Johan Sköld
| Johan Sköld | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Johan Torsten Sköld | ||
| Born | 28 February 1975 | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Sollentuna, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1996 | ||
| Former tours | European Tour Challenge Tour Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Johan Torsten Sköld (born 28 February 1975) is a Swedish professional golfer and former European Tour player.[2] He won the 1999 Nigerian Open.[3]
Career
[edit]Swedish Golf Tour
[edit]Sköld turned professional in 1996 and joined the Swedish Golf Tour, where he was runner-up at the Motoman Robotics Open after losing a playoff to Daniel Olsson.[4]
European Tour
[edit]Sköld joined the European Tour in 1997 after securing his card at European Tour Qualifying School, and recorded a best finish of tied 17th at the Volvo German Open as a rookie. He dropped down to the Challenge Tour for the following two seasons, and earned promotion back to the European Tour for the 2000 season after recording eight top-10 finishes in 1999, including an eighth place at the Challenge Tour Grand Final in Cuba.[3]
A tie for 7th at the 2000 Heineken Classic helped him to a career-best finish of 121st in the Order of Merit (equaled in 2005), but in 2001 he had to return to Q School to keep his card, which he did by winning the event.[5]
After another two seasons on the Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2004, Sköld returned to the European Tour in 2005 after finishing tied 13th at Q School. He recorded a career best finish of tied 5th at the 2006 Celtic Manor Wales Open, six strokes behind winner Robert Karlsson.[3]
In total, between 1997 and 2009 Sköld played in 133 events on the European Tour and 165 events on the Challenge Tour, where he recorded 21 top-10 finishes including a best result of a tie for third at the 2006 MAN NÖ Open, three strokes behind winner Rafa Cabrera-Bello. He won the 27th Nigerian Open in 1999, at the time not sanctioned by the Challenge Tour.[6]
Professional wins (1)
[edit]- 1999 Nigerian Open
References
[edit]- ^ "Tee Party". Tee Party Golf AB. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 263. ISBN 9172603283.
- ^ a b c "Johan Sköld – Career Record". European Tour. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "1996 Motoman Robotics Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Tait, Alistair (20 November 2001). "Skold top of the class". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Johan Sköld – Wins". European Tour. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Johan Sköld at the European Tour official site
- Johan Sköld at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Johan Sköld at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)