Last weekend hosted events for all professional tours, and this is an overview on the performance of the golfers from Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. There are not many players from these countries. However, some of their names are getting more and more noticed within the golf world.
European Tour: Open de España 2021
An exciting weekend for European golfers alike, the Open de Espana was hosted at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain. The top golfer, Jon Rahm surprisingly didn’t even make the top ten. Looking at our Scandinavian highlights, they also didn’t manage to get very high on the leaderboard but still played a great tournament.
Players including Lucas Bjerregaard, a Danish golfer who came in before the powerful Jon Rahm at T12. Finnish golfer Mikko Korhonen placed in T20 right behind Rahm. Other notable leaderboard makers were Joachim B. Hansen (Denmark) a T24 and Kalle Samooja (Finland) at T34, the last Scandinavian to make the cut.
| EU Tour | Open de España |
|---|---|
| Course | Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (USA) |
| Prize Money | 1.5 Mio EUR |
| Champion | Rafa Cabrera-Bello |
| Scandinavian players | Lucas Bjerregaard, Mikko Korhonen, Joachim B Hansen, Kalle Samooja |
PGA Tour: Shriners Children’s Open 2021
Shriners Children’s Open was hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada at TPC Summerlin. Although far from home, there were some Scandinavian faces on the course. Most notably, Viktor Hovland of Norway who came in at T44. He started off rocky, but then on the 18th hole his 156 yard approach to 12 feet he set himself up for the birdie on the hole. This moved Hovland to 3 under for the round. Two Swedish Players, Henrick Norlander and Jonas Blixt made the cut at T65.
| PGA Tour | Shriners Children’s Open |
|---|---|
| Course | TPC Summerlin -Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Prize Money | 7,0 Mio US-Dollar (6,0 Mio EUR) |
| Champion | Im Sung-jae |
| Scandinavian players | Viktor Hovland, Henrick Norlander, Jonas Blixt |
LPGA Tour:Founders Cup 2021
The Ladies also represented the Scandinavian countries well this weekend by making the leaderboard at the LPGA Tour. It was hosted at Mountain Ridge Golf course in northern New Jersey. Anna Nordqvist and Madeline Sagstrom both came in at T42. Unfortunately, other favorites such as Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Matilda Castren failed to make the cut.
| PGA Tour | Cognizant Founders Cup |
|---|---|
| Course | Mountain Ridge Golf Course, New Jersey |
| Prize Money | 3,0 Mio US-Dollar (2.5 Mio EUR) |
| Champion | Ko Jin-young |
| Scandinavian players | Anna Nordqvist, Madeline Sagstrom, Nanna Koerstz Madsen |
Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS 2021
Robert Karlsson was the only Scandinavian pro golfer on this tournament and managed to land on the leaderboard at T31. The Champions Tour was won by Phil Mickelson and played at Timuquana Country Club, Jacksonville, Florida. It was Mickelson’s third win in his fourth start on this tour. What a record for the American golfer.
| Champions Tour | Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS |
|---|---|
| Course | Timuquana Country Club- Jacksonville, Florida |
| Prize Money | 2,0 Mio US-Dollar (1.5 Mio EUR) |
| Champion | Phil Mickelson |
| Scandinavian players | Robert Karlsson |