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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSPeter hansonFULL nAMe: peter HansonHeiGHt: 6-3WeiGHt: 187BiRtHDAte: october 4, 1977BiRtHPLAce: Svedala, SwedenReSiDence: trelleborg, SwedenFAMiLY: Wife, Sanna; Stella (2007)SPeciAL inteReStS: HuntingBeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:8—2010 World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (5):2001 gunther Hamburg classics (Eurchall]. 2005 Jazztelopen de España en andalucia [Eur]. 2008 SaS masters[Eur]. 2010 Iberdrola open cala millor mallorca [Eur], czechopen [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:8—World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational.2010 SeASon:Despite a penalty stroke for a double hit, won theIberdrola open cala millor mallorca in a playoff withalejandro canizares for his third European tour victory…Finished eighth in his first appearance at the World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone cc.opening rounds of 69-66 had him two shots off the lead…picked up his second European tour title of the seasonwhen he won the czech open in august…Qualified forthe European ryder cup team for the first time. compileda 1-2-0 record during the European’s win…continued hisstrong World golf championships play when he t6 at theHSBc champions at Sheshan International gc in Shanghai,china.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings2005 3 2 $51,8912007 3 3 1 116,1592008 4 4 37,5342009 5 4 1 3 159,4592010 7 7 1 2 179,075total 22 20 2 6 544,118eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 20 19 2 4 10 $1,189,409* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished t9 after a third-round, 4-and-3 loss to eventualfinalist paul casey at the World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship. recorded six top-10sworldwide. 2008: produced the highlight of his career witha victory in the SaS masters, at the arlandastad golf inStockholm, the first Swede to win the country’s nationalchampionship in 10 years. Had five other top-10s on theEuropean tour. 2007: Had a breakout season worldwide,making the cut in the u.S. open (t30), British open (t69)and pga championship (t23). also recorded a t2 onthe European tour at the aBu Dhabi golf championshipand had seven top-10s. 2005: Defeated compatriot petergustafsson in a playoff for the Jazztel open de Espana enandalucia at San roque club to secure his first Europeantour win. 2001: Initially earned his place on the Europeantour through the 2000 Qualifying School Final Stage andthen through the challenge tour rankings, when, havingfailed to qualify for the British open, he traveled to germanyand promptly won the günther Hamburg classics, the richestevent of the year on the challenge tour, to guaranteehimself a place in the top 15 in the rankings. 1998: as anamateur, won the Brabazon trophy at Formby and representedSweden in the Eisenhower trophy that same year.PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. open cut t30 t18 t16British open t34 t69 t58 t24 t37pga t59 t23 t52 cut t58accenture match play championship t33 t9 t33Bridgestone Invitational 8ca championship t61 t40 t26HSBc champions t31 t6PeRSonAL:coached by Jan Larsson, the professional at Bokskogen,where he was first introduced to the game by neighbors.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.52Driving Distance ...........................................292.5Driving accuracy percentage .......................70.35%greens in regulation percentage ................69.21%putting average ...........................................1.829nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2010; Seve trophy (2), 2005, 2007; World cup (1), 2007.(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–3 times, most recent Worldgolf championships-Bridgestone Invitational/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 66–4 times,most recent 2010 World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $180,000–2010 World golf championships–Bridgestone Invitational/8career High official World Rank: after 2010 World golfchampionships-HSBc champions/39Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-397