Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Peter Daniel Hanson | ||
Born | Svedala,Sweden | 4 October 1977||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | Sweden | ||
Residence | Trelleborg,Sweden | ||
Spouse |
Susanna Hanson (m.2005) | ||
Children | 2 | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1998 | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour | ||
Professional wins | 12 | ||
Highestranking | 17 (28 October 2012)[1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 6 | ||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 5 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | T3:2012 | ||
PGA Championship | T7:2012 | ||
U.S. Open | T7:2011 | ||
The Open Championship | T23: 2012 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Peter Daniel Hanson(born 4 October 1977) is a Swedish former professional golfer who played on theEuropean Tourand thePGA Tour.
Early life
[edit]Hanson was born inSvedala,inSkånecounty in the south of Sweden. He was first introduced to the game by neighbors and started playing at Bokskogen Golf Club, where he was coached by club professional Jan Larsson.
Amateur career
[edit]Hanson was a member of the Swedish team at age 19, finishing fourth, at the 1997European Amateur Team ChampionshipatPortmarnock Golf Club,Ireland.
As an amateur, he won three times on the professionalSwedish Golf Tourin 1997 and 1998.[2]In 1998, he also won theBrabazon TrophyatFormby Golf Club.
After representing Sweden at the1998 Eisenhower TrophyinSantiago, Chile,[3]Hanson turned professional.[4]
Professional career
[edit]Hanson played on the Swedish Golf Tour and theChallenge Tourin 1999 and 2000. In 2001, he played 25 tournaments on the European Tour and at the same time finished 12th on the2001 Challenge Tourfinal Order of Merit, qualifying for the2002 European Tourseason.
His first win abroad as a professional came at the 2001Gunther Hamburg Classicson the Challenge Tour, with a 23-under-par winning score of 265 at Treudelberg Golf Club,Germany.
His first European Tour win was the2005Open de Españaat San Roque Club,Sotogrande,Spain.He has since won four more titles on theEuropean Tour.He consistently finished in the top-20 of the European Tour Order of Merit from 2007 to 2012. His best position on the Order of Merit occurred in 2012 when he placed 4th.
On 17 August2008,Hanson became the third Swede to win a European Tour event on home soil, when he captured theSAS Mastersat Arlandastad, for the first Swedish win in the tournament for ten years.
On 27 March 2012, Hanson accepted an invitation to join thePGA Tourfor the remainder of 2012 with Special Temporary Membership status.[5]
Hanson recorded his best finish at a major championship in April 2012, at theMasters TournamentatAugusta National Golf Club.After scoring a seven-under-par round of 65 in the third round, Hanson was the sole 54-hole leader at 9-under-par with a one stroke advantage heading into the final round. His final round, playing in the last group withPhil Mickelson,started badly with two bogeys in the opening three holes and he never recovered. On the par-3 12th hole, Hanson shanked his tee shot short of Rae's Creek, but came back strongly. He chipped to two feet to birdie the 15th, played his tee shot to four feet at the 16th and holed a 15-foot birdie putt at the last for a one-over-par round of 73. Hanson finished in a tie for third, two strokes behind tied leadersBubba WatsonandLouis Oosthuizen,who played off for the title, won by Watson.[6]
On 9 September 2012, Hanson won for the fifth time on theEuropean Tour,taking victory at theKLM Openin The Netherlands.[7]He began the final round a shot outside of the lead and it had looked like his chances were over after a wayward tee shot on 16 left him trouble, but he managed to escape with a par to trailPablo Larrazábalby a single stroke. Then, after Larrazábal bogeyed the 16th, Hanson prevailed by two strokes courtesy of a long-range eagle putt on the par-five 18th. The win was even more remarkable because Hanson almost withdrew from the event after his one-year-old son Tim was taken to hospital prior to the event starting.[8]
Making his secondRyder Cupappearance in2012,Hanson played on the victorious European team against the United States atMedinah Country CluboutsideChicago,Illinois, in September. The European 14½–13½ triumph was by European media named the "Miracle at Medinah" and regarded as one of the best sporting comebacks of all time, since the U.S. team at one stage on Saturday led by 10–4. However, Hanson played only two matches and lost both. In the Sunday singles, he metJason Dufnerin the 9th match and lost, 2 up.
The month after, on 28 October 2012, Hanson received the biggest prize check of his career, €888,560, when he won theBMW Mastersat Lake Malaren Golf Club,Shanghai, China,out-dueling world number oneRory McIlroy,when they played together in the last group of the last round. With the win, Hanson reached a career best 17th on theOfficial World Golf Ranking.
Hanson moved toLake Nona, Orlando, Florida,to play on the PGA Tour in2013,[9]but after being forced to withdraw before the last round of the 2013Northern Trust Openin March, due to pain in his back and immediately being driven to a hospital inLos Angeles,the rest of his career has been continuously interrupted by a disc herniation injury. In 2017, he moved back to Sweden with his wife and two children.[10]He played the2017 European Tourwith a medical exemption and through 2020 still held 36th position on the European Tour career money list.
