Daniel Westermark
| Daniel Westermark | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Daniel Westermark |
| Born | 6 April 1963 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Estepona, Málaga, Spain |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1985 |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
Daniel Westermark (born 6 April 1963) is a Swedish professional golfer. He is best known for his performances on the Challenge Tour in the early 1990s, where he claimed two titles.
Professional career
[edit]Westermark turned professional in the 1980s and began competing on the European Tour in 1987.[1] Over the course of his career, he played in a total of 61 European Tour events between 1987 and 2000, accumulating career earnings of €46,447 in official prize money.[1]
Westermark found greater success on the Challenge Tour, particularly in the early 1990s. He secured two victories: the Campeonato de Castilla in 1993 and the Centenario Copa Palmer in 1994.[2]
In addition to his wins, Westermark finished runner-up in several other Challenge Tour events. These include:
- 1991 Neuchatel Open
- 1993 Kenya Open
- 1994 Neuchatel Open
- 1994 Tessali Open
- 1994 El Corte Ingles Open
- 1996 Is Molas Challenge
- 1998 Volvo Finnish Open[2]
Westermark qualified for the 1995 European Tour season, finishing 165th on the Order of Merit.[1]
Senior career
[edit]After his main tour career, Westermark continued to stay involved in golf, becoming the club professional at El Paraiso Golf Club in Estepona, Spain.[1] In 2015, he qualified for the European Senior Tour (now the Legends Tour), earning the 16th and final card at qualifying school held in Portugal, which granted him conditional playing rights for the season.[1]
Professional wins (3)
[edit]Challenge Tour wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Apr 1993 | Campeonato de Castilla | 21 holes |  Tomás Jesus Muñoz
| |
| 2 | 30 Apr 1994 | Centenario Copa Palmer | −13 (65-69-71-70=275) | 3 strokes |  Henrik Simonsen
|
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 | Kenya Open |  Peter Harrison,  Craig Maltman
|
Maltman won with birdie on third extra hole |
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Jul 1988 | Scandinavian Tipo Trophy | −2 (71-68-75=214) | 3 strokes | Mikael Karlsson, Nils-Åke Sandell
|
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Daniel Westermark Career Record". European Tour. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Daniel Westermark". Golfdata. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Daniel Westermark at the European Tour official site
- Daniel Westermark at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
- Daniel Westermark at the Official World Golf Ranking official site