Morten Hagen
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Morten Hagen is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 professional golf
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er. His home club is Vestfold Golfklubb.

Hagen has spent most of his career playing in events on the various Scandinavian tours
Professional golf tours
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, where he has collected several victories and finished top of the Nordic League Ranking in 2005. He has also played many events over the course of six seasons on the second tier Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour
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, winning the Telia Challenge Waxholm
Telia Challenge Waxholm
The Telia Challenge Waxholm was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour and the Telia Tour. It ran from 1996 to 2007 and was always played in Sweden.-Winners:-External links:*...

 in 2005. He has made just two appearances on the European Tour
PGA European Tour
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, the first in the 2005 Abama Open de Canarias
Abama Open de Canarias
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 and the second in 2006 at the OSIM Singapore Masters.

Amateur wins (3)

  • 1991 Norwegian Junior Championship
  • 1993 Norwegian Amateur Open Championship
  • 1994 Norwegian Amateur Youths Championship

Challenge Tour (1)

No. DateTournamentWinning ScoreMargin of VictoryRunner-up
1 11 Sep 2005
2005 Challenge Tour
The 2005 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour...

Telia Challenge Waxholm
Telia Challenge Waxholm
The Telia Challenge Waxholm was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour and the Telia Tour. It ran from 1996 to 2007 and was always played in Sweden.-Winners:-External links:*...

-12 (72–68–72–68=280) Playoff   Christian Nilsson
Christian Nilsson
-Professional career:Nilsson was born in Karlstad, Sweden. He turned professional in 1999 with a plus 3 handicap. Nilsson played on the Challenge Tour full time since 2004, playing few events before then. His first event on the European Tour was the 2005 Open Championship where he missed the cut....


Other wins (6)

  • 1997 Norwegian PGA Championship
  • 1998 Onsöy Open (Telia Tour
    Telia Tour
    The SAS Masters Tour, is a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association. There are separate tours for men and women...

    )
  • 1999 PGA Braathens Championship (Nordic League)
  • 2004 Fujitsu Siemens Open (P4 Tour)
  • 2005 Eurocard Open (Scanplan Tour), Swedish International (Telia Tour)

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