Johan Axgren
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| Johan Axgren | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Bengt Johan Axgren |
| Born | 5 March 1975 European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 4 |
| Other | 2 |
Bengt Johan Axgren (born 5 March 1975) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Axgren was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1995.
Axgren has won four times on the Challenge Tour, the first in 1996, and then once in 2004 and twice more in 2006, when he finished second on the end of season money list, to graduate to the European Tour for the 2007 season. He did not win sufficient money during that season to retain his tour card, and returned to the Challenge Tour the following season.
On 7 May 2006, Axgren achieved a career highest world ranking of 189.[1]
Professional wins (6)
Challenge Tour wins (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Jun 1996 | Västerås Open | −7 (66-67-67=200) | 3 strokes |  Markus Rosenlund
|
| 2 | 11 Jun 2004 | Open des Volcans – Challenge de France
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−4 (75-67-67-71=280) | 1 stroke |  Richard Bland
|
| 3 | 12 Feb 2006 | Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open 1
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−7 (74-67-69-67=277) | Playoff | Alex Norén
|
| 4 | 12 Mar 2006 | Tusker Kenya Open
|
−10 (64-69-67-70=270) | 4 strokes | James Hepworth, Gary Lockerbie
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | Volvo Finnish Open
|
Phillip Archer,  Roope Kakko (a)
|
Kakko won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2006 | Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open
|
Alex Norén
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Won with birdie on third extra hole |
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Oct 2003 | Telia Tourkval Kävlinge | −10 (65-71-70=206) | 9 strokes | Jesper Björklund,  Jeppe Huldahl
|
Other wins (1)
- 2001 Lear Open Silfverschiöldspokalen (Swedish mini-tour)
See also
References
- ^ "Ranking, Week 18, 2006" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
External links
- Johan Axgren at the European Tour official site
- Johan Axgren at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Johan Axgren at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)