Christofer Blomstrand (born 9 December 1991) is a Swedish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour where he was runner-up at 2018 Porsche European Open.
| Christofer Blomstrand | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 9 December 1991 Höör, Sweden | ||
| Height | 182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2011 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Nordic Golf League | ||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Sunshine Tour Challenge Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 4 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Career edit
Blomstrand was born in Höör and is attached to Falsterbo Golf Club. He turned professional in 2011 and joined the Nordic Golf League. In 2015, he tied for 3rd at the ECCO German Masters and won his first professional title at the Race to HimmerLand in Denmark. He also won the Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship in Oman on the MENA Tour.
Blomstrand earned a 2016–17 Sunshine Tour card through qualifying school, and won the Zambia Sugar Open in April 2016 with a final round 63.[1][2] He spent 2017 on the Challenge Tour, where his best finish was a tie for 4th place at the Finnish Challenge and the Bridgestone Challenge.[citation needed]
Blomstrand tied for 25th at qualifying school to capture the last available card for the 2018 European Tour, where he saw immediate success at Joburg Open, finding himself in solo second place, after a third round of 62, where he was 11-under-par for the day after 14 holes to raise hopes of an historic 59.[3] He ultimately finished in a tie for 8th with a final round 75.[4] Later in the year he finished runner-up at Porsche European Open, one stroke behind Richard McEvoy.[5]
In 2020, Blomstrand tied for 3rd at the Euram Bank Open, a dual ranking European and Challenge Tour event, and was runner-up at the Challenge Tour Grand Final. He won multiple times on the 2023 Nordic Golf League, and was runner-up at the Sand Valley Polish Masters.[6]
Professional wins (5) edit
Sunshine Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Apr 2016 | Zambia Sugar Open | −16 (73-71-69-63=276) | 3 strokes |  CJ du Plessis
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Nordic Golf League wins (3) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Oct 2015 | Race to HimmerLand | −8 (74-68-65=207) | 2 strokes |  Anders Schmidt Hansen,  Eirik Tage Johansen, Nikolaj Erland Nissen
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| 2 | 23 Feb 2023 | GolfStar Winter Series II | −16 (72-62-64=198) | 4 strokes | Charlie Lindh
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| 3 | 12 May 2023 | Skåne Challenge | −6 (73-68-69=210) | 2 strokes | Björn Åkesson
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MENA Golf Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Oct 2015 | Muscat Hills Golf Citizen Championship | −11 (67-68-70=205) | 1 stroke |  Julian Kunzenbacher
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Blomstrand's sweet Zambia Sugar victory". SuperSport. 24 April 2016.
- ^ Munyeka, Kondwani (25 April 2016). "Christofer bags Zambia Sugar Open". The Post. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Sharma closes in on first European Tour win at Joburg Open". The Irish Times. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "Blomstrand Dazzles But Sharma Dominates At Joburg Open". European Tour. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Richard McEvoy holds nerve to claim maiden European tour title". The Irish Times. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ Damgaard, Peter (12 May 2023). "Peter Launer Bæk blev nr. 3, da Christofer Blomstrand vandt Skåne Challenge" [Peter Launer Bæk finished 3rd when Christofer Blomstrand won the Skåne Challenge]. 19hul.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
External links edit
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 October 2021)
- Christofer Blomstrand at the European Tour official site
- Christofer Blomstrand at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Christofer Blomstrand at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Christofer Blomstrand at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
