Carl-Magnus Strömberg

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Personal information
Born (1962-07-12) 12 July 1962 (age 63)
Sporting nationalityFile:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
ResidenceUppsala, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1987
Former toursEuropean Tour
Challenge Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Other4

Carl Magnus Strömberg (born 12 July 1962) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. In 1987 he won both the Swedish Matchplay Championship and the Swedish PGA Championship before joining the Challenge Tour and later the European Tour.

Amateur career

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Strömberg was part of the Swedish team, together with Magnus Hennberg, John Lindberg, Johan Tumba, Johan Ryström and Jesper Parnevik, earning silver at the 1985 European Amateur Team Championship at Halmstad GK in Sweden.[1]

He represented Sweden twice at the Eisenhower Trophy. The Swedish team, with Strömberg Mikael Högberg, Jesper Parnevik and John Lindberg, finished 8th in 1984 and, with Strömberg, Johan Ryström, Cristian Härdin and Parnevik, fourth in 1986 .[2]

Professional career

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Strömberg turned professional in 1987 and joined the Swedish Golf Tour (SGT), where he was runner-up on the Order of Merit in 1987 and 1988.[3] He won five SGT tournaments 1987–1989 and in 1990 joined the nascent Challenge Tour, where he won the Ramlösa Open on home soil in the first season.[4] On the 1991 Challenge Tour, he was fourth at the Zimbabwe Open and in total racked up 14 top-10 finishes 1991–1997.[5] His best season on the European Tour was 1994, where he made 7 cuts in 16 starts, with a best finish of tied 17th at the Italian Open at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.[6]

Professional wins (6)

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Challenge Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 27 Aug 1989 Esab Open −3 (68-74-71=213) 3 strokes Sweden Mikael Hed
2 20 May 1990 Ramlösa Open −4 (73-71-70-70=284) 2 strokes Norway Per Haugsrud

Swedish Golf Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 24 May 1987 Naturgas Open −1 (75-68-72=215) 3 strokes Sweden Ulf Nilsson, Sweden Johan Ryström
2 26 Jul 1987 SM Match Trygg-Hansa Cup 1 up Sweden Johan Ryström
3 23 Aug 1987 PGA Club Sweden Open −12 (71-72-67-66=276) Playoff Italy Emanuele Bolognesi
4 8 May 1988 Sapa Torekov Open −7 (68-71-70=209) Playoff Sweden Johan Ryström

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Team appearances

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Amateur

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References

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