Finnish Open (golf)

Timberwise Finnish Open
Tournament information
LocationVirttaa, Finland
Established1988
Course(s)Alastaro Golf
Par72
Length7,311 yards (6,685 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Nordic Golf League
FormatStroke play
Prize fund50,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Jamie Elson (2003)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen
Location map
Alastaro Golf is located in Finland
Alastaro Golf
Alastaro Golf
Location in Finland

The Finnish Open is a golf tournament played in Finland, currently on the Nordic Golf League. It was formerly an event on the Challenge Tour from 1990 until 2004. It was played at Espoon Golfseura in Espoo, Finland. It was founded as the Scandinavian Tipo Trophy before being sponsored by Volvo from 1991.[1][2]

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Timberwise Finnish Open
2024 NGL Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen 209 −7 1 stroke Denmark Anders Emil Ejlersen
Finland Ville Virkkala (a)
2023 NGL Finland Rasmus Karlsson 202 −14 3 strokes Finland Juuso Kahlos
2022 NGL Sweden Viktor Edin 211 −5 2 strokes Sweden Niclas Wieland
2021 NGL Sweden Christopher Feldborg Nielsen 206 −10 4 strokes Sweden Joakim Wikström
2020 NGL Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 NGL Sweden Anton Wilbertsson 206 −10 1 stroke Norway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
Iceland Haraldur Magnús
2018 NGL Sweden Stefan Idstam 205 −11 1 stroke Finland Alex Hietala (a)
Polarputki Finnish Open
2017 NGL Denmark Victor Østerby 200 −16 2 strokes Denmark Christian Gløët
Ålandsbanken Finnish Open
2016 NGL Denmark Jesper Lerchedahl 207 −9 3 strokes Sweden Oliver Gillberg
Sweden Niklas Lindström
Finnish Open
2015 NGL Finland Tapio Pulkkanen (2) 207 −9 4 strokes Denmark Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen
2014 NGL Norway Elias Bertheussen 206 −10 4 strokes Finland Antti Ahokas
2013 NGL Denmark Kasper Kjær Estrup 204 −12 2 strokes Sweden Alexander Björk
Sweden Jonas Magnusson
TehoSport Finnish Open
2012 NGL Finland Tapio Pulkkanen (a) 202 −14 4 strokes Sweden Pontus Leijon
Finnish Open
2011 NGL Denmark Morten Ørum Madsen 206 −10 6 strokes Finland Joonas Granberg
Finland Jonas Haglund
2008–2010: No tournament
Sunny Trading Finnish Open
2007 NGL Finland Thomas Sundström 215 −1 Playoff Finland Immu Korvenmaa
Finnish Open
2006 NGL Finland Jaakko Mäkitalo 206 −10 2 strokes Finland Janne Martikainen
Finland Tuomas Tuovinen
2005: No tournament
Volvo Finnish Open
2004 CHA Finland Roope Kakko (a) 202[b] −11 Playoff England Phillip Archer
Sweden Johan Axgren
2003 CHA England Jamie Elson 264 −24 2 strokes Austria Martin Wiegele
2002 CHA Denmark Thomas Nørret 273 −15 1 stroke Germany Gary Birch Jr.
2001 CHA Sweden Peter Hedblom 274 −14 Playoff Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup
2000 CHA South Africa Jean Hugo 273 −15 5 strokes Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
Denmark Nils Roerbaek-Petersen
1999 CHA Sweden Paul Nilbrink 281 −7 Playoff Argentina Gustavo Rojas
1998 CHA France Christian Cévaër 280 −8 1 stroke Sweden Fredrik Larsson
Sweden Daniel Westermark
1997 CHA Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 276 −12 3 strokes Norway Thomas Nielsen
Sweden Leif Westerberg
1996 CHA Sweden Björn Bäck 282 −6 3 strokes Sweden Tony Edlund
1995 CHA Sweden Fredrik Plahn 212 −4 2 strokes Sweden Dennis Edlund
Sweden Robert Jonsson
Sweden Magnus Persson
1994 CHA Finland Mikael Piltz 210 −6 Playoff Sweden Joakim Grönhagen
1993 CHA Sweden Per Nyman 208 −8 2 strokes Sweden Daniel Fornstam
1992 CHA Sweden Henrik Bergquist 208 −8 3 strokes Finland Mikael Piltz
1991 CHA Sweden Fredrik Larsson 209 −7 Playoff Sweden Jarmo Sandelin
Scandinavian Tipo Trophy
1990 CHA Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 215 −1 Playoff Sweden Mats Sterner
1989 CHA Denmark René Michelsen 217 +1 Playoff Sweden Magnus Hennberg
1988 SWE Sweden Daniel Westermark 214 −2 3 strokes Sweden Mikael Karlsson
Sweden Nils-Åke Sandell

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; SWE − Swedish Golf Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Tour Race Heads for Finnish". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ "2004 Volvo Finnish Open". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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