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Full name
  
Anders Forsbrand

Other
  
9

Weight
  
85 kg

Nationality
  
Sweden

Name
  
Anders Forsbrand

Former tours
  

Turned professional
  
1981

Role
  
Golfer

European seniors tour
  
1

Professional wins
  
16

Height
  
1.85 m

European tour
  
6

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Born
  
1 April 1961 (age 63) Filipstad, Sweden (
1961-04-01
)

Residence
  
Current tours
  
European Senior Tour, Champions Tour

Anders Forsbrand Top # 7 Facts


Anders Forsbrand (born 1 April 1961) was one of the first Swedish professional golfers to make a major impact on the European Tour.

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Forsbrand was born in Filipstad, Sweden, and turned professional in 1981. He first played on the European Tour in 1982, and has been a member since. He won seven individual titles on the European tour and finished in the top ten of the Order of Merit three times, with a best of fourth place in 1992. In 1993, he became the first Swedish golfer to play in all four major championships in the same year, Forsbrand led Sweden to Victory in both the World Cup and Dunhill Cup. He has a special penchant for low scoring and still shares the record for the lowest final two rounds in a major championship, scoring 130 in the 1994 Open.

Anders Forsbrand Anders Forsbrand Photos Speedy Services Wales Senior

In 2004, Bernhard Langer, the European Ryder Cup Captain, named Forsbrand as his vice-captain for the 35th Ryder Cup Matches against the United States at Oakland Hills Country Club, in which the European team had a resounding victory over the US Team.

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Forsbrand began playing on the European Senior Tour after turning 50 in 2011. In August 2012, he won the SSE Scottish Senior Open, becoming the first Swede to win on the European Senior Tour.

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Forsbrand now lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, with his wife, Stewart, and their children Alexander and Margaux.

Anders Forsbrand golf swing (Driver) face-on-view, July 2014.


European Tour wins (6)

European Tour playoff record (0–3)

Other wins (8)

  • 1982 Swedish Professional Championship
  • 1983 Stiab GP (Sweden)
  • 1984 Swedish International Stroke Play Championship, Gevalia Open (Sweden)
  • 1991 World Cup (with Per-Ulrik Johansson), Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Helen Alfredsson)
  • 1992 Equity & Law Challenge
  • 1997 Open Novotel Perrier (with Michael Jonzon)
  • Results in major championships

    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" = tied
    Yellow background for top-10.

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (1991 Open Championship – 1993 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
  • Professional team appearances

  • Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Sweden): 1984
  • World Cup (representing Sweden): 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991 (winners), 1992, 1993
  • Dunhill Cup (representing Sweden): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991 (winners), 1992, 1993, 1994
  • Kirin Cup (representing Europe): 1988
  • References

    Anders Forsbrand Wikipedia