| Peter Hanson | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Peter Daniel Hanson | ||
| Born | (1977-10-04)4 October 1977 (age 48) Svedala, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Trelleborg, Sweden | ||
| Spouse | |||
| Children | 2 | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1998 | ||
| Former tours | PGA Tour European Tour Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 12 | ||
| Highestranking | 17 (28 October 2012)[1] | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 6 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 5 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | T3:2012 | ||
| PGA Championship | T7:2012 | ||
| U.S. Open | T7:2011 | ||
| The Open Championship | T23: 2012 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Peter Daniel Hanson (born 4 October 1977) is a Swedish former professional golfer who played on theEuropean Tour and thePGA Tour.
Hanson was born inSvedala, inSkåne county in the south of Sweden. He was first introduced to the game by neighbors and started playing at Bokskogen Golf Club, where he was coached by club professional Jan Larsson.
Hanson was a member of the Swedish team at age 19, finishing fourth, at the 1997European Amateur Team Championship atPortmarnock Golf Club,Ireland.
As an amateur, he won three times on the professionalSwedish Golf Tour in 1997 and 1998.[2] In 1998, he also won theBrabazon Trophy atFormby Golf Club.
After representing Sweden at the1998 Eisenhower Trophy inSantiago, Chile,[3] Hanson turned professional.[4]
Hanson played on the Swedish Golf Tour and theChallenge Tour in 1999 and 2000. In 2001, he played 25 tournaments on the European Tour and at the same time finished 12th on the2001 Challenge Tour final Order of Merit, qualifying for the2002 European Tour season.
His first win abroad as a professional came at the 2001Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour, with a 23-under-par winning score of 265 at Treudelberg Golf Club,Germany.
His first European Tour win was the2005Open de España at San Roque Club,Sotogrande,Spain. He has since won four more titles on theEuropean Tour. He consistently finished in the top-20 of the European Tour Order of Merit from 2007 to 2012. His best position on the Order of Merit occurred in 2012 when he placed 4th.
On 17 August2008, Hanson became the third Swede to win a European Tour event on home soil, when he captured theSAS Masters at Arlandastad, for the first Swedish win in the tournament for ten years.
On 27 March 2012, Hanson accepted an invitation to join thePGA Tour for the remainder of 2012 with Special Temporary Membership status.[5]
Hanson recorded his best finish at a major championship in April 2012, at theMasters Tournament atAugusta National Golf Club. After scoring a seven-under-par round of 65 in the third round, Hanson was the sole 54-hole leader at 9-under-par with a one stroke advantage heading into the final round. His final round, playing in the last group withPhil Mickelson, started badly with two bogeys in the opening three holes and he never recovered. On the par-3 12th hole, Hanson shanked his tee shot short of Rae's Creek, but came back strongly. He chipped to two feet to birdie the 15th, played his tee shot to four feet at the 16th and holed a 15-foot birdie putt at the last for a one-over-par round of 73. Hanson finished in a tie for third, two strokes behind tied leadersBubba Watson andLouis Oosthuizen, who played off for the title, won by Watson.[6]
On 9 September 2012, Hanson won for the fifth time on theEuropean Tour, taking victory at theKLM Open in The Netherlands.[7] He began the final round a shot outside of the lead and it had looked like his chances were over after a wayward tee shot on 16 left him trouble, but he managed to escape with a par to trailPablo Larrazábal by a single stroke. Then, after Larrazábal bogeyed the 16th, Hanson prevailed by two strokes courtesy of a long-range eagle putt on the par-five 18th. The win was even more remarkable because Hanson almost withdrew from the event after his one-year-old son Tim was taken to hospital prior to the event starting.[8]
Making his secondRyder Cup appearance in2012, Hanson played on the victorious European team against the United States atMedinah Country Club outsideChicago, Illinois, in September. The European 14½–13½ triumph was by European media named the "Miracle at Medinah" and regarded as one of the best sporting comebacks of all time, since the U.S. team at one stage on Saturday led by 10–4. However, Hanson played only two matches and lost both. In the Sunday singles, he metJason Dufner in the 9th match and lost, 2 down.
