Christian Nilsson

Christian Nilsson
Nilsson at the 2010 KLM Open
Personal information
Full name	Christian Lars Nilsson
Born	25 May 1979 (1979-05-25) (age 32) Karlstad, Sweden
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (190 lb; 13.4 st)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Karlstad, Sweden
Spouse	Johanna (m. 2009)
Children	Thea (b. 2008)
Career
Turned professional	1999
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Challenge Tour	1
Other	4

Christian Lars Nilsson (born 25 May 1979) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Professional career

Nilsson was born in Karlstad, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999 with a plus 3 handicap. Nilsson played on the Challenge Tour full time since 2004, playing few events before then. His first event on the European Tour was the 2005 Open Championship where he missed the cut. His first full season on the European Tour was 2006, and his second in 2007. In 2008 he played on both the Challenge and European Tours with his best finish a runner-up to David Dixon at the Saint-Omer Open, but he did not break through until 2009 at the same event. At the 2009 Saint-Omer Open in June, a week opposite the U.S. Open, Nilsson won his first European Tour event by 6 strokes over Portugal's José-Filipe Lima. The win was Nilsson's first professional win on a recognized major golf tour.^[1]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	21 Jun 2009	Saint-Omer Open (co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour)	-13 (68-69-65-69=271)	6 strokes	José-Filipe Lima

Other wins (4)

• 2000 Vattenfall Berga Open (Swedish Mini-Tour)
• 2002 Telehuset Larvik Open (Nordic League)
• 2005 Øresund Masters (Telia Tour), Hydro-Texaco Open (Nordic League)

See also

• 2008 Challenge Tour graduates

References

1. ^ Christian Nilsson wins the Saint-Omer Open

External links

• Official website
• Christian Nilsson at the European Tour official site
• Christian Nilsson at golfdata.se (Swedish)
• Christian Nilsson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Nilsson, Christian
Alternative names	Nilsson, Christian Lars
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	25 May 1979
Place of birth	Karlstad, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death