Peter Hedblom
Residence: Gävle, Sweden
DOB: 20/01/1970
Peter was introduced to golf at the age of six by his father, Olle, who remains his coach. He was Swedish Boys champion at 16, and the following year he won the 1987 Doral Junior Classic to promise a rapid rise to the top. Won three times on Challenge Tour within 18 months in the early 1990s but it took six visits to the Qualifying School to establish himself on The European Tour at the start of 1994.
Before his venture into golf, he was actively involved in ice hockey. He took up ice hockey when he was six years old and broke his leg in 2001. This mishap came about when he participated in a yearly ice hockey game for golfers. Peter was granted a medical exemption after missing a sizeable proportion of the 2002 season following sustaining this injury.
Peter was introduced to golf at the age of six by his father, Olle, who remains his coach. He was Swedish Boys champion at 16, and the following year he won the 1987 Doral Junior Classic to promise a rapid rise to the top. Won three times on Challenge Tour within 18 months in the early 1990s but it took six visits to the Qualifying School to establish himself on The European Tour at the start of 1994.
Before his venture into golf, he was actively involved in ice hockey. He took up ice hockey when he was six years old and broke his leg in 2001. This mishap came about when he participated in a yearly ice hockey game for golfers. Peter was granted a medical exemption after missing a sizeable proportion of the 2002 season following sustaining this injury.
Peter turned professional in 1988 and has two European Tour victories to his name - the 1996 Moroccan Open and – after an eleven year winning drought - the 2007 Maybank Malaysian Open - a European Tour event which is co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour.
Peter came to within a whisker of successfully defending his Maybank Malaysian Open title in 2008 only to lose out in a play-off to India’s Arjun Atwal. It was the third play-off defeat of his career; the previous two occasions both being in 2003. The season ended on a good note for Peter. He secured the runner’s up sport at the penultimate tournament, the Castello Masters and a 10th place at the season ending Volvo Masters.
Peter Hedblom Club History
Below is a selection of clubs used by Peter Hedblom throughout his career
Peter Hedblom Tournament History
2008 BMW PGA Championship |
22-25 May - BMW PGA Championship - Wentworth Club. Miguel Angel Jiménez completed the BMW treble when he won the BMW PGA Championship with a birdie on the second hole of a play-off to deny England’s Oliver Wilson his maiden European Tour title. Jiménez, who won both the 2004 BMW Asian Open and the 2004 BMW International Open, became the first player to claim the BMW ‘grand slam’ when he tapped in for a winning birdie after tying Wilson with a final round of four under par 68to finish on -11 after 72 holes. |
In Peter Hedblom's bag...An opening 79 was folloed by a 75 as Peter missed the cut by 9 strokes. Peter tees up a 9.5˚ Taylor Made SuperQuad TP driver and also carries a Taylor Made r7 TP 13˚ fairway and a Taylor Made V Steep (#5) fariway. His irons like many of the Taylor Made Tour pors are the rac MB TP's (3-P). His wedges are Titliest Vokey Design (47˚ and 53˚)
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2007 Barclays Scottish Open |
12-15 July - The Barclays Scottish Open - Loch Lomond. As the curtain raiser to the Open Championship the following week at Carnoustie, the Barclays Scottish Open attracted some of the biggest names in the world – Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Luke Donald and others all made the trip. It wasn’t, however, one of the big names who walked away with the £50,000 first prize – but a virtually unknown Frenchman - Gregory Havret - who holed a tricky 5-footer on the first extra hole to beat world no 3 Phil Mickelson in a play-off. The title also earned Havret the last remaining spot at the Open. |
In Peter Hedblom's bag...In Peter Hedblom's bag at Loch Lomond - TaylorMade rac MB irons, R7 TP Fairway wood, and TaylorMade Superquad driver. He's also carrying a Titleist 248.06 Vokey wedge.
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