Volvo Finnish Open
Encyclopedia
The Volvo Finnish Open was a golf
tournament on the Challenge Tour
from 1989 until 2004. It was played at Espoon Golfseura in Espoo
, Finland
. It was founded as the Scandinavian Tipo Trophy before being sponsored by Volvo
from 1991.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...
from 1989 until 2004. It was played at Espoon Golfseura in Espoo
Espoo
Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It was founded as the Scandinavian Tipo Trophy before being sponsored by Volvo
Volvo
AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...
from 1991.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volvo Finnish Open | ||||
| 2004 | Roope Kakko Roope Kakko Roope Kakko is a Finnish professional golfer.Kakko was born in Espoo, Finland. He started playing golf at the age of five.... (amateur) |
202 | ||
| 2003 | Jamie Elson Jamie Elson Jamie Elson is an English professional golfer.Elson was born in Leamington Spa, England. He attended Augusta State University in the U.S. and turned professional in 2003.... |
264 | ||
| 2002 | Thomas Nørret Thomas Nørret -Career:Nørret turned professional in 1999 at the relatively late age of 25, having spent time studying in both Denmark and the USA. He immediately joined the second-tier Challenge Tour and found instant success, posting two runners-up finishes in his debut season and finishing 25th in the final... |
273 | ||
| 2001 | Peter Hedblom Peter Hedblom Peter Mikael Hedblom is a Swedish professional golfer.-Amateur career:Hedblom was born in Gävle, Sweden. He won the 1986 Swedish Boys Championship when he was 16. The following year he won the Doral Junior Classic in the United States and the Scandinavian Amateur Open... |
274 | ||
| 2000 | Jean Hugo | 273 | ||
| 1999 | Paul Nilbrink | 281 | ||
| 1998 | Christian Cévaër Christian Cévaër Christian Georges Cévaër is a French professional golfer.Cévaër was born in Nouméa, New Caledonia, attended Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California, and then took a golf scholarship at Stanford University in California, U.S., where he twice won the Pac-10 Championship. He also won the 1989... |
280 | ||
| 1997 | Søren Kjeldsen Søren Kjeldsen Søren Kjeldsen is a Danish golfer. He turned professional in 1995.Kjeldsen's success on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1997, which included victory in the Volvo Finnish Open, earned him membership of the main European Tour for 1998. He has performed steadily at this level and won his first... |
276 | ||
| 1996 | Björn Bäck | 282 | ||
| 1995 | Fredrik Plahn | 212 | ||
| 1994 | Mikael Piltz | 210 | ||
| 1993 | Per Nyman Per Nyman Per Nyman is a Swedish professional golfer.Nyman was born in Kristianstad and attended Fresno State University in California, United States, where he twice won the GCAA All-America Scholar Award. He turned professional after graduating in 1992. He played on the European Tour and its official... |
208 | ||
| 1992 | Henrik Bergquist | 208 | ||
| 1991 | Fredrik Larsson | 209 | ||
| Scandinavian Tipo Trophy | ||||
| 1990 | Fredrik Lindgren | 179 | ||
| 1989 | Fredrik Michelsen | 217 | ||
| 1988 | Daniel Westermark | 214 | ||