Mikko Ilonen
Residence: Zurich, Switzerland
DOB: 18/12/1979
Finland’s Mikko Ilonen first hit the headlines in 2000 when he won the Amateur Championship – turning professional the following year when he finished a superb 9th at the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s.
Excellent performances in the Dunhill Championship, The Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship of Europe and the Omega European Masters saw him regain his place on The European Tour by finishing 112th on the Order of Merit after playing just nine events on the 2006 Schedule.
He won his first professional tournament in February 2007 at the Indonesia Open in Jakarta – and in bagging the 134,000 Euro first prize, became the first golfer from Finland to win a European Tour event. Added further success when he won the Scandinavian Masters title to become one of seven multiple winners of the 2007 season.
Despite not recording a single top-10 during the 2008 season Mikko still managed to finish inside the Top-100 on the European Tour Order of Merit. His best finish came at the European Open where he finished in a tie for 14th.
Mikko Ilonen Club History
Below is a selection of clubs used by Mikko Ilonen throughout his career
Mikko Ilonen Tournament History
2008 Irish Open |
24-27 January - Buick Invitational - Torrey Pines. Tiger Woods joined elite company on the final day of the Buick Invitational, even though he might as well have been playing alone. He thrilled the 4-deep gallery with an improbable flop shot from the trampled grass behind the 9th green to save par. He sent Torrey Pines into delirium with a 60-foot birdie putt that started in one direction and slid into the cup from the other. He made 3 straight bogeys on the back 9, a rarity for him when he's in the lead. And none of it mattered. The outcome was never in doubt at the Buick Invitational, only the final score. A 10-foot birdie on the 18th gave Woods a 1-under 71 and an 8-shot victory, the ninth time in his career that he has won by at least that many. |
In Mikko Ilonen's bag...In Mikkos bag at the Irish Open 2008 - where he tied 16th, Titleists new AP2 Forged irons, 9.5 degree 907 D2 driver, Titleist 585.H utility wood, 906 F2 fairway woods and Vokey Spin Milled wedges. He uses a Titleist Pro V1x ball.
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2007 BMW PGA Championship |
24-27 May - BMW PGA Championship - West Course at Wentworth. The BMW PGA Championship was played out on a rain-lashed West Course at Wentworth in Surrey. Traditionally, the PGA attracts one of the strongest fields on the European Tour and this time was no exception with Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Michael Campbell and others all making the trip across the pond. It was not, however, one of the better known superstars who walked off with the trophy and 725,000 Euro first prize, but Anders Hansen from Denmark who holed a 25 foot birdie putt on the first sudden-death play-off hole against England’s Justin Rose. This was only Hansen’s second victory on Tour – bizarrely the only other win was the same tournament – then called the Volvo PGA – five years earlier in 2002. |
In Mikko Ilonen's bag...In Mikko's bag at Wentworth - where he finished in a solid12 th position among a very strong field - Titleist 755 irons, the new Titleist 907 D2 driver and a 21 degree Titleist 906 F2 fairway wood.
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