Pontus Leijon
| Pontus Leijon | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Per Henrik Pontus Leijon | ||||
| Born | 27 October 1978 Örkelljunga, Sweden | ||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | ||||
| Residence | Kungsbacka, Sweden | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 2001 | ||||
| Former tours | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Per Henrik Pontus Leijon (born 27 October 1978) is a Swedish professional golfer and former Challenge Tour player.
Career
[edit | edit source]Leijon was a promising junior golfer and represented Örkelljunga Golf Club.[2] He won the 1998 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship at Lyckorna Golf Club and joined the Swedish Golf Tour in 1999.[3] He turned professional in 2001, and attended European Tour Qualifying School from 2002.[4]
His breakthrough came in 2006, when he was runner-up at the Winter Series #3 in Portugal and Hansabanka Baltic Open in Latvia, before winning the Aller Masters in Denmark and the Telia Tour Final at Rya Golf Club. He topped the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit to graduate to the Challenge Tour. His best finish as a rookie on the Challenge Tour was a tie for 8th at the NÖ Open in Austria. He finished 95th in the rankings to keep playing in 2008.[4]
Leijon was runner-up to Jonas Blixt at Lyckorna Scratch in 2008, and he won the 2010 Titleist Trophy at La Manga Club in Spain.[5] In 2012, he recorded several runner-up finishes, including at the Söderby Masters and Finnish Open.[6][7] He also lost a playoff to Johan Carlsson at the Nordea Tour Championship, to finish fourth in the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit and again earn promotion to the Challenge Tour.[4]
He retired from tour after the 2013 Black Mountain Invitational in Thailand.[5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Leijon competed as Pontus Ericsson until he married fellow professional golfer Hanna-Sofia Leijon to settle in Kungsbacka Municipality near Gothenburg.[8]
Amateur wins
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Professional wins (3)
[edit | edit source]Nordic Golf League wins (2)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Aug 2006 | Aller Masters | −19 (66-65-66=197) | 4 strokes | Finland Jaakko Mäkitalo |
| 2 | 17 Mar 2010 | Titleist Trophy | −8 (73-66-72=211) | 1 stroke | Sweden Mårten Milling |
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Oct 2006 | Telia Tour Final | −11 (65-68-69=202) | 4 strokes | Sweden Fredrik Hammarberg, Sweden Robert Wahlin |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Pontus Leijon at the European Tour official site
- Pontus Leijon at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Pontus Leijon at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)