Per Haugsrud
| Per Haugsrud | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 20 February 1965 Sarpsborg, Norway |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Norway |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1987 |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1997 |
Per Haugsrud (born 20 February 1965) is a Norwegian professional golfer and the first Norwegian to play on the European Tour.[1]
Amateur career[edit]
Haugsrud began to play golf at the nine hole course in Sarpsborg when he was only seven years old. He was a scratch player at age 15. He won two Norwegian Amateur titles[2] and represented Norway in the 1984 Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Golf Team Championships.[3]
Professional career[edit]
Haugsrud tried for European Tour card six times and succeeded on three occasions, starting with the 1991 European Tour season, playing a total of 157 European Tour tournaments 1987–2001 collecting €416,939 in winnings. He was runner-up at the 1990 Ramlösa Open[4] and also played 27 Challenge Tour tournaments 1991–1995 where he won the 1993 SM Matchplay and 1994 SIAB Open. In addition, he played over a dozen tournaments on the Asia Golf Circuit 1993–1995, with a best finish of fifth in the 1993 Thailand Open.[5]
Regaining his European Tour card, he retained it between 1996 and 1998, before suffering a finger injury in 1999 and was granted a medical exemption in 2000.[2] He recorded 4 top-10 finishes including a tie for fourth at the 1997 Volvo German Open and a tie for third along with Jesper Parnevik and Mark Davis at the 1994 Scandinavian Masters, four strokes behind Vijay Singh.[6]
Haugsrud represented Norway at the 1989, 1991 and 1992 World Cup, along with the 1998 World Cup of Golf and 2001 WGC-World Cup. He peaked at around 300 on the Official World Golf Rankings in 1997.[7] He was the second Norwegian ever to qualify for The Open Championship after Tore Sviland.[8]
Starting in 2015 Haugsrud teamed up with Henrik Bjørnstad to provide commentary for the PGA Tour broadcast on Eurosport Norway.[9]
Amateur wins[edit]
- 1983 Norwegian Amateur Championship
- 1986 Norwegian Amateur Championship
Professional wins (3)[edit]
Challenge Tour wins (2)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Aug 1993 | SM Match Play | 2 and 1 |  Joakim Nilsson
| |
| 2 | 23 Jun 1994 | SIAB Open | −1 (72-70-72-69=283) | 4 strokes |  Lars Løgstrup
|
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Jul 1988 | SI Trygg-Hansa Open | −6 (67-69-74=210) | 1 stroke | Peter Hedblom (a), Carl-Magnus Strömberg, Björn Svedin
|
Results in major championships[edit]
| Tournament | 1997 |
|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Haugsrud only played in The Open Championship.
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Norway): 1985
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Norway): 1984
Professional
References[edit]
- ^ "Slik har nordmenn gjort det på europatouren". Golfaren.no. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Player: Per Haugsrud". European Tour. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1984 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1990 Ramlösa Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1993 Thailand Open". OWGR. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1994 Scandinavian Masters". European Tour. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Per Haugsrud". OWGR. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Tidenes 10 beste norske golfsesonger". Norsk Golf. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Haugsrud og Bjørnstad er Eurosports nye radardpar". Norsk Golf. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
External links[edit]
- Per Haugsrud at the European Tour official site
- Per Haugsrud at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Per Haugsrud at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)