Anders Gillner (born 6 August 1967) is a Swedish former professional golfer who played on the European Tour.

Anders Gillner
Personal information
Born (1967-08-06) 6 August 1967 (age 57)
Västerås, Sweden
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
Career
Turned professional1988
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1994

Gillner represented Sweden at the 1984 European Boys' Team Championship at the Royal St George's Golf Club. He turned professional in 1988 and played on the Swedish Golf Tour where he won the Wermland Open and Swedish International Stroke Play Championship – Aragon Open in 1989, and was runner-up at the 1988 Swedish Matchplay Championship and 1991 Västerås Open.[1]

Turning his attention to Europe, on the 1992 Challenge Tour Gillner had 9 top-10 finishes, including third place at Club Med Open in Bogogno,[2] runner-up at the Audi Quattro Trophy one stroke behind Pierre Fulke,[3] and winning the season-ending Tessali Open in Italy after a playoff with Baldovino Dassù,[4] finishing 8th on the Challenge Tour ranking.[5]

Playing on the European Tour 1993–1997, the 1993 season was his best. He finished 73rd on the Order of Merit after coming close to securing his maiden win at Turespana Iberia Open de Baleares, beaten by Jim Payne in a playoff.[6] He played in the 1994 Open Championship at Turnberry.[5]

Professional wins (3)

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Challenge Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 9 Jul 1989 Wermland Open −7 (72-68-70-71=281) 1 stroke   Anders Haglund,   Per Haugsrud,
  Peter Hedblom,   Jon Heimer,
  Olle Nordberg
2 17 Sep 1989 SI Aragon Open −7 (71-72-67-67=277) 2 strokes   Mikael Högberg,   Stephen Lindskog,
  Jeremy Robinson
3 12 Apr 1992 Tessali Open −5 (69-72-69-69=279) Playoff   Baldovino Dassù

Playoff record

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European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1993 Turespaña Iberia Open de Baleares   Jim Payne Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1994
The Open Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Gillner only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

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Amateur

Source:[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Ander Gillner". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Results 1992 Club Med Open". European Tour. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Results 1992 Audi Quattro Trophy". European Tour. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Results 1992 Tessali Open". European Tour. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Anders Gillner Career Record". European Tour. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Results 1993 Turespana Iberia Open de Baleares". European Tour. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Golf – Den stora sporten" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. 1 January 2004. p. 202.
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