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PGA European - Nordea Scandinavian Masters Preview
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Thursday, July 22nd through Sunday, July 25th |
| SITE: Bro Hof Slott Golf Club (Stadium Course), Stockholm, Sweden |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (2007) |
| Hole-by-Hole | 1 - Par 5 578 Yds |
| 2 - Par 4 445 Yds |
| 3 - Par 4 395 Yds |
| 4 - Par 3 219 Yds |
| 5 - Par 4 468 Yds |
| 6 - Par 4 472 Yds |
| 7 - Par 3 228 Yds |
| 8 - Par 4 451 Yds |
| 9 - Par 5 581 Yds |
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| 36 3,837 Yds |
| 10 - Par 4 442 Yds |
| 11 - Par 3 191 Yds |
| 12 - Par 5 525 Yds |
| 13 - Par 5 565 Yds |
| 14 - Par 4 416 Yds |
| 15 - Par 5 569 Yds |
| 16 - Par 3 238 Yds |
| 17 - Par 3 150 Yds |
| 18 - Par 4 432 Yds |
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| 36 3,528 Yds |
| Annual: | 20th |
| Television: | Golf Channel - Thursday/Friday -- 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (et), |
| | - Saturday/Sunday -- 7:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. (et) |
| Defending Champion: | Ricardo Gonzalez |
| Runner-Up: | Jamie Donaldson |
| Tournament Record: | 262 (Mark Hensby, Henrik Stenson, 2005) |
| 54-Hole Record: | 195 (Barry Lane, Bradley Dredge, 2005) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 129 (Bradley Dredge, 2005) |
| 18-Hole Record: | 61 (Fred Couples, 1991 - Drottningholm) |
| Total Purse: | $2,072,886 (1,600,000 euros) |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $431,808; 2nd Place - $287,872; 3rd Place - $162,188 |
| 2009 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Ricardo Gonzalez | 282 | Martin Erlandsson | 288 |
| Jamie Donaldson | 284 | Lee Slattery | 288 |
| Jeppe Huldahl | 286 | Oskar Henningsson | 288 |
| Marcus Fraser | 288 | Jacob Olesen | 288 |
| Marcus Higley | 288 | Nathan J. Smith | 288 |
| Past Nordea Scandinavian Masters Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2009 | Ricardo Gonzalez (282) -- Jamie Donaldson |
| 2008 | Peter Hanson (271) -- Nick Dougherty, Pelle Edberg |
| 2007 | Mikko Ilonen (274) -- Nick Dougherty, Jean Baptiste-Gonnet, |
| Martin Kaymer, Peter Hedblom, Christian Cevaer |
| 2006 | *Marc Warren (278) -- Robert Karlsson |
| 2005 | *Mark Hensby (262) -- Henrik Stenson |
| 2004 | Luke Donald (272) -- Peter Hanson, Henrik Stenson |
| 2003 | Adam Scott (277) -- Nick Dougherty |
| 2002 | Graeme McDowell (270) -- Trevor Immelman |
| 2001 | Colin Montgomerie (274) -- Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter |
| 2000 | Lee Westwood (270) -- Michael Campbell |
| 1999 | Colin Montgomerie (268) -- Jesper Parnevik |
| 1998 | Jesper Parnevik (273) -- Darren Clarke |
| 1997 | Joakim Haeggman (270) -- Ignacio Garrido |
| 1996 | *Lee Westwood (281) -- Paul Broadhurst, Russell Claydon |
| 1995 | Jesper Parnevik (270) -- Colin Montgomerie |
| 1994 | Vijay Singh (268) -- Mark McNulty |
| 1993 | *Peter Baker (278) -- Anders Forsbrand |
| 1992 | Nick Faldo (277) -- Jose Maria Olazabal, Frank Nobilo, Peter Baker, |
| Peter O'Malley, Danny Mijovic, Robert Allenby |
| 1991 | Colin Montgomerie (270) -- Seve Ballesteros |
| Note:Formerly called Volvo Scandinavian Masters (1995-2002), Scandinavian |
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Masters by Carlsberg (2003-05), EnterCard Scandinavian Masters (2006),
Scandinavian Masters (2007), SAS Masters (2008-09).
