Fredrik Lindgren
Personal information
Born (1966-03-28) 28 March 1966 (age 57)
Malmö, Sweden
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sporting nationality Sweden
Career
Turned professional1989
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1991, 1994

Fredrik Lindgren (born 28 March 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Lindgren played 202 events on the European Tour 1991–2000 where his best performances were runner-up at the 1992 Murphy's English Open and a third place at the 1994 Italian Open.[1]

Lindgren also played on the Challenge Tour where he won the 1990 Scandinavian Tipo Trophy and the 1998 Albarella International Open, and finished runner-up at the 1997 Alianca UAP Challenger and the 1998 Open de Cote d'Ivoire.[1]

After retiring from the tour, Lindgren became head of the ETPI, The European Tour Performance Institute, which combines golf coaching and sports science in order to optimize golfer's capabilities.[2]

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 15 Jul 1990 Scandinavian Tipo Trophy −1 (72-71-72=215) Playoff Sweden Mats Sterner
2 16 May 1998 Albarella International Open −21 (69-66-66-66=267) 3 strokes Australia Mathew Goggin, Argentina Ricardo González

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1990 Scandinavian Tipo Trophy Sweden Mats Sterner Won with par on third extra hole
2 1997 Alianca UAP Challenger Finland Anssi Kankkonen, Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ a b Fredrik Lindgren Bio, European Tour, accessed 8 September 2016
  2. ^ The European Tour Performance Institute, European Tour, 6 March 2012
  3. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.