Peter Gustafsson (born 17 August 1976) is a

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professional

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er, born in

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, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999. After just missing out on automatic graduation from the

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in 2004, Gustafsson was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School to gain his place on the

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for 2005. In his début season he was runner up in two tournaments, the Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía and the

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, and finished in 46th place on the Order of Merit. Despite that, he missed out on the

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award, which went to

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. In subsequent seasons, he was unable to consistently produce those same high levels of performance, and lost his place on the European Tour in 2007. In 2009, Gustafsson won the Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia, the opening event of the

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season, in Colombia, coming from behind in the final round to claim victory by one stroke. He rounded off the season with top five finishes in both the

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and the Argentine Open as he ended the year as winner of the Tour de las Américas Order of Merit for 2009.

Professional wins (9)

Tour de las Américas wins (1)

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

Other wins (5)

*1997 Telia Tour Höstkval 2 ( Telia Tour) *2002 Lear Open Silfverschiöldspokalen (Swedish Tour) *2005 Orust Open (Swedish Tour) *2006 Orust Open (Swedish Tour) *2017 Aegean Airlines Pro-Am (PGAs of Europe)

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

References

External links

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Peter Gustafsson
at golfdata.se {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Peter Swedish male golfers European Tour golfers Swedish expatriates in Monaco Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County People from Orust Municipality People from Monte Carlo 1976 births Living people