Mikko Korhonen (born 23 July 1980) is a

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who currently plays on the

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. He won the 2018

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and the 2019

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Professional career

Korhonen turned professional at the late age of 24, and spent the initial part of his career on the third-tier

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tour. In 2006 he stepped up to the

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, where he enjoyed five productive seasons, never winning but never finishing worse than 73rd in the final standings. At the end of 2010, Korhonen progressed to the

for the first time via

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, but failed to retain his card for 2011. Korhonen returned to the

in 2012. In late 2012 he had his best result in a Challenge Tour event, finishing tied for third place in the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Challenge and also progressed to the 2013 European Tour through qualifying school. Since 2013 Korhonen has played on the

, although he struggled in the 2013 and 2014 seasons and only retained his place on the tour through the

. In October 2016, he finished tied for third in the

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, while in 2017 he was twice runner-up, in March in the

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and in the

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in June. In 2018, Korhonen had more success in the

, finishing in third place. He achieved his first win on the European Tour in June 2018 at the

, winning by six strokes from

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. Korhonen was making his 146th European Tour and made 12 attempts at qualifying school before 2014. Korhonen won the 2019

after a playoff for his second

success. He made a birdie-3 at the first extra hole to defeat

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after the pair had tied at 20-under-par.

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 1998 *

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(representing Finland):

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 ...

Professional *

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(representing Finland):

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korhonen, Mikko Finnish male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Uusimaa People from Mäntsälä 1980 births Living people 21st-century Finnish people