Joakim Bäckström is a Swedish

Sweden

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 professional golf

Golf

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Bäckström was born in Umeå

Umeå

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. He turned professional in 1999.

Having failed to win a place on the European Tour

PGA European Tour

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 in 2000, Bäckström spent his early career in Sweden on the Telia Tour, where he won the 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open and the 2002 Sunbyholm Open. He also picked up five wins in Denmark during 2003 and 2004.

Bäckström finally joined the European Tour in 2005 after coming through the 2004 qualifying school

Qualifying school

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 final stage, and won the Aa St Omer Open during his rookie

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 season. However he has struggled to establish himself after that, never finishing inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, and lost his tour card at the end of 2008.

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	19 Jun 2005 2005 European Tour The 2005 European Tour was the 34th golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972. The 2005 season consisted of 47 official money events, which was a new record total. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which were also sanctioned by the PGA Tour...	Aa St Omer Open Aa St Omer Open The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament which played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer, France. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour for the 2000 season... (co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour)	-4 (72-70-68-70=280)	Playoff	Paul Dwyer

Other wins (8)

• 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open (Telia Tour, Sweden)
• 2002 Sundbyholm Open (Telia Tour, Sweden)
• 2003 Marlboro Classic Masters (Scanplan Tour, Denmark)
• 2004 Krone Golf Tour Open, Samsø Linien Pro-am, A Hereford Beefstouw Open (all Kaupthing Tour, Denmark), Hjarbæk Fjord Golfcenter (Scanplan Tour, Denmark)
• 2011 Danfoss Masters (Nordic League
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External links

• Joakim Bäckström – profile at golfdata.se