Mikko Ilonen

Mikko Ilonen
Personnel
Nation:	Finland
Career data
Professional since:	2001
Current tour:	European Tour
Tournament wins:	5

Mikko Ilonen (born December 18, 1979 in Lahti ) is a Finnish professional golfer on the European Tour .

Life / career

After a successful amateur career - culminating in winning the Amateur Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in 2000 - he became a professional golfer in 2001 . In his first season, Ilonen stunned the golf world by finishing ninth in the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes . After four years on the European Tour , he lost his eligibility to play and went to the second-ranked Challenge Tour . He was able to recall himself again in July 2006 at the Open Championship when he finished in a remarkable 16th place. In February 2007, Ilonen won his first tournament victory as a professional - at the Indonesia Open , an event on the European Tour and the Asian Tour . In the same year he won the Scandinavian Masters , which Ilonen won again six years later. In June 2014 he won the Irish Open .

Ilonen has been married since 2010 and is based in Lahti .

European Tour victories

• 2007 Indonesia Open (also part of the Asian Tour ), Scandinavian Masters
• 2013 Nordea Masters
• 2014 Irish Open , Volvo World Match Play Championship

Participation in team competitions

• Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2007, 2013 (winner)
• World Cup : 2007

Results at major championships

competition	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	CUT	T9	T50	DNP	DNP	DNP	T16	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T79	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T7	T54

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

Web links

• Player profile on the European Tour