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Per Haugsrud
View on WikipediaPer Haugsrud (born 20 February 1965) is a Norwegian professional golfer and the first Norwegian to play on the European Tour.[1]
Key Information
Amateur career
[edit]Haugsrud began to play golf at the nine hole course in Sarpsborg when he was only seven years old. He was a scratch player at age 15. He won two Norwegian Amateur titles[2] and represented Norway in the 1984 Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Golf Team Championships.[3]
Professional career
[edit]Haugsrud tried for European Tour card six times and succeeded on three occasions, starting with the 1991 European Tour season, playing a total of 157 European Tour tournaments 1987–2001 collecting €416,939 in winnings. He was runner-up at the 1990 Ramlösa Open[4] and also played 27 Challenge Tour tournaments 1991–1995 where he won the 1993 SM Matchplay and 1994 SIAB Open. In addition, he played over a dozen tournaments on the Asia Golf Circuit 1993–1995, with a best finish of fifth in the 1993 Thailand Open.[5]
Regaining his European Tour card, he retained it between 1996 and 1998, before suffering a finger injury in 1999 and was granted a medical exemption in 2000.[2] He recorded 4 top-10 finishes including a tie for fourth at the 1997 Volvo German Open and a tie for third along with Jesper Parnevik and Mark Davis at the 1994 Scandinavian Masters, four strokes behind Vijay Singh.[6] The other two top-10 finishes were achieved in the Smurfit European Open 1996 and 1997, where he tied at 10th place.[7][8]
Haugsrud represented Norway at the 1989, 1991 and 1992 World Cup, along with the 1998 World Cup of Golf and 2001 WGC-World Cup. He peaked at around 300 on the Official World Golf Rankings in 1997.[9] He was the second Norwegian ever to qualify for The Open Championship after Tore Sviland.[10]
Starting in 2015 Haugsrud teamed up with Henrik Bjørnstad to provide commentary for the PGA Tour broadcast on Eurosport Norway.[11]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1983 Norwegian Amateur Championship
- 1986 Norwegian Amateur Championship
Professional wins (3)
[edit]Challenge Tour wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Aug 1993 | SM Match Play | 2 and 1 |  Joakim Nilsson
| |
| 2 | 23 Jun 1994 | SIAB Open | −1 (72-70-72-69=283) | 4 strokes |  Lars Løgstrup
|
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Jul 1988 | SI Trygg-Hansa Open | −6 (67-69-74=210) | 1 stroke | Peter Hedblom (a), Carl-Magnus Strömberg, Björn Svedin
|
Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 1997 |
|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Haugsrud only played in The Open Championship.
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Norway): 1985
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Norway): 1984
Professional
References
[edit]- ^ "Slik har nordmenn gjort det på europatouren". Golfaren.no. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Player: Per Haugsrud". European Tour. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1984 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1990 Ramlösa Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1993 Thailand Open". OWGR. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "1994 Scandinavian Masters". European Tour. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Results – Smurfit European Open 1997". European Tour. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
- ^ "Smurfit European Open 1996". European Tour. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
- ^ "Per Haugsrud". OWGR. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Tidenes 10 beste norske golfsesonger". Norsk Golf. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Haugsrud og Bjørnstad er Eurosports nye radardpar". Norsk Golf. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
External links
[edit]- Per Haugsrud at the European Tour official site
- Per Haugsrud at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Per Haugsrud at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)