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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSanders hansenSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t11—2007 Wyndham championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (4):2002 Volvo pga championship [Eur]. 2007 BmW pgachampionship [Eur]. 2009 Joburg open [Eur], Vodacomchampionship [Saf].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t17—World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship.2010 SeASon:played in the World golf championships-accenture matchplay championship, winning his opening match againstLucas glover. Lost in the second round to Sergio garciato t17. top finish was a t8 in his season-opener, at theEuropean tour’s abu Dhabi golf championship, where hemoved up on the strength of a final-round 67. also enjoyeda t12 at the Irish open later in the season…turned in histop peformance of the year when he had a solo second atthe Barclays Singapore open, finishing three strokes behindadam Scott.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won twice, with both victories coming early in theyear on the European tour. Birdied the final hole for aone-stroke victory in South africa over andrew mcLardyat the Joburg open, co-sanctioned by the Sunshine tourFULL nAMe: anders HansenHeiGHt: 6-1WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: September 16, 1970BiRtHPLAce: Sonderborg, DenmarkReSiDence: Zurich, SwitzerlandFAMiLY: children, marcus (1998), Filuca (2003), Smilla(2006)eDUcAtion: university of HoustonSPeciAL inteReStS: Family, friends, moviestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995Q ScHooL: 2006and the European tour. Was 13-under on the weekend atthe Sunshine tour’s Vodacom championship in pretoria,South africa, to defeat charl Schwartzel and grahamDeLaet by four strokes. Best pga tour finish was a t33at the World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship. 2008: top finishes were a t2 at the BmWInternational open on the European tour and a t19 at theBritish open. missed the cut at the masters and the pgachampionship. 2007: Holed a 25-foot birdie putt on thefirst playoff hole to beat Justin rose at the BmW pgachampionship, his second victory in the tournament atWentworth club in Surrey, England. Was a rookie on thepga tour that season, earning his card via a t4 finish atthe tour Qualifying tournament. Best finish on tour inwas a t11 at the Wyndham championship, where he wasone stroke back after 36 holes and three back in secondafter 54 holes. 2002: made his major breakthrough on theEuropean tour by winning the Volvo pga championshipat Wentworth club. Finished 16th in European tour orderof merit that season. Amateur: twice Danish amateurchampion and Eisenhower trophy player. 1995: Finished t2in first professional tournament on the European challengetour, the team Erhverv Danish open.PeRSonAL:Started the game at age 10, influenced by the fact that hisparents both played. Brother, Nicolai, is a scratch golfer.anders attended university of Houston and won two collegetournaments…No relation to his namesake, Soren.However, both made holes-in-one in successive weeks onthe European tour in 1999 and won their first European tourtitles within a month of each other in 2002. they were alsoWorld cup teammates in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................73.44Driving Distance ...........................................271.7Driving accuracy percentage .......................68.02%greens in regulation percentage ................62.50%putting average ...........................................1.815(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 67–World golf championshipscachampionship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–2007Wyndham championship/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $120,000–2007 Wyndham championship/t11career High official World Rank: after 2010 SBSchampionship/39PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings1999 12002 4 3 $12,2472003 3 12004 12006 1 1 1 53,1002007 17 10 4 85,225/137 461,2162008 6 4 2 105,7252009 4 22010 6 2 1total 43 23 8 632,287eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 20 15 1 3 $354,900SoUtHeRn AFRicA toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 6 2 1* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cutu.S. opent55British open cut t77 cut cut t57 t19 cut cutpga cut cut t24 t12 cut cut cutaccenture match play championship t33 t33 t33 t17Bridgestone Invitational t58 t22 t45ca championship t57 t12 t45HSBc championst63the BarclayscutnAtionAL teAMS: World cup (7), 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008.2-396 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com