Oscar Florén | |||||||||
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Florén in 2012 | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Erik Oscar Florén | ||||||||
Born | Mölndal, Sweden | 3 May 1984||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||||||
Residence | Ljungskile, Sweden | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
College | Texas Tech University | ||||||||
Turned professional | 2007 | ||||||||
Former tour(s) |
European Tour Challenge Tour | ||||||||
Professional wins | 1 | ||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||||||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||||||||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT: 2005, 2013, 2014 | ||||||||
Medal record
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Erik Oscar Florén (born 3 May 1984) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Florén was born in Mölndal near Gothenburg. He attended Texas Tech University in the United States where he was named an NCAA First Team All-American in 2006. [1]
Since turning professional in 2007, he has competed on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour. In August 2010 he won for the first time at the SWALEC Wales Challenge, and went on to finish the season in 6th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2011. [2] At the end of a poor 2012 Floren successfully completed qualifying school. [3]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 28 Aug 2010 | SWALEC Wales Challenge | −8 (69-65-71-75=280) | 1 stroke |
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Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2010 | Turkish Airlines Challenge |
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Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Florén only played in The Open Championship.
Amateur
Professional
Oscar Florén | |||||||||
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Florén in 2012 | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Erik Oscar Florén | ||||||||
Born | Mölndal, Sweden | 3 May 1984||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||||||||
Residence | Ljungskile, Sweden | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
College | Texas Tech University | ||||||||
Turned professional | 2007 | ||||||||
Former tour(s) |
European Tour Challenge Tour | ||||||||
Professional wins | 1 | ||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||||||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||||||||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT: 2005, 2013, 2014 | ||||||||
Medal record
|
Erik Oscar Florén (born 3 May 1984) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Florén was born in Mölndal near Gothenburg. He attended Texas Tech University in the United States where he was named an NCAA First Team All-American in 2006. [1]
Since turning professional in 2007, he has competed on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour. In August 2010 he won for the first time at the SWALEC Wales Challenge, and went on to finish the season in 6th place on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2011. [2] At the end of a poor 2012 Floren successfully completed qualifying school. [3]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 28 Aug 2010 | SWALEC Wales Challenge | −8 (69-65-71-75=280) | 1 stroke |
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Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2010 | Turkish Airlines Challenge |
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Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Florén only played in The Open Championship.
Amateur
Professional