Anders Hansen

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Danish professional golfer (born 1970)

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Field	Value
name	Anders Hansen
image	Anders Hansen.JPG
imagesize
fullname	Anders Rosenberg Hansen
birth_date
birth_place	Sønderborg, Denmark
death_date
height
weight	165 lb
nationality
residence	Zürich, Switzerland
college	University of Houston
yearpro	1995
extour	PGA Tour
European Tour
Sunshine Tour
prowins	4
pgawins
eurowins	3
champwins
japwins
asiawins
sunwins	2
auswins
nwidewins
chalwins
otherwins
majorwins
masters	T24: 2012
usopen	T55: 2007
open	T19: 2008
pga	3rd: 2011
wghofid
wghofyear
award1	[Sunshine Tour
Order of Merit winner](sunshine-tour-order-of-merit-winners)
year1	2009
awardssection
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Career

Hansen was born in Sønderborg, Denmark. He turned professional in 1995. It took him a few years to establish himself on the European Tour, with his first top 116 Order of Merit finish (the level a player requires to automatically regain his card) coming in 1999.

His maiden European Tour victory was the 2002 Volvo PGA Championship and he finished in the top 60 on the Order of Merit every year from 2000 to 2012, with a best of seventh in 2011. He has featured in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking and has been the highest ranked Danish golfer.

Hansen represented Denmark in the WGC-World Cup in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007.

Hansen had six top-10 finishes in 2006 including a third at the Dubai Desert Classic, playing the two final days in the leaderball with Tiger Woods and Retief Goosen, and a second at the Italian Open for the second straight year.

Hansen qualified for the PGA Tour for 2007, capturing the fourth available spot, eight strokes off the winner, George McNeill, but failed to maintain his playing rights at the end of the season.

His second European tour victory came when he won the 2007 BMW PGA Championship, the same tournament where he claimed his first victory five years before. Hansen then won his third event in 2009 at the Joburg Open, in South Africa. He came from behind on the final day with a 66, and eventually won by one stroke over Andrew McLardy. A month later he won for the second time on the Sunshine Tour at the Vodacom Championship and after strong finishes in the two European Tour co-sanctioned events at the end of the season, he headed the Order of Merit for 2009.

Hansen achieved his best finish ever at a World Golf Championship event in March 2011, when he finished tied 3rd at the WGC-Cadillac Championship, three strokes behind winner Nick Watney. He later on achieved his best finish in a major, when he finished 3rd in the 2011 PGA Championship.

He retired after the 2015 European Tour season, but still played in a small number of events in 2016. Hansen regained his European Tour card through Q School in 2017.

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (3)

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Legend
Flagship events (2)
Other European Tour (1)
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::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 26 May 2002 | Volvo PGA Championship | −19 (68-65-66-70=269) | 5 strokes | SCO Colin Montgomerie, ARG Eduardo Romero | | 2 | 27 May 2007 | BMW PGA Championship (2) | −8 (74-70-67-69=280) | Playoff | ENG Justin Rose | | 3 | 11 Jan 2009 | Joburg Open1 | −15 (71-68-64-66=269) | 1 stroke | ZAF Andrew McLardy | ::

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–3) ::data[format=table]

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2003	Dunhill Championship	ENG Mark Foster, ZAF Trevor Immelman,
SCO Paul Lawrie, SCO Doug McGuigan,
ZAF Bradford Vaughan	Foster won with eagle on second extra hole
Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole
2	2007	BMW PGA Championship	ENG Justin Rose	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2008	BMW International Open	DEU Martin Kaymer	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4	2009	Mercedes-Benz Championship	ZAF James Kingston	Lost to par on first extra hole
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Sunshine Tour wins (2)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 11 Jan 2009 | Joburg Open1 | −15 (71-68-64-66=269) | 1 stroke | ZAF Andrew McLardy | | 2 | 15 Feb 2009 | Vodacom Championship | −18 (69-70-66-65=270) | 4 strokes | CAN Graham DeLaet, ZAF Charl Schwartzel | ::

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1) ::data[format=table]

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents
1	2003	Dunhill Championship	ENG Mark Foster, ZAF Trevor Immelman,
SCO Paul Lawrie, SCO Doug McGuigan,
ZAF Bradford Vaughan	Foster won with eagle on second extra hole
Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole
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Results in major championships

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Tournament	1999	2002	2003	2004	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament							CUT
U.S. Open						T55
The Open Championship	CUT	T77	CUT	CUT		T57	T19	CUT
PGA Championship		CUT	CUT		T24	T12	CUT	CUT
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Tournament	2010	2011	2012
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	T24
U.S. Open			CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T22	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	3	CUT
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CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	4
PGA Championship	0	0	1	1	1	3	9	3
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Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2006 PGA – 2007 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Match Play		R64				R64	R64	R32	R64	R32
Championship	T57					T12		45	T3	T29
Invitational	T58				T22		T45		T29
Champions			63	T23
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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 Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1991, 1993
Eisenhower Trophy (representing Denmark): 1992

Professional

World Cup (representing Denmark): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011
Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2009, 2011

References

(19 October 2015). "Great Dane calls time on glittering career". PGA European Tour.

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