Per Haugsrud

Per Haugsrud (born 20 February 1965) is a Norwegian professional golfer and the first Norwegian to play on the European Tour.^[1]

Per Haugsrud
Personal information
Born	(1965-02-20) 20 February 1965 (age 60) Sarpsborg, Norway
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality	Norway
Career
Turned professional	1987
Former tour(s)	European Tour Challenge Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	2
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1997

Amateur career

Haugsrud began to play golf at the nine hole course in Sarpsborg when he was only seven years old. He was a scratch player at age 15. He won two Norwegian Amateur titles^[2] and represented Norway in the 1984 Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Golf Team Championships.^[3]

Professional career

Haugsrud tried for European Tour card six times and succeeded on three occasions, starting with the 1991 European Tour season, playing a total of 157 European Tour tournaments 1987–2001 collecting €416,939 in winnings. He was runner-up at the 1990 Ramlösa Open^[4] and also played 27 Challenge Tour tournaments 1991–1995 where he won the 1993 SM Matchplay and 1994 SIAB Open. In addition, he played over a dozen tournaments on the Asia Golf Circuit 1993–1995, with a best finish of fifth in the 1993 Thailand Open.^[5]

Regaining his European Tour card, he retained it between 1996 and 1998, before suffering a finger injury in 1999 and was granted a medical exemption in 2000.^[2] He recorded 4 top-10 finishes including a tie for fourth at the 1997 Volvo German Open and a tie for third along with Jesper Parnevik and Mark Davis at the 1994 Scandinavian Masters, four strokes behind Vijay Singh.^[6]

Haugsrud represented Norway at the 1989, 1991 and 1992 World Cup, along with the 1998 World Cup of Golf and 2001 WGC-World Cup. He peaked at around 300 on the Official World Golf Rankings in 1997.^[7] He was the second Norwegian ever to qualify for The Open Championship after Tore Sviland.^[8]

Starting in 2015 Haugsrud teamed up with Henrik Bjørnstad to provide commentary for the PGA Tour broadcast on Eurosport Norway.^[9]

Amateur wins

• 1983 Norwegian Amateur Championship
• 1986 Norwegian Amateur Championship

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	29 Aug 1993	SM Match Play	2 and 1		Joakim Nilsson
2	23 Jun 1994	SIAB Open	−1 (72-70-72-69=283)	4 strokes	Lars Løgstrup

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	3 Jul 1988	SI Trygg-Hansa Open	−6 (67-69-74=210)	1 stroke	Peter Hedblom (a), Carl-Magnus Strömberg, Björn Svedin

Results in major championships

Tournament	1997
The Open Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Haugsrud only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Amateur Team Championship (representing Norway): 1985
• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Norway): 1984

Professional

• World Cup (representing Norway): 1989, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001