Gabriel Hjertstedt

Gabriel Hjertstedt

Born: December 5, 1971
Age: 52
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Biography

Gabriel Hjertstedt (born 5 December 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Hjertstedt was born in Umeå, Sweden. His family relocated to Australia when he was eleven and he learned to play golf there. He turned professional in 1990 and spent time on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Japan Golf Tour. He played on the European Tour from 1993 to 1996, where his best results were a pair of second places in 1994. In his 1997 rookie year on the U.S.-based PGA Tour he won the B.C. Open the same week that Europe won that year's Ryder Cup, to become the first Swede to win on the PGA Tour. He followed up in 1999 by claiming his second PGA Tour title at the Touchstone Energy Tucson Open. He represented Sweden in the Dunhill Cup in 1994 and 1999.

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Amateur wins (2)

  • 1989 Doug Sanders World Junior Championship, European Boys Championship

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 28 Sep 1997 B.C. Open −13 (70-69-66-70=275) 1 stroke Andrew Magee, Chris Perry,
Lee Rinker
2 28 Feb 1999 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open −16 (67-68-73-68=276) Playoff Tommy Armour III

PGA Tour playoff record (1-0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1999 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Tommy Armour III Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T34 DNP T30 DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T16 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1990 (winners)

Professional

  • Dunhill Cup (representing Sweden): 1994, 1999

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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