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
Finland Rasmus Karlsson
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

YearTour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Timberwise Finnish Open
2023NGLFinland Rasmus Karlsson202−143 strokesFinland Juuso Kahlos
2022NGLSweden Viktor Edin211−52 strokesSweden Niclas Wieland
2021NGLSweden Christopher Feldborg Nielsen206−104 strokesSweden Joakim Wikström
2020NGLCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019NGLSweden Anton Wilbertsson206−101 strokeNorway Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
Iceland Haraldur Magnús
2018NGLSweden Stefan Idstam205−111 strokeFinland Alex Hietala (a)
Polarputki Finnish Open
2017NGLDenmark Victor Østerby200−162 strokesDenmark Christian Gløët
Ålandsbanken Finnish Open
2016NGLDenmark Jesper Lerchedahl207−93 strokesSweden Oliver Gillberg
Sweden Niklas Lindström
Finnish Open
2015NGLFinland Tapio Pulkkanen (2)207−94 strokesDenmark Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen
2014NGLNorway Elias Bertheussen206−104 strokesFinland Antti Ahokas
2013NGLDenmark Kasper Kjær Estrup204−122 strokesSweden Alexander Björk
Sweden Jonas Magnusson
TehoSport Finnish Open
2012NGLFinland Tapio Pulkkanen (a)202−144 strokesSweden Pontus Leijon
Finnish Open
2011NGLDenmark Morten Ørum Madsen206−106 strokesFinland Joonas Granberg
Finland Jonas Haglund
2008–2010: No tournament
Sunny Trading Finnish Open
2007NGLFinland Thomas Sundström215−1PlayoffFinland Immu Korvenmaa
Finnish Open
2006NGLFinland Jaakko Mäkitalo206−102 strokesFinland Janne Martikainen
Finland Tuomas Tuovinen
2005: No tournament
Volvo Finnish Open
2004CHAFinland Roope Kakko (a)202[lower-alpha 2]−11PlayoffEngland Phillip Archer
Sweden Johan Axgren
2003CHAEngland Jamie Elson264−242 strokesAustria Martin Wiegele
2002CHADenmark Thomas Nørret273−151 strokeGermany Gary Birch Jr.
2001CHASweden Peter Hedblom274−14PlayoffDenmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup
2000CHASouth Africa Jean Hugo273−155 strokesSweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
Denmark Nils Roerbaek-Petersen
1999CHASweden Paul Nilbrink281−7PlayoffArgentina Gustavo Rojas
1998CHAFrance Christian Cévaër280−81 strokeSweden Fredrik Larsson
Sweden Daniel Westermark
1997CHADenmark Søren Kjeldsen276−123 strokesNorway Thomas Nielsen
Sweden Leif Westerberg
1996CHASweden Björn Bäck282−63 strokesSweden Tony Edlund
1995CHASweden Fredrik Plahn212−42 strokesSweden Dennis Edlund
Sweden Robert Jonsson
Sweden Magnus Persson
1994CHAFinland Mikael Piltz210−6PlayoffSweden Joakim Grönhagen
1993CHASweden Per Nyman208−82 strokesSweden Daniel Fornstam
1992CHASweden Henrik Bergquist208−83 strokesFinland Mikael Piltz
1991CHASweden Fredrik Larsson209−7PlayoffSweden Jarmo Sandelin
Scandinavian Tipo Trophy
1990CHASweden Fredrik Lindgren215−1PlayoffSweden Mats Sterner
1989CHADenmark René Michelsen217+1PlayoffSweden Magnus Hennberg
1988SWESweden Daniel Westermark214−23 strokesSweden Mikael Karlsson
Sweden Nils-Åke Sandell

Notes

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

References

  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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