Thomas Bjørn

Thomas Bjørn
Personnel
Nation:	Denmark
Nickname:	Major Tom
Career data
Professional since:	1993
Current tour:	European Tour
Tournament wins:	21st
Awards:	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award (1996)

Thomas Bjørn (born February 18, 1971 in Silkeborg ) is a professional golfer from Denmark who has played on the European PGA European Tour since 1996 .

Career

Bjørn, also known as "Major Tom" by his colleagues, has so far recorded fifteen wins on the tour , before he had won four tournaments on the second-ranked Challenge Tour . His best year so far was 2000, with 5th place in the European Tour Order of Merit money list . In 2003 he gambled away the already seeming victory with a series of unsuccessful bunker hits at the most important tournament, the Open Championship , and in the end had to be content with second place.

In the prestigious Ryder Cup , Thomas Bjørn played for the European team, which has always been victorious, in 1997, 2002 and 2014 , in 2004 and 2012 he accompanied them as vice-captain, and in 2018 he was captain of the victorious Europeans.

In 2001 he was voted Denmark's Sportsman of the Year .

European Tour victories

• 1996 Loch Lomond World Invitational
• 1998 Peugeot Open de España , Heineken Classic
• 1999 The Sarazen World Open
• 2000 BMW International Open
• 2001 Dubai Desert Classic
• 2002 BMW International Open
• 2005 Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters
• 2006 Nissan Irish Open
• 2010 Estoril Open de Portugal
• 2011 Qatar Masters , Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles , Omega European Masters
• 2013 Omega European Masters
• 2014 Nedbank Golf Challenge (took place in December 2013, but belongs to the 2014 season) (also Sunshine Tour 2013)

Other tournament victories

• 1995 Coca-Cola Open, Interlaken Open, Himmerland Open, C * Esbjerg Danish Closed, (all Challenge Tour )
• 1999 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament ( Japan Golf Tour )
• 2003 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (Japan Golf Tour)

Results at major championships

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T28	CUT	T18	DNP	CUT	T25	T32	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
US Open	DNP	T68	T25	CUT	T46	T22	T37	CUT	CUT	T52	T48	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T9	T30	T2	CUT	T8	T2	CUT	CUT	T41	T53	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	T45	CUT	T70	3	T63	CUT	CUT	DNP	T2	CUT	T62	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Masters	DNP	T37	T46	T8	CUT	DNP	DNP
US Open	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	4th	T54	T73	T26	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	T48	CUT	CUT	T48	DNP	CUT

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

Participation in major team competitions

• Ryder Cup (for Europe): 1997 (winner), 2002 (winner), 2004 (winner, as non-playing vice-captain ), 2012 (winner, as non-playing vice-captain ), 2014 (winner), 2018 (winner, as non -playing vice-captain ) -playing captain )
• World Cup (for Denmark): 1996, 1997, 2001, 2013
• Seve Trophy (for continental Europe): 2000 (winner), 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 (as non-playing captain ), 2011, 2013 (winner)
• Royal Trophy (for Europe): 2006 (winner)
• EurAsia Cup (for Europe): 2014 (draw), 2018 (winner, as non-playing captain )

See also

• List of Ryder Cup players in Europe

Web links

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