Søren Hansen (born 21 March 1974) is a

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professional

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er. Hansen was born in

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. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year. Hansen collected his first professional win at the

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's 1998 Navision Open Golf Championship in his home country. Since 1999 he has been a member of the European Tour where he has picked up two tournament victories. He won the 2002 Murphy's Irish Open, where he won at the fourth extra hole in a play-off against

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and

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. He also won the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Championship by a margin of four strokes. His best Order of Merit finish is 8th in 2007. He represented Europe in the 2008 Ryder Cup matches, but he did not win a match, the U.S. was victorious. In September 2007, he reached the top 50 of the

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and became the top-ranked Danish golfer. Hansen represented Denmark in the

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in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2007. On 11 August 2009, Hansen was charged with

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by Danish authorities for allegedly claiming residency of

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, while actually living in Denmark.Golf star charged with tax evasion
/ref> On 19 May 2010, Hansen was fined nearly $1.1 million for tax evasion.

Amateur wins

*1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Playoff record

Other playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 Open Championship)

Results in The Players Championship

"T" indicates a tie for a place

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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(representing Denmark): 1995, 1997 Professional *

(representing Denmark): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 *

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(representing Continental Europe): 2007, 2009 * Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2008 *

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(representing Europe): 2009, 2010 (winners)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Soren Danish male golfers European Tour golfers Ryder Cup competitors for Europe Sportspeople from Copenhagen 1974 births Living people