Joakim Bäckström

Joakim Bäckström
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Joakim Bäckström
Born (1978-03-16) 16 March 1978
Umeå, Sweden
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Helsingborg, Sweden
Career
Turned professional 1999
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 10
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Challenge Tour 1

Joakim Bäckström (born 16 March 1978) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Bäckström was born in Umeå. He turned professional in 1999.

Having failed to win a place on the European Tour in 2000, Bäckström spent his early career in Sweden on the Telia Tour, where he won the 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open and the 2002 Sunbyholm Open. He also picked up five wins in Denmark during 2003 and 2004.

Bäckström finally joined the European Tour in 2005 after coming through the 2004 qualifying school final stage, and won the Aa St Omer Open during his rookie season.[1] However he has struggled to establish himself after that, never finishing inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, and lost his tour card at the end of 2008.

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 19 Jun 2005 Aa St Omer Open
(co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour)
−4 (72-70-68-70=280) Playoff England Paul Dwyer

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Aa St Omer Open England Paul Dwyer Won with par on first extra hole

Nordic League wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 15 Jul 2001 Sundbyholm Open −1 (75-69-71=215) Playoff Sweden Jimmy Kawalec
2 28 Sep 2003 Marlboro Classic Masters −2 (70-71-73=214) Playoff Norway Øyvind Rojahn, Denmark Arild Townhill
3 3 Aug 2004 Hjarbæk Open −2 (72-72-70=214) Playoff Sweden Linus Pettersson
4 2 Oct 2010 Helsingborg Golf Open +1 (72-74-71=217) 2 strokes Sweden Johan Bjerhag
5 20 May 2011 Danfoss Masters −6 (70-69-71=210) 1 stroke Denmark JB Hansen, Denmark Lasse Sonne Nielsen

Other wins (4)

See also

References

  1. "Backstrom holds his nerve for win". BBC Sport. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
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