Mathias Groenberg
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 Sweden
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| Professional since: | 1990 |
| Current tour: | Nationwide Tour , PGA TOUR |
| Tournament wins: | 6th |
Mathias Grönberg (born March 12, 1970 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish professional golfer of the North American PGA TOUR .
Career
He won the Swedish Youth Championships in 1988 and the British Youths Championship in 1990 , as well as the Eisenhower Trophy with Sweden , whereby Grönberg won the individual ranking of this prestigious amateur competition. At the end of that year he became a professional golfer .
Grönberg started on the second-ranked Challenge Tour and was then a member of the first-class European Tour from 1993 to 2003 . He had four tournament successes and had his best ranking in the European Tour Order of Merit in 1998 with rank 10. In that year 1998, Grönberg amazed the professional world when he won a world-class field at the Smurfit European Open in the famous K Club (venue of the Ryder Cup 2006) outclassed by a margin of ten strokes.
In between he tried again and again to qualify for the North American PGA TOUR , which he succeeded after six unsuccessful efforts by winning the Q-School in 2003. However, Grönberg could not really assert himself and after two seasons he had to get the further eligibility to play again through the Q-School in autumn 2005 . The 2006 season went well and with a fourth place at the Shell Houston Open he was able to record a top result. In 2007 Grönberg achieved his best result so far on the PGA Tour with a shared third place at the Valero Texas Open . On September 2, 2012, he managed a hole-in-one in Crans-Montana .
Mathias Grönberg has been married to his wife Tara since 1999 and has a daughter. He has a residence in Monaco for tax reasons, but lives with his family mainly in New Jersey and Florida .
Tournament victories
- 1991 SM Match Play ( Challenge Tour )
- 1995 Canon European Masters ( European Tour )
- 1998 Smurfit European Open (European Tour)
- 2000 South African Open (joint event of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour )
- 2003 Italian Open (European Tour)
- 2009 Melwood Prince George's County Open ( Nationwide Tour )
Participation in team competitions
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (for Sweden): 1998, 2000
- World Cup (for Sweden): 1998, 2000
- Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2002
Web links
- Personal Website (English)
- Player profile at the European Tour (English)
- Player profile at the PGA Tour (English)
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| SURNAME | Groenberg, Mathias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish golf pro |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |