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Pelle Edberg

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Pelle Edberg
Personal information
Full namePer Oscar Edberg
NicknamePelle
Born (1979-04-13) 13 April 1979 (age 45)
Jönköping, Sweden
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceHok, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1997
Current tour(s)Nordic Golf League
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT12: 2007

Per Oscar "Pelle" Edberg (born 13 April 1979) is a Swedish professional golfer and former European Tour player. He was runner-up at the 2008 SAS Masters, the 2010 Saint-Omer Open, and the 2015 D+D Real Czech Masters.

Early life

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Edberg was born and grew up in Jönköping, Sweden, as the youngest of four sons to Stefan Edberg, the owner of Hook Golf Club, situated 30 kilometers south of the city of Jönköping. Edberg and his brothers Hans, Jonas and Calle all spend a lot of their childhoods at the golf course. His brother Hans, who also became a golf professional and twice a winner on the Swedish Golf Tour,[1] has always trained and supported him.[2]

Without the possibility to go to college in America or combine golf training with studies at upper secondary sports school in Sweden, Edberg turned professional at 17 years of age.[2]

Professional career

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After several unsuccessful attempts at the European Tour qualifying school, Edberg finally gained his tour card in 2004, having played most of that year on the second tier Challenge Tour.

Edberg failed to retain his playing privileges on the European Tour in his rookie season, and after a year of limited opportunities in 2006, regained his tour card for 2007 at final qualifying school. In 2007 he finished tied for 12th place at the 136th Open Championship played at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland, and had three top-10 finishes, including a tie for 3rd at the Smurfit European Open. He finished the season ranked in 51st position on the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit.

In 2008 Edberg continued his consistent play, ending the season in 85th place on the Order of Merit, recording his best finish on tour to date along the way, a share of 2nd place at the SAS Masters in Stockholm in his home country.

Having spent 2012–2014 mainly on the Challenge Tour, Edberg re-qualified to the European Tour in 2014 and had the second best year of his career in 2015, finishing runner up in the D+D Real Czech Masters, third at the Porsche European Open and fourth at the Omega European Masters, for a 71st place in the Race to Dubai.[3]

On 4 September 2020, Edberg, at 41 years of age, came back to winning, by claiming his first professional win in 14 years, when he won the TanumStrand Fjällbacka Open on the Nordic Golf League and Swedish Golf Tour, with a 15 under par score, leading wire to wire.

Professional wins (6)

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Nordic Golf League wins (5)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 13 May 2003 Telia Grand Opening −2 (67-71=138) Playoff Sweden Christian Nilsson
2 8 Jun 2003 Rönnebäck Open −13 (66-68-69=203) 1 stroke Sweden Steven Jeppesen
3 14 Aug 2003 Sundbyholm Open −8 (68-70-70=208) 4 strokes Sweden Pontus Leijon, Sweden Kristoffer Svensson,
Sweden Leif Westerberg
4 1 Oct 2006 TourGolf Masters −20 (69-69-67-63=268) 1 stroke Sweden Niklas Bruzelius
5 4 Sep 2020 TanumStrand Fjällbacka Open −15 (65-65-69=198) 3 strokes Norway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy

Other wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 7 May 2000 Bankboken Tour 21 Pojkar #1 −5 (70-67-74=211) 7 strokes Sweden Anders Sjöstrand

Playoff record

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Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2011 Roma Golf Open England Sam Little Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T12 CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

European Tour career summary

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Season Starts Cuts
made
Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10
Earnings
(€)
Money
list rank
2004 1
2005 25 9 50,701 177
2006 4 3 15,804 236
2007 28 14 1 3 629,614 51
2008 30 14 1 1 3 366,001 85
2009 34 19 1 213,653 132
2010 19 11 1 3 196,218 119
2011 11 1 1,491 321
2012 11 4 2 85,918 162
2013 2 2 1 21,330 217
2014 2 1
2015 25 10 1 1 4 463,740 71
2016 30 15 2 275,551 100
2017 10 4 51,885 203
2018 5
2019 9 9,480
Career* 246 108 3 3 19 2,383,419 258[4]

*As of the 2019 season.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf – Den stora sporten [Golf – The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 277. ISBN 91-86818007.
  2. ^ a b "Pelle Edberg". Golfbladet. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Pelle Edberg". European Tour. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Career Money List". European Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Pelle Edberg". European Tour. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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