Finnish Open (golf)

Timberwise Finnish Open
Tournament information
LocationVirttaa, Finland
Established1988
Course(s)Alastaro Golf
Par72
Length7,311 yards (6,685 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Nordic Golf League
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€50,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Jamie Elson (2003)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Victor H. Sidal Svendsen
Location map
Alastaro Golf
Location in Finland

The Finnish Open is a golf tournament played in Finland, currently on the Nordic Golf League. It was formerly an event on the Challenge Tour from 1990 until 2004. It was played at Espoon Golfseura in Espoo, Finland. It was founded as the Scandinavian Tipo Trophy before being sponsored by Volvo from 1991.

Winners

Year Tour Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Timberwise Finnish Open
2024 NGL Victor H. Sidal Svendsen 209 −7 1 stroke Anders Emil Ejlersen
Ville Virkkala (a)
2023 NGL Rasmus Karlsson 202 −14 3 strokes Juuso Kahlos
2022 NGL Viktor Edin 211 −5 2 strokes Niclas Wieland
2021 NGL Christopher Feldborg Nielsen 206 −10 4 strokes Joakim Wikström
2020 NGL Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 NGL Anton Wilbertsson 206 −10 1 stroke Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
Haraldur Magnús
2018 NGL Stefan Idstam 205 −11 1 stroke Alex Hietala (a)
Polarputki Finnish Open
2017 NGL Victor Østerby 200 −16 2 strokes Christian Gløët
Ålandsbanken Finnish Open
2016 NGL Jesper Lerchedahl 207 −9 3 strokes Oliver Gillberg
Niklas Lindström
Finnish Open
2015 NGL Tapio Pulkkanen (2) 207 −9 4 strokes Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen
2014 NGL Elias Bertheussen 206 −10 4 strokes Antti Ahokas
2013 NGL Kasper Kjær Estrup 204 −12 2 strokes Alexander Björk
Jonas Magnusson
TehoSport Finnish Open
2012 NGL Tapio Pulkkanen (a) 202 −14 4 strokes Pontus Leijon
Finnish Open
2011 NGL Morten Ørum Madsen 206 −10 6 strokes Joonas Granberg
Jonas Haglund
2008–2010: No tournament
Sunny Trading Finnish Open
2007 NGL Thomas Sundström 215 −1 Playoff Immu Korvenmaa
Finnish Open
2006 NGL Jaakko Mäkitalo 206 −10 2 strokes Janne Martikainen
Tuomas Tuovinen
2005: No tournament
Volvo Finnish Open
2004 CHA Roope Kakko (a) 202 −11 Playoff Phillip Archer
Johan Axgren
2003 CHA Jamie Elson 264 −24 2 strokes Martin Wiegele
2002 CHA Thomas Nørret 273 −15 1 stroke Gary Birch Jr.
2001 CHA Peter Hedblom 274 −14 Playoff Mads Vibe-Hastrup
2000 CHA Jean Hugo 273 −15 5 strokes Magnus Persson Atlevi
Nils Roerbaek-Petersen
1999 CHA Paul Nilbrink 281 −7 Playoff Gustavo Rojas
1998 CHA Christian Cévaër 280 −8 1 stroke Fredrik Larsson
Daniel Westermark
1997 CHA Søren Kjeldsen 276 −12 3 strokes Thomas Nielsen
Leif Westerberg
1996 CHA Björn Bäck 282 −6 3 strokes Tony Edlund
1995 CHA Fredrik Plahn 212 −4 2 strokes Dennis Edlund
Robert Jonsson
Magnus Persson
1994 CHA Mikael Piltz 210 −6 Playoff Joakim Grönhagen
1993 CHA Per Nyman 208 −8 2 strokes Daniel Fornstam
1992 CHA Henrik Bergquist 208 −8 3 strokes Mikael Piltz
1991 CHA Fredrik Larsson 209 −7 Playoff Jarmo Sandelin
Scandinavian Tipo Trophy
1990 CHA Fredrik Lindgren 215 −1 Playoff Mats Sterner
1989 CHA René Michelsen 217 +1 Playoff Magnus Hennberg
1988 SWE Daniel Westermark 214 −2 3 strokes Mikael Karlsson
Nils-Åke Sandell

See also

Notes

  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; SWE − Swedish Golf Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ "Challenge Tour Race Heads for Finnish". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ "2004 Volvo Finnish Open". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.