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Björn Hellgren
Personal information
Full nameAdam Lasse Björn Hellgren
Born (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990 (age 33)
Västerås, Sweden
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceVästerås, Sweden
PartnerLovisa Bergsjö
Career
CollegeFlorida State University
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Achievements and awards
Skandia Tour
Order of Merit winner		2010
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner		2015
PGA of Sweden Future Fund Award2015

Adam Lasse Björn Hellgren (born 21 November 1990) is a Swedish professional golfer and Asian Tour player. He was runner-up in the 2021 Dormy Open on the Challenge Tour.[1]

Early life and amateur career

Hellgren was born in 1990 in Västerås. He played ice hockey on one of Sweden's premier teams until he was 15 years old, when he focused on golf.[2]

As a junior, Hellgren won the 2010 Order of Merit on the Skandia Tour, a Swedish under-21 circuit, after recording two victories, two runner-up finishes, and five other top-10s. He finished in second place after Jacob Glennemo at the Qualifying School for the 2011

Nordea Tour. He was runner-up behind Oscar Lengdén at the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship
in 2011.

Hellgren accepted a golf scholarship to Florida State University and played golf with the Florida State Seminoles men's golf team 2011–2013. [2]

Professional career

Hellgren left college after two years and turned professional in 2013, after the

Nordea Tour and won the first tournament he started in as a professional, the Landeryd Masters. In April 2014, he won the Black Mountain Invitational in Thailand and joined the Nordic Golf League (NGL).[3]

In 2015, he successfully defended his title at the

Swedish Matchplay Championship, he was hit by an errant tee-shot from Jesper Kennegård, was knocked to the ground, and required medical attention.[4] He got up, dusted himself off, and won the match, won the tournament, and topped the 2015 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit
.

In 2016, he won the Nordea Tour's Winter Series opener, the Lumine Lakes Open in Spain. At the European Tour's

Volopa Irish Challenge. In 2018, he failed to make an impact, and was back on the NGL for the 2019 season.[3]

Hellgren had a

PGA Championship Bråviken Open. He was bogey-free for 17 holes in the second round, with 8 birdies and two eagles, when his birdie putt on the 18th green stopped a few inches short of the hole and his score stayed at 60, 12 under par.[5]

In 2020, Hellgren was back on the Challenge Tour, and recorded a T5 at the Northern Ireland Open. In 2021, he narrowly missed out on his first Challenge Tour title after two opening rounds of 65, as he lost a playoff at the Dormy Open to Félix Mory of France.[6]

In January 2020, Hellgren joined the

Bandar Malaysia Open, before play was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned in November 2021 when the 2020–21–22 Asian Tour resumed. Hellgren played in 5 of the season's 8 tournaments, making each cut, and finished 57th on the Order of Merit.[7]

Hellgren climbed to 41st in the Order of Merit on the

Yeangder TPC in Taiwan his best result.[7]

Amateur wins

  • 2008 Sura Open
  • 2009 Skandia Tour Elit #5
  • 2010 Skandia Tour Elit #5, Skandia Tour Elit #6

Source:[3]

Professional wins (7)

Nordic Golf League wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 25 Aug 2013 Landeryd Masters −15 (67-69-65=201) 1 stroke Sweden Steven Jeppesen
2 28 Jun 2015
SM Match
 3 and 2 Sweden Anton Wejshag
3 28 Feb 2016 Lumine Lakes Open −14 (69-69-64=202) Playoff Sweden Oscar Lengdén
4 7 Jul 2023 Arlandastad Trophy −10 (68-68-64=200) 1 stroke Denmark Jonas Lykke Petersen

Swedish Golf Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 5 Apr 2014 Black Mountain Invitational −13 (67-67-69=203) 4 strokes Sweden Sebastian Söderberg
2 20 Apr 2015 Black Mountain Invitational (2) −6 (67-74-69=210) 1 stroke Sweden Daniel Jennevret, Sweden David Palm
3 1 Aug 2020
PGA Championship Bråviken Open
 −21 (68-60-67=195) Playoff Sweden Mikael Lindberg

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2021 Dormy Open France Félix Mory Lost to birdie on second extra hole

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile Björn Hellgren". European Tour. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Player profile Bjorn Hellgren". Florida State University. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Player Profile Björn Hellgren". Golfdata. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Träffades av boll och var nere för räkning". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Storspelande Björn Hellgren sköt 60 slag (-12)" (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Sugrue best of the Irish as Mory secures maiden Challenge Tour title in play-off win". Golf Digest Ireland. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Player Profile Björn Hellgren". Asian Tour. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

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