Personal information
Born (1960-10-04) 4 October 1960
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
Career
Turned professional1986
Former tour(s)European Tour (joined 1991)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner		1990

Mikael Högberg (born 4 October 1960) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. He won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 1990 and joined the European Tour in 1991.

Amateur career

Högberg finished fourth at the 1982 European Youths' Team Championship and won the 1983 Swedish International Stroke Play Championship. He represented Sweden at the 1984 Eisenhower Trophy and finished 8th together with Carl-Magnus Strömberg and Jesper Parnevik.[1] He represented the Continent of Europe at the 1984 St Andrews Trophy at Saunton Golf Club with a team that included Fredrik Lindgren and José María Olazábal.[2]

Professional career

Högberg turned professional in 1986 and joined the Swedish Golf Tour. In his first season, he won the Esab Open[3] and finished T9 in the Scandinavian Enterprise Open, a European Tour event.

In 1990, he won the Teleannons Grand Prix on the nascent Challenge Tour,[4][5] and he won the 1990 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit.[6]

Högberg joined the European Tour in 1991, where he made 9 cuts in 17 starts and finished 142nd in the rankings.[7]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 19 Aug 1990 Teleannons Grand Prix −11 (73-64-68=205) 1 stroke Argentina José Cantero

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1990 FLA Open Sweden Olle Nordberg Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 21 Sep 1986 Esab Open E (71-70-72=213) Playoff Sweden Johan Ryström, Sweden Ove Sellberg

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Golf – Den gröna sporten" [Golf – The Green Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 180. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Golf – Den gröna sporten" [Golf – The Green Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 210. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Resultatlista Esab Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Resultatlista Teleannons GP". Golfdata. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mikael Högberg" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Golf – Den gröna sporten" [Golf – The Green Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 275. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mikael Högberg – Career Record Details". European Tour. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Golf – Den gröna sporten" [Golf – The Green Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 217. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. 19 October 2020.
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