Søren Hansen

Søren Hansen
Søren Hansen
	Hansen at the 2009 U.S. Open
Personal information
Full name	Søren Hansen
Born	21 March 1974 (age 50); Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationality	Denmark
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Career
Turned professional	1997
Former tour(s)	European Tour; Challenge Tour
Professional wins	3
Highest ranking	39 (6 July 2008)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2008, 2009, 2010
PGA Championship	T36: 2009
U.S. Open	T6: 2009
The Open Championship	T8: 2002, 2009

Søren Hansen (born 21 March 1974) is a Danish professional golfer.^[2]

Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year.

Hansen collected his first professional win at the Challenge Tour's 1998 Navision Open Golf Championship in his home country. Since 1999 he has been a member of the European Tour where he has picked up two tournament victories. He won the 2002 Murphy's Irish Open, where he won at the fourth extra hole in a play-off against Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth and Darren Fichardt. He also won the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Championship by a margin of four strokes. His best Order of Merit finish is 8th in 2007. He represented Europe in the 2008 Ryder Cup matches, but he did not win a match, the U.S. was victorious.

In September 2007, he reached the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings and became the top-ranked Danish golfer.^[3]

Hansen represented Denmark in the World Cup in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2007.

On 11 August 2009, Hansen was charged with tax evasion by Danish authorities for allegedly claiming residency of Monaco, while actually living in Denmark.^[4] On 19 May 2010, Hansen was fined nearly $1.1 million for tax evasion.

Amateur wins

1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	30 Jun 2002	Murphy's Irish Open	−14 (69-69-64-68=270)	Playoff	Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth, Darren Fichardt
2	16 Sep 2007	Mercedes-Benz Championship	−17 (65-68-71-67=271)	4 strokes	Phillip Archer, Alastair Forsyth

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2002	Murphy's Irish Open	Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth, Darren Fichardt	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Bland eliminated by birdie on second hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	30 Aug 1998	Navision Open Golf Championship	−10 (71-69-66=206)	Playoff	René Budde, Euan Little

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1998	Navision Open Golf Championship	René Budde, Euan Little	Won with par on first extra hole

Playoff record

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2001	WGC-World Cup (with Thomas Bjørn)	New Zealand − Michael Campbell and David Smail, South Africa − Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, United States − David Duval and Tiger Woods	South Africa won with par on second extra hole New Zealand and United States eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2005	2008	2009
Masters Tournament					CUT	CUT
U.S. Open					T53	T6
The Open Championship	CUT	T8	CUT	T41	T64	T8
PGA Championship		T43		CUT	CUT	T36

Tournament	2010	2016
Masters Tournament	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	3	0
U.S. Open	1	1	4	2
The Open Championship	2	2	7	4
PGA Championship	0	0	5	2
Totals	3	3	19	8

Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 Open Championship)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2008
The Players Championship	T42

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2002	2008	2009	2010
Match Play		R64	R64	R64
Championship	T39	T70	T13	T18
Invitational	T52	T73	T60	75
Champions

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

European Youths' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1990, 1994
European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1995, 1997

Professional

World Cup (representing Denmark): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2007, 2009
Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2008
Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2009, 2010 (winners)

Sources:^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

References

^ "Week 27 2008 Ending 6 Jul 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ "Players, Soren Hansen, Overview, Meet Soren". European Tour. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ "Players, Soren Hansen". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ Golf star charged with tax evasion
^ "Hemmaseger i JEM-rysare, Lag-EM Juniorer" [Home victory in exciting European Youth's Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9/1990. September 1990. p. 84. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship, 1995 - Royal Antwerp GC, Belgium". European Golf Association. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1997. pp. 88, 92. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1997 - Portmarnock GC, Ireland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "World Cup of Golf - England wins". Golf Today. 22 November 1998. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
^ "EMC World Cup final-round scores". ESPN. 18 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

External links

Søren Hansen at the European Tour official site
Søren Hansen at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w200827-1] "Week 27 2008 Ending 6 Jul 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[2] "Players, Soren Hansen, Overview, Meet Soren". European Tour. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[3] "Players, Soren Hansen". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[4] Golf star charged with tax evasion

[5] "Hemmaseger i JEM-rysare, Lag-EM Juniorer" [Home victory in exciting European Youth's Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9/1990. September 1990. p. 84. Retrieved 2023-01-01.

[6] "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[7] "European Amateur Team Championship, 1995 - Royal Antwerp GC, Belgium". European Golf Association. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[8] Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 188–190. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[9] "EM herrar" [Men's European Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1997. pp. 88, 92. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[10] "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 1997 - Portmarnock GC, Ireland". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[11] "World Cup of Golf - England wins". Golf Today. 22 November 1998. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

[12] "EMC World Cup final-round scores". ESPN. 18 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2012.

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