The month after, on 28 October 2012, Hanson received the biggest prize check of his career, €888,560, when he won theBMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club,Shanghai, China, out-dueling world number oneRory McIlroy, when they played together in the last group of the last round. With the win, Hanson reached a career best 17th on theOfficial World Golf Ranking.
Hanson moved toLake Nona, Orlando, Florida, to play on the PGA Tour in2013,[9] but after being forced to withdraw before the last round of the 2013Northern Trust Open in March, due to pain in his back and immediately being driven to a hospital inLos Angeles, the rest of his career has been continuously interrupted by a disc herniation injury. In 2017, he moved back to Sweden with his wife and two children.[10] He played the2017 European Tour with a medical exemption and through 2020 still held 36th position on the European Tour career money list.
In late 2021, Hanson announced that he would be retiring from professional golf. He made his last appearance on tour at the 2022Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed.[11][12]
In 2005, he received Elit Sign number 132 by theSwedish Golf Federation on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.[13]
In 2011, he was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.[14]
In 2022, he was awarded the Merit Sign in Gold by the PGA of Sweden, as its 47th recipient.[15]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 17 Apr2005 | Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía | −8 (70-68-71-71=280) | Playoff | Peter Gustafsson |
| 2 | 17 Aug2008 | SAS Masters | −9 (66-66-68-71=271) | 1 stroke |  Nick Dougherty,Pelle Edberg |
| 3 | 16 May2010 | Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca | −6 (72-69-67-66=274) | Playoff |  Alejandro Cañizares |
| 4 | 22 Aug 2010 | Czech Open | −10 (67-70-67-74=278) | Playoff | Gary Boyd, Peter Lawrie |
| 5 | 9 Sep2012 | KLM Open | −14 (66-66-67-67=266) | 2 strokes | Pablo Larrazábal, Richie Ramsay |
| 6 | 28 Oct 2012 | BMW Masters | −21 (66-64-70-67=267) | 1 stroke |  Rory McIlroy |
European Tour playoff record (3–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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| 1 | 2005 | Jazztel Open de España en Andalucía | Peter Gustafsson | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2010 | Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca | Alejandro Cañizares | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2010 | Czech Open | Gary Boyd,Peter Lawrie | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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| 1 | 22 Jul2001 | Günther Hamburg Classic | −23 (66-69-64-66=265) | 3 strokes |  Robert-Jan Derksen |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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| 1 | 3 Sep2000 | Russian Cup | −9 (67-68=135) | 7 strokes | Fredrick Månsson |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Aug1997 | Västerås Open (as an amateur) | −13 (68-64-62=194) | 6 strokes | Johan Forsman,Joakim Nilsson |
| 2 | 28 Jun1998 | Husqvarna Open (as an amateur) | −12 (69-66-63=198) | 2 strokes |  Morten Haerås |
| 3 | 9 Aug 1998 | Västerås Open (2) (as an amateur) | −7 (71-73-65=209) | 1 stroke | Andreas Ljunggren |
| 4 | 10 May1999 | Gula Sidorna Grand Opening | E (69-73=142) | 2 strokes | Niclas Fasth |
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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| Masters Tournament | CUT | T3 | T50 | CUT | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T30 | T18 | T16 | T7 | CUT | CUT | DQ | ||||
| The Open Championship | T34 | T69 | T58 | T24 | T37 | CUT | T23 | WD | ||||
| PGA Championship | T59 | T23 | T52 | CUT | T58 | T64 | T7 | T33 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 19 |
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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| The Players Championship | T19 | T15 | T72 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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| Match Play | R64 | R16 | R64 | R64 | QF | R32 | R32 |
| Championship | T61 | T40 | T26 | T55 | T4 | T8 | |
| Invitational | 8 | T21 | T63 | T33 | |||
| Champions | T31 | T6 | T33 | T24 | T21 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
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