Simon Forsström | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Karl Simon Forsström |
Born | Bromma, Sweden | 1 April 1989
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Sporting nationality | Sweden |
Residence | Spånga, Stockholm, Sweden |
Spouse | Rut Forsström |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2009 |
Current tour(s) | European Tour |
Former tour(s) |
Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League |
Professional wins | 5 |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 1 |
Challenge Tour | 1 |
Other | 3 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 2023 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Karl Simon Forsström (born 1 April 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour, where he has won once. [1]
Forsström played for AIK Golf Club. He started competing on the Swedish Teen Tour in 2004 and was runner-up at the 2008 Alex Norén Junior Open. In 2009, he won the Viksjö Junior Open and the Skandia Tour Riks #4 - Stockholm. [2]
Forsström turned professional in 2009. He entered the European Tour Qualifying School every year between 2008 and 2016, but spent his formative years on the satellite Nordic Golf League. [1]
He won once and finished runner-up three times in the 2015 Nordic Golf League. His fifth-place finish on the Order of Merit earned him a Challenge Tour card for 2016. [3]
In 2016, Forsström made an eagle on the penultimate hole to card a 7-under-par 64 on the final day of the KPMG Trophy, to secure a maiden victory on the Challenge Tour, two strokes ahead of Steven Tiley. [4]
In 2018, his best finish was tied for 3rd-place at the D+D Real Czech Challenge. In 2022, he finished runner-up at the Frederikshavn Challenge and recorded a top-five finish at the British Challenge. [2]
Forsström won the 2022 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage in Tarragona, Spain, by two strokes with a score of 29-under-par over six rounds, earning him a European Tour card for the 2023 season. [5] [6] He recorded top-10 finishes at the Joburg Open and the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, to end the 2022 calendar year 17th in the Race to Dubai standings. [7] In May, Forsström claimed his first European Tour victory at the Soudal Open in Belgium. He shot a final-round 69 to win by one shot ahead of fellow country-man Jens Dantorp. [8] The victory helped Forström to qualify for the 2023 U.S. Open through the European Tour "U.S. Open Qualifying Series". [9]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 14 May 2023 | Soudal Open | −17 (64-67-67-69=267) | 1 stroke | Jens Dantorp |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 12 Jun 2016 | KPMG Trophy | −20 (69-66-65-64=264) | 2 strokes | Steven Tiley |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 23 May 2015 | Trummenäs Open | −10 (71-67-68=206) | 1 stroke | Kristian Krogh Johannessen |
2 | 20 May 2022 | Stora Hotellet Fjällbacka Open | −13 (69-66-65=200) | Playoff | Benjamin Hjort, Malthe Tandrup Laustsen (a) |
Tournament | 2023 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | CUT |
The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut