18 Facts About Peter Hanson

Peter Hanson was born on 4 October 1977 and is a Swedish former professional golfer who played on the European Tour and has played on the PGA Tour.

Peter Hanson was a member of the Swedish team at age 19, finishing fourth, at the 1997 European Amateur Team Championship at Portmarnock Golf Club, Ireland.

Peter Hanson played on the Swedish Golf Tour and the Challenge Tour in 1999 and 2000.

Peter Hanson has since won four more titles on the European Tour.

Peter Hanson consistently finished in the top-20 of the European Tour Order of Merit from 2007 to 2012.

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On 17 August 2008, Peter Hanson became the third Swede to win a European Tour event on home soil, when he captured the SAS Masters at Arlandastad, for the first Swedish win in the tournament for ten years.

On 27 March 2012, Peter Hanson accepted an invitation to join the PGA Tour for the remainder of 2012 with Special Temporary Membership status.

Peter Hanson recorded his best finish at a major championship in April 2012, at the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.

Peter Hanson chipped to two feet to birdie the 15th, played his tee shot to four feet at the 16th and holed a 15-foot birdie putt at the last for a one-over-par round of 73.

Peter Hanson finished in a tie for third, two strokes behind tied leaders Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen, who played off for the title, won by Watson.

On 9 September 2012, Peter Hanson won for the fifth time on the European Tour, taking victory at the KLM Open in The Netherlands.

Peter Hanson began the final round a shot outside of the lead and it had looked like his chances were over after a wayward tee shot on 16 left him trouble, but he managed to escape with a par to trail Pablo Larrazabal by a single stroke.

The win was even more remarkable because Peter Hanson almost withdrew from the event after his one-year-old son Tim was taken to hospital prior to the event starting.

Month after, on 28 October 2012, Peter Hanson received the biggest prize check of his career, €888,560, when he won the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club, Shanghai, China, out-dueling world number one Rory McIlroy, when they played together in the last group of the last round.

Peter Hanson moved to Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida, to play on the PGA Tour in 2013, but after being forced to withdraw before the last round of the 2013 Northern Trust Open in March, due to pain in his back and immediately being driven to a hospital in Los Angeles, the rest of his career has been continuously interrupted by a disc herniation injury.

Peter Hanson played the 2017 European Tour with a medical exemption and through 2020 still held 36th position on the European Tour career money list.

In late 2021, Peter Hanson announced that he would be retiring from professional golf.

Peter Hanson made his last appearance on tour at the 2022 Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed.