Finnish Open (golf)

Golf tournament

Timberwise Finnish OpenTournament 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

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]

## Winners

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Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up

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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

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* Open golf tournament

## Notes

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

## References

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1. ^ "Challenge Tour Race Heads for Finnish". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
2. ^ "2004 Volvo Finnish Open". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

## External links

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* Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
* Coverage on Danish Golf