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Mats Lanner Personal information Full name Mats Lanner Born 5 March 1961
Gothenburg, SwedenHeight 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Nationality Sweden
Residence Mölnlycke, Sweden Career Turned professional 1981 Former tour(s) European Tour Professional wins 16 Number of wins by tour European Tour 3 Challenge Tour 4 Other 9 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament DNP U.S. Open DNP The Open Championship T28: 1992 PGA Championship DNP Mats Lanner (born 5 March 1961) is a Swedish golfer.
Lanner was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1981 and qualified for the European Tour on his first visit to Qualifying School. He was a member of the European Tour until 2001, with just a couple of breaks when he failed to retain his card, and his best Order of Merit finish was nineteenth in 1987. He won three times on the main tour and four times on the second tier Challenge Tour, as well as picking up several wins in non-Tour events in his home country. He was a member of the winning Swedish team at the 1991 Alfred Dunhill Cup.
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Professional wins (16)
European Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up 1 10 May 1987 Epson Grand Prix of Europe
Matchplay Championshipn/a n/a Jeff Hawkes
2 16 Jan 1994 Madeira Island Open -10 (70-67-69=206) 2 strokes Howard Clark,
Mathias Grönberg,
Peter Hedblom
3 21 Jun 1998 Madeira Island Open -11 (70-66-68-73=277) 1 stroke Stephen Scahill
Challenge Tour wins (4)
- 1989 Gevalia Open, Teleannons Grand Prix
- 1991 Gefle Open
- 1998 Telia Grand Prix
Other wins (9)
- 1983 Swedish PGA Championship
- 1984 Siab Grand Prix, Kullenburg Open, Ingaro Mastermote
- 1985 Owell Open, Wang Open
- 1986 Trygg-Hansa Open, Gevalia Open
- 1987 Gevalia Open
Results in major championships
Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship T50 CUT DNP DNP CUT T28 DNP T51 PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.Team appearances
- Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 (winners)
- World Cup of Golf: 1987, 1989, 1990
- Europcar Cup: 1988 (winners)
External links
- Mats Lanner at the European Tour official site
- Mats Lanner at golfdata.se (Swedish)
Categories:- Swedish golfers
- European Tour golfers
- 1961 births
- Living people
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