In late 2021, Hanson announced that he would be retiring from professional golf. He made his last appearance on tour at the 2022Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed.[11][12]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1998Brabazon Trophy,Emirates Amateur Open Championship
Professional wins (12)
[edit]European Tour wins (6)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 17 Apr2005 | Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía | −8 (70-68-71-71=280) | Playoff | Peter Gustafsson |
2 | 17 Aug2008 | SAS Masters | −9 (66-66-68-71=271) | 1 stroke | Nick Dougherty,Pelle Edberg |
3 | 16 May2010 | Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca | −6 (72-69-67-66=274) | Playoff | Alejandro Cañizares |
4 | 22 Aug 2010 | Czech Open | −10 (67-70-67-74=278) | Playoff | Gary Boyd,Peter Lawrie |
5 | 9 Sep2012 | KLM Open | −14 (66-66-67-67=266) | 2 strokes | Pablo Larrazábal,Richie Ramsay |
6 | 28 Oct 2012 | BMW Masters | −21 (66-64-70-67=267) | 1 stroke | Rory McIlroy |
European Tour playoff record (3–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2005 | Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía | Peter Gustafsson | Won with par on first extra hole |
2 | 2010 | Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca | Alejandro Cañizares | Won with par on first extra hole |
3 | 2010 | Czech Open | Gary Boyd,Peter Lawrie | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 22 Jul2001 | Günther Hamburg Classic | −23 (66-69-64-66=265) | 3 strokes | Robert-Jan Derksen |
Nordic Golf League wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 Sep2000 | Russian Cup | −9 (67-68=135) | 7 strokes | Fredrick Månsson |
Swedish Golf Tour wins (4)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 Aug1997 | Västerås Open (as an amateur) |
−13 (68-64-62=194) | 6 strokes | Johan Forsman,Joakim Nilsson |
2 | 28 Jun1998 | Husqvarna Open (as an amateur) |
−12 (69-66-63=198) | 2 strokes | Morten Haerås |
3 | 9 Aug 1998 | Västerås Open(2) (as an amateur) |
−7 (71-73-65=209) | 1 stroke | Andreas Ljunggren |
4 | 10 May1999 | Gula Sidorna Grand Opening | E (69-73=142) | 2 strokes | Niclas Fasth |
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | T3 | T50 | CUT | ||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T30 | T18 | T16 | T7 | CUT | CUT | DQ | ||||
The Open Championship | T34 | T69 | T58 | T24 | T37 | CUT | T23 | WD | ||||
PGA Championship | T59 | T23 | T52 | CUT | T58 | T64 | T7 | T33 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Summary
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 19 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2005 Open Championship – 2009 Open Championship)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
Results in The Players Championship
[edit]Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | T19 | T15 | T72 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Match Play | R64 | R16 | R64 | R64 | QF | R32 | R32 |
Championship | T61 | T40 | T26 | T55 | T4 | T8 | |
Invitational | 8 | T21 | T63 | T33 | |||
Champions | T31 | T6 | T33 | T24 | T21 |
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
[edit]Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship(representing Sweden):1997[13]
- European Youths' Team Championship(representing Sweden): 1998[14]
- Eisenhower Trophy(representing Sweden):1998
- St Andrews Trophy(representing the Continent of Europe): 1998 (winners)
- Bonallack Trophy(representing Europe): 1998 (winners)
Professional
- Seve Trophy(representing Continental Europe):2005,2007,2009,2011
- World Cup(representing Sweden):2007,2013
- Royal Trophy(representing Europe):2010(winners),2011(winners)
- Ryder Cup(representing Europe):2010(winners),2012(winners). His personal Ryder Cup record is 1 win and 4 losses.
References
[edit]- ^"Week 43 2012 Ending 28 Oct 2012"(pdf).OWGR.Retrieved3 October2019.
- ^Jansson, Anders (2004).Golf – Den stora sporten(in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 277.ISBN91-86818007.
- ^"Record Book 1998 World Amateur Golf Team Championships"(PDF).World Amateur Golf Council.Retrieved16 January2021.
- ^Jansson, Anders (2004).Golf – Den stora sporten(in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 180.ISBN91-86818007.
- ^"Hanson granted temporary membership".PGA Tour. 27 March 2012.Retrieved11 September2012.
- ^"Hanson's shank part of 'tough day' at Augusta".Portland Press Herald.Portland, Maine. 9 April 2012.Retrieved3 February2021.
- ^"Peter Hanson wins the KLM Open with eagle on final hole".BBC Sport.9 September 2012.Retrieved11 September2012.
- ^"Hanson takes victory at the KLM Open".PGA European Tour. 9 September 2012.Retrieved9 September2012.
- ^"Five internationals join Tour for 2013".PGA Tour. 20 November 2012.Retrieved20 November2012.
- ^Franzén, Eric (May 2017)."Efter flera år med svåra ryggsmärtor börjar Peter Hanson se ljuset i tunneln"[After several years with bad pain in the back Peter Hanson is beginning to see light in the tunnel].Svensk Golf(in Swedish). No. 5. pp. 60–63.
- ^"Peter Hanson avslutar karriären".Svensk Golf(in Swedish). 4 November 2021.Retrieved30 May2022.
- ^"Day two digest: 2022 Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed".European Tour. 11 June 2022.Retrieved9 July2022.
- ^"European Amateur Team Championship".European Golf Association.
- ^"European Youths Team Championship".European Golf Association.
External links
[edit]- Peter Hansonat theEuropean Tourofficial site
- Peter Hansonat thePGA Tourofficial site
- Peter Hansonat theOfficial World Golf Rankingofficial site
- Peter Hansonat the Golfdata official site(in Swedish)