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Ricardo Gonzalez | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | --- | --- | mc | Won |
| Pelle Edberg | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-70 | T-74 | mc | T-2 | T-17 |
| David Lynn | T-38 | --- | T-17 | --- | 6th | T-31 | T-27 | mc | T-14 | T-17 |
| Niclas Fasth | mc | T-13 | T-6 | mc | T-8 | mc | T-15 | --- | T-20 | T-17 |
| Jean-B. Gonnet | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-2 | T-39 | T-17 |
| Jesper Parnevik | T-11 | T-36 | T-17 | --- | T-8 | T-56 | T-7 | T-43 | T-46 | T-17 |
| Peter Hanson | --- | T-9 | mc | mc | T-2 | T-72 | T-33 | T-12 | Won | T-53 |
| Peter Lawrie | --- | --- | --- | mc | T-8 | T-25 | T-15 | T-12 | mc | T-27 |
| Mikko Ilonen | --- | mc | mc | mc | mc | mc | --- | Won | T-20 | T-38 |
| Johan Edfors | --- | --- | --- | mc | 67th | T-25 | mc | T-67 | T-54 | T-43 |
| Damien McGrane | --- | --- | --- | T-24 | T-31 | T-11 | mc | T-36 | T-18 | T-53 |
| Christian Cevaer | --- | T-47 | --- | mc | mc | mc | T-69 | T-2 | T-20 | mc |
| Marc Warren | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | mc | T-30 | mc |
| Felipe Aguilar | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-15 | --- | T-46 | mc |
| Peter Hedblom | mc | T-9 | T-17 | T-8 | T-31 | T-46 | mc | T-2 | T-61 | mc |
| Anton Haig | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | T-66 | mc |
| Nick Dougherty | --- | --- | T-66 | 2nd | mc | mc | --- | T-2 | T-2 | --- |
| Paul Broadhurst | --- | T-47 | T-52 | T-37 | T-47 | T-11 | --- | T-7 | T-4 | --- |
| Robert Karlsson | mc | mc | T-38 | T-3 | T-47 | T-31 | 2nd | mc | mc | --- |
| Louis Oosthuizen | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | 80th | mc | mc | --- |
| Edoardo Molinari | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | mc | --- |
| Rory Sabbatini | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rickie Fowler | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| K.J. Choi | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Edoardo Molinari |
| Darkhorse - Johan Edfors |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (P.Mickelson, J.Rose, M.Kuchar) - T-48, MC, T-27 |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (R.Moore, R.Barnes, A.Canizares) - MC, T-44, T-27 |
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| NOTES: |
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Although Ricardo Gonzalez is the defending champion, the real headline this
week is that Open champion Louis Oosthuizen is competing in Sweden.
Oosthuizen, who destroyed the field last week in Scotland, is making his fifth
appearance in the Scandinavian Masters. In his four previous stops, he has
missed the cut three times and placed 80th in 2006. Oosthuizen becomes the
first man since John Daly in 1995 to compete in a European Tour event the week
following a victory in the Open Championship.
Last season, Gonzalez trailed third-round leader Marcus Fraser by two shots
heading into the final round, but he fashioned a four-under-par 69 for a two-
shot win over Jamie Donaldson. Gonzalez captured his fourth career European
Tour title with birdies on five of the final six holes, but it was his birdies
on 17 and 18 that stand out. Standing in a greenside bunker on the long par-
four 17th, Gonzalez holed the shot and then after hooking his tee ball on 18,
he laced a nine-iron through the trees to five feet and sank the putt to
secure the win. Fraser meanwhile stumbled home with 77 to tie for fourth.
Bro Hof Slott Golf Club's Stadium Course will be hosting this event for the
first time. Opened in 2007, the venue was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
The featured hole is the par-three 17th, which possess an island green. The
course measures 7,551 yards and is the second longest European Tour event to
be staged in Continental Europe. The longest was for this event 12 months ago
at Barseback G & CC, which played 7,665 yards.
In 2008, Swede Peter Hanson survived a late charge from countryman Pelle
Edberg in the final round to capture this event. Hanson became the first
Swedish player to win this event since Jesper Parnevik claimed victory in
1998. This was Hanson's first win on the European Tour since the 2005 Open de
Espana en Andalucia.
Back in 2007, Mikko Ilonen birdied the par-three 18th in the final round, then
watched as Martin Kaymer closed with a double-bogey. Kaymer's closing double
handed Ilonen his second win of 2007, having previously won the Indonesia
Open. Ilonen completed the event at six-under-par 274 thanks to a final-round
68.
Marc Warren escaped with a bogey on the first playoff hole in 2006, then
parred the second to defeat Robert Karlsson. Karlsson became the second Swede
in as many years to lose in a playoff in front of his home crowd (Mark Hensby
beat Henrik Stenson in 2005).
In 2005, Hensby parred the second playoff hole to edge Stenson and win. Hensby
picked up his first win on the European Tour, becoming the first Australian
ever to win this event. In 2004, Luke Donald picked up his first European Tour
title at this event, as he defeated Hanson and Stenson by five shots.
On his way to a tie for sixth place in the 1991 event, Fred Couples had 12
birdies in his second round while shooting a 61 (-11), an 18-hole record at
this event.
Playoffs have decided this event in four of the 19 previous tournaments, the
last coming in 2006, when Warren defeated Karlsson.
The European Tour travels to Ireland next week for the 3 Irish Open at
Killarney Golf & Fishing Club. Shane Lowry is expected to be on hand to defend
his title from a year ago.
07/20 15:43:08 ET
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As of July 20, 2010, at 03:43 PM ET
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