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Danish professional golfer

Søren Hansen (born 21 March 1974) is a Danish professional golfer.[2]

Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year.

Hansen collected his first professional win at the Challenge Tour’s 1998 Navision Open Golf Championship in his home country. Since 1999 he has been a member of the European Tour where he has picked up two tournament victories. He won the 2002 Murphy’s Irish Open, where he won at the fourth extra hole in a play-off against Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth and Darren Fichardt. He also won the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Championship by a margin of four strokes. His best Order of Merit finish is 8th in 2007. He represented Europe in the 2008 Ryder Cup matches, but he did not win a match, the U.S. was victorious.

In September 2007, he reached the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings and became the top-ranked Danish golfer.[3]

Hansen represented Denmark in the World Cup in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2007.

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On 11 August 2009, Hansen was charged with tax evasion by Danish authorities for allegedly claiming residency of Monaco, while actually living in Denmark.[4] On 19 May 2010, Hansen was fined nearly $1.1 million for tax evasion.

Amateur wins[edit]

  • 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Professional wins (3)[edit]

European Tour wins (2)[edit]

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (1)[edit]

Playoff record[edit]

Other playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships[edit]

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
“T” = tied

Summary[edit]

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 Open Championship)

Results in The Players Championship[edit]

“T” indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships[edit]

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
“T” = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances[edit]

Amateur

Professional

Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Week 27 2008 Ending 6 Jul 2008” (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ “Players, Soren Hansen, Overview, Meet Soren”. European Tour. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ “Players, Soren Hansen”. Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. ^ Golf star charged with tax evasion
  5. ^ “Hemmaseger i JEM-rysare, Lag-EM Juniorer” [Home victory in exciting European Youth’s Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9/1990. September 1990. p. 84. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  6. ^ “EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths’ Team Championship”. European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ^ “European Amateur Team Championship, 1995 – Royal Antwerp GC, Belgium”. European Golf Association. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf – Den stora sporten [Golf – The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. ^ “EM herrar” [Men’s European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1997. pp. 88, 92. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ^ “European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1997 – Portmarnock GC, Ireland”. European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  11. ^ “World Cup of Golf – England wins”. Golf Today. 22 November 1998. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  12. ^ “EMC World Cup final-round scores”. ESPN. 18 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

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