Dennis Edlund

{{short description|Swedish professional golfer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Dennis Edlund (born 24 September 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Edlund was born in Strängnäs and turned professional in 1988. He played on the European Tour and its official development tour, the Challenge Tour, between 1990 and 2003. He won five times on the Challenge Tour, including twice in 1996, when he won the English Challenge Tour Championship and Rolex Trophy Pro-Am on his way to second place on the tour's end of season rankings. His best finishes on the European Tour were as runner-up at both the 1997 Alamo English Open and the 1998 Standard Life Loch Lomond.

Amateur wins

  • 1987 Biarittz Cup (France){{cite magazine |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/6309k3m3/popup/1? |title=Internationellt, amatörer |trans-title=International, amateurs |magazine=Svensk Golf |date=October 1987 |number=10 |page=88}}

Professional wins (7)

=Challenge Tour wins (5)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|18 Jul 1993

|Open des Volcans

|−12 (70-70-64-72=276)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ignacio Gervás, {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Hedblom

align=center|2

|align=right|28 May 1995

|Compaq Open

|−1 (72-71-73-71=287)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Thomas Bjørn, {{flagicon|NOR}} Thomas Nielsen

align=center|3

|align=right|4 Aug 1996

|English Challenge Tour Championship

|−6 (75-71-66-70=282)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Rob Edwards

align=center|4

|align=right|10 Aug 1996

|Rolex Trophy Pro-Am

|−14 (66-66-68-74=274)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Carl Watts

align=center|5

|align=right|7 Oct 2000

|San Paolo Vita Open

|−15 (73-68-69-63=273)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Marcelo Santi

=Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runners-up

align=center|1

|align=right|21 Aug 1988

|Gevalia Open

|−11 (73-66-67-71=277)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Per-Arne Brostedt, {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Dahlberg

=Other wins (1)=

  • 2007 Älvkarleby Open (Swedish mini-tour)

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

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