Finnish Open (golf)

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]

Timberwise Finnish Open

Tournament information
Location	Virttaa, Finland
Established	1988
Course(s)	Alastaro Golf
Par	72
Length	7,311 yards (6,685 m)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour Swedish Golf Tour Nordic Golf League
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€50,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Jamie Elson (2003)
To par	−24 as above
Current champion
Victor H. Sidal Svendsen
Location map
Alastaro Golf Location in Finland

Winners

Year	Tour[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Timberwise Finnish Open
2024	NGL	Victor H. Sidal Svendsen	209	−7	1 stroke	Anders Emil Ejlersen Ville Virkkala (a)
2023	NGL	Rasmus Karlsson	202	−14	3 strokes	Juuso Kahlos
2022	NGL	Viktor Edin	211	−5	2 strokes	Niclas Wieland
2021	NGL	Christopher Feldborg Nielsen	206	−10	4 strokes	Joakim Wikström
2020	NGL	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	NGL	Anton Wilbertsson	206	−10	1 stroke	Jarand Ekeland Arnøy Haraldur Magnús
2018	NGL	Stefan Idstam	205	−11	1 stroke	Alex Hietala (a)
Polarputki Finnish Open
2017	NGL	Victor Østerby	200	−16	2 strokes	Christian Gløët
Ålandsbanken Finnish Open
2016	NGL	Jesper Lerchedahl	207	−9	3 strokes	Oliver Gillberg Niklas Lindström
Finnish Open
2015	NGL	Tapio Pulkkanen (2)	207	−9	4 strokes	Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen
2014	NGL	Elias Bertheussen	206	−10	4 strokes	Antti Ahokas
2013	NGL	Kasper Kjær Estrup	204	−12	2 strokes	Alexander Björk Jonas Magnusson
TehoSport Finnish Open
2012	NGL	Tapio Pulkkanen (a)	202	−14	4 strokes	Pontus Leijon
Finnish Open
2011	NGL	Morten Ørum Madsen	206	−10	6 strokes	Joonas Granberg Jonas Haglund
2008–2010: No tournament
Sunny Trading Finnish Open
2007	NGL	Thomas Sundström	215	−1	Playoff	Immu Korvenmaa
Finnish Open
2006	NGL	Jaakko Mäkitalo	206	−10	2 strokes	Janne Martikainen Tuomas Tuovinen
2005: No tournament
Volvo Finnish Open
2004	CHA	Roope Kakko (a)	202[b]	−11	Playoff	Phillip Archer Johan Axgren
2003	CHA	Jamie Elson	264	−24	2 strokes	Martin Wiegele
2002	CHA	Thomas Nørret	273	−15	1 stroke	Gary Birch Jr.
2001	CHA	Peter Hedblom	274	−14	Playoff	Mads Vibe-Hastrup
2000	CHA	Jean Hugo	273	−15	5 strokes	Magnus Persson Atlevi Nils Roerbaek-Petersen
1999	CHA	Paul Nilbrink	281	−7	Playoff	Gustavo Rojas
1998	CHA	Christian Cévaër	280	−8	1 stroke	Fredrik Larsson Daniel Westermark
1997	CHA	Søren Kjeldsen	276	−12	3 strokes	Thomas Nielsen Leif Westerberg
1996	CHA	Björn Bäck	282	−6	3 strokes	Tony Edlund
1995	CHA	Fredrik Plahn	212	−4	2 strokes	Dennis Edlund Robert Jonsson Magnus Persson
1994	CHA	Mikael Piltz	210	−6	Playoff	Joakim Grönhagen
1993	CHA	Per Nyman	208	−8	2 strokes	Daniel Fornstam
1992	CHA	Henrik Bergquist	208	−8	3 strokes	Mikael Piltz
1991	CHA	Fredrik Larsson	209	−7	Playoff	Jarmo Sandelin
Scandinavian Tipo Trophy
1990	CHA	Fredrik Lindgren	215	−1	Playoff	Mats Sterner
1989	CHA	René Michelsen	217	+1	Playoff	Magnus Hennberg
1988	SWE	Daniel Westermark	214	−2	3 strokes	Mikael Karlsson Nils-Åke Sandell

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

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