Per Haugsrud

Per Haugsrud
Personal information
Born (1965-02-20) 20 February 1965 (age 59)
Sarpsborg, Norway
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality Norway
Career
Turned professional1987
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1997

Per Haugsrud (born 20 February 1965) is a Norwegian professional golfer and the first Norwegian to play on the European Tour.[1]

Amateur career

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

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]

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.[7] He was the second Norwegian ever to qualify for The Open Championship after Tore Sviland.[8]

Starting in 2015 Haugsrud teamed up with Henrik Bjørnstad to provide commentary for the PGA Tour broadcast on Eurosport Norway.[9]

Amateur wins

  • 1983 Norwegian Amateur Championship
  • 1986 Norwegian Amateur Championship

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 29 Aug 1993 SM Match Play 2 and 1 Sweden Joakim Nilsson
2 23 Jun 1994 SIAB Open −1 (72-70-72-69=283) 4 strokes Denmark Lars Løgstrup

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

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 Sweden Peter Hedblom (a), Sweden Carl-Magnus Strömberg,
Sweden Björn Svedin

Results in major championships

Tournament 1997
The Open Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Haugsrud only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Slik har nordmenn gjort det på europatouren". Golfaren.no. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Player: Per Haugsrud". European Tour. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ "1984 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ "1990 Ramlösa Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ "1993 Thailand Open". OWGR. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ "1994 Scandinavian Masters". European Tour. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Per Haugsrud". OWGR. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Tidenes 10 beste norske golfsesonger". Norsk Golf. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Haugsrud og Bjørnstad er Eurosports nye radardpar". Norsk Golf. Retrieved 17 May 2020.