Peter Hanson

This article is about the golfer Peter Hanson. For other people, see Peter Hansen .

Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson (2012)
Personnel
Nation:	Sweden
Career data
Professional since:	1998
Current tour:	European Tour , PGA Tour
Tournament wins:	13

Peter Hanson (born October 4, 1977 in Trelleborg , Sweden ) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour .

After a very successful amateur career, during which Hanson won three professional tournaments on the Swedish Telia Tour in addition to the important English Amateur Stroke Play Championship , he became a professional golfer in 1998 .

After some ups and downs, Hanson was able to establish himself on the European Tour from the 2004 season, where he achieved his first victory in 2005 - at the Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía . In that year he was appointed to the continental European team for the Seve Trophy for the first time and achieved a remarkable ranking with 23rd place in the European Tour Order of Merit , which he was able to surpass with 20th place in 2007 and 16th in 2008 and 2009, before Hanson finished 13th in the 2011 season. In the 2012 season he was able to achieve his best result so far with fourth place in the final ranking of the Race to Dubai .

At the Masters 2012, Hanson led after three rounds and finally achieved his best result at Major Championships with a shared third place .

Since 2012 Hanson has also played on the US PGA Tour , which he finished in 2013 in 127th place on the money list.

European Tour victories (6)

• 2005: Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía
• 2008: SAS Masters
• 2010: Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca, Czech Open
• 2012: KLM Open , BMW Masters

Other tournament victories

• 1997: Vacisteras Open (as amateur) (Telia Tour)
• 1998: Vacisteras Open (as amateur) (Telia Tour), Husqvarna Open (as amateur) (Telia Tour)
• 1999: Telia Grand Prix (Telia Tour)
• 2000: Russian Cup (Nordic League)
• 2001: Günther Hamburg Classics ( Challenge Tour )
• 2012: Tyco Golf Skills Challenge (unofficial event of the PGA Tour , with Justin Rose )

Victories in amateur tournaments

• 1998: English Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Emirates Amateur Open Championship

Results at major championships

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T3	T50	CUT
US Open	CUT	DNP	T30	DNP	T18	T16	T7	CUT	CUT	DNP
Open Championship	T34	DNP	T69	T58	T24	T37	CUT	T23	WD	DNP
PGA Championship	T59	DNP	T23	T52	CUT	T58	T64	T7	T33	DNP

DNP = did not take part
CUT = cut not made
"T" split placement
WD = withdrawn
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

Participation in team competitions

• Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
• World Cup (for Sweden): 2007, 2013
• Royal Trophy (for Europe): 2010 (winner), 2011 (winner)
• Ryder Cup : 2010 (winner), 2012 (winner)

See also

• List of Ryder Cup players in Europe

Web links

• Player profile on the European Tour
• Player profile on the PGA Tour
• Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)