Joakim Bäckström (born 16 March 1978) is a Swedish professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

er.

Early life

Bäckström was born in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

Professional career

In 1999, Bäckström turned professional. Having failed to win a place on the European Tour in 2000, Bäckström spent his early career in Sweden on the Telia Tour, where he won the 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open and the 2002 Sunbyholm Open. He also picked up five wins in Denmark during 2003 and 2004. Bäckström finally joined the European Tour in 2005 after coming through the 2004

qualifying school In professional golf, the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S.-based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the ...

final stage, and won the Aa St Omer Open during his

rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience, a rookie is typically considered needing more tra ...

season. However he has struggled to establish himself after that, never finishing inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, and lost his tour card at the end of 2008.

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (1)

¹Dual-ranking event with the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ...

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Nordic Golf League wins (5)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

Other wins (3)

*2004 Krone Golf Tour Open, Samsø Linien Pro-am, A Hereford Beefstouw Open

Team appearances

Amateur * Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1995, 1996 (winners)

References

External links

*
Joakim Bäckström
– profile at golfdata.se * {{DEFAULTSORT:Backstrom, Joakim Swedish male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Helsingborg Golfers from Skåne County 1978 births Living people