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Peter Gustafsson

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Peter Gustafsson
Personal information
Full namePeter Gustafsson
Born (1976-08-17) 17 August 1976 (age 48)
Orust, Sweden
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceMarbella, Spain
Career
Turned professional1999
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Tour de las Américas
Professional wins9
Achievements and awards
Tour de las Américas
Order of Merit winner
2009

Peter Gustafsson (born 17 August 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer, born in Orust, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999.

After just missing out on automatic graduation from the Challenge Tour in 2004, Gustafsson was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School to gain his place on the European Tour for 2005. In his début season he was runner up in two tournaments, the Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía and the Omega European Masters, and finished in 46th place on the Order of Merit. Despite that, he missed out on the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award, which went to Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño of Spain. In subsequent seasons, he was unable to consistently produce those same high levels of performance, and lost his place on the European Tour in 2007.

In 2009, Gustafsson won the Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia, the opening event of the Tour de las Américas season, in Colombia, coming from behind in the final round to claim victory by one stroke.[1] He rounded off the season with top five finishes in both the Argentine Masters and the Argentine Open as he ended the year as winner of the Tour de las Américas Order of Merit for 2009.[2]

Professional wins (9)

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Tour de las Américas wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 15 Mar 2009 Abierto Internacional de Golf Copa Antioquia −8 (69-69-68-66=272) 1 stroke Argentina Daniel Altamirano

Nordic Golf League wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 12 Aug 1999 GE Capital Bank Open −12 (67-61-67=195) 2 strokes Sweden Peter Malmgren
2 24 Sep 1999 Audi Open Finale −10 (69-67-70=206) 3 strokes Norway Lars Brovold (a)
3 8 Sep 2002 Holiday Club Open −5 (71-69-71=211) 1 stroke Finland Janne Mommo

Other wins (5)

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  • 1997 Telia Tour Höstkval 2
  • 2002 Lear Open Silfverschiöldspokalen
  • 2005 Orust Open
  • 2006 Orust Open
  • 2017 Aegean Airlines Pro-Am (PGAs of Europe)

Playoff record

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European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2005 Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía Sweden Peter Hanson Lost to par on first extra hole

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sweden's Gustafsson Edges Out Altamirano for Victory". Tour de las Américas. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Open victory a dream come true for César Costilla". Tour de las Américas. 13 December 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
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