bjørn and Niclas Fasth. Representing the Continent of Europe he beat a Great Britain & Ireland team led by Pádraig Harrington. Representing Sweden at the Eisenhower Trophy he finished 5th in

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together with Niclas Fasth, Richard Stångert and Fredrik Andersson.

Professional career

Anglert turned professional in 1994 and joined the Challenge Tour, where won the Kentab/RBG Open and was runner-up at the

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in 1996. After a successful visit to the Qualifying School, he joined the 1996 European Tour, where he played until he retired from tour after the 2000 season, except in 1998. On the

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, he had four top-10 finishes, including runner-up finishes at the Netcom Norwegian Open and

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, to graduate to the main tour in 11th position on the rankings. His best finishes on the European Tour were 8th, at the 1996 Austrian Open and the 1997 South African PGA Championship, and he finished 122nd on the

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Order of Merit. In

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, he won the Sundbyholm Open on the Swedish Golf Tour and

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Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 1989 * European Youths' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1992 (winners) * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden):

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* Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden):

* EGA Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1992 (winners) Source:

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anglert, Max Swedish male golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Stockholm 1971 births Living people 20th-century Swedish people