The Finnish Open is a golf tournament played in Finland, currently on the Nordic Golf League. It was formerly an event on the Challenge Tour from 1990 until 2004. It was played at Espoon Golfseura in Espoo, Finland. It was founded as the Scandinavian Tipo Trophy before being sponsored by Volvo from 1991.[1][2]

Timberwise Finnish Open
Tournament information
LocationVirttaa, Finland
Established1988
Course(s)Alastaro Golf
Par72
Length7,311 yards (6,685 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Nordic Golf League
FormatStroke play
Prize fund50,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Jamie Elson (2003)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Denmark Victor H. Sidal Svendsen
Location map
Alastaro Golf is located in Finland
Alastaro Golf
Alastaro Golf
Location in Finland

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Timberwise Finnish Open
2024 NGL   Victor H. Sidal Svendsen 209 −7 1 stroke   Anders Emil Ejlersen
  Ville Virkkala (a)
2023 NGL   Rasmus Karlsson 202 −14 3 strokes   Juuso Kahlos
2022 NGL   Viktor Edin 211 −5 2 strokes   Niclas Wieland
2021 NGL   Christopher Feldborg Nielsen 206 −10 4 strokes   Joakim Wikström
2020 NGL Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 NGL   Anton Wilbertsson 206 −10 1 stroke   Jarand Ekeland Arnøy
  Haraldur Magnús
2018 NGL   Stefan Idstam 205 −11 1 stroke   Alex Hietala (a)
Polarputki Finnish Open
2017 NGL   Victor Østerby 200 −16 2 strokes   Christian Gløët
Ålandsbanken Finnish Open
2016 NGL   Jesper Lerchedahl 207 −9 3 strokes   Oliver Gillberg
  Niklas Lindström
Finnish Open
2015 NGL   Tapio Pulkkanen (2) 207 −9 4 strokes   Rasmus Hjelm Nielsen
2014 NGL   Elias Bertheussen 206 −10 4 strokes   Antti Ahokas
2013 NGL   Kasper Kjær Estrup 204 −12 2 strokes   Alexander Björk
  Jonas Magnusson
TehoSport Finnish Open
2012 NGL   Tapio Pulkkanen (a) 202 −14 4 strokes   Pontus Leijon
Finnish Open
2011 NGL   Morten Ørum Madsen 206 −10 6 strokes   Joonas Granberg
  Jonas Haglund
2008–2010: No tournament
Sunny Trading Finnish Open
2007 NGL   Thomas Sundström 215 −1 Playoff   Immu Korvenmaa
Finnish Open
2006 NGL   Jaakko Mäkitalo 206 −10 2 strokes   Janne Martikainen
  Tuomas Tuovinen
2005: No tournament
Volvo Finnish Open
2004 CHA   Roope Kakko (a) 202[b] −11 Playoff   Phillip Archer
  Johan Axgren
2003 CHA   Jamie Elson 264 −24 2 strokes   Martin Wiegele
2002 CHA   Thomas Nørret 273 −15 1 stroke   Gary Birch Jr.
2001 CHA   Peter Hedblom 274 −14 Playoff   Mads Vibe-Hastrup
2000 CHA   Jean Hugo 273 −15 5 strokes   Magnus Persson Atlevi
  Nils Roerbaek-Petersen
1999 CHA   Paul Nilbrink 281 −7 Playoff   Gustavo Rojas
1998 CHA   Christian Cévaër 280 −8 1 stroke   Fredrik Larsson
  Daniel Westermark
1997 CHA   Søren Kjeldsen 276 −12 3 strokes   Thomas Nielsen
  Leif Westerberg
1996 CHA   Björn Bäck 282 −6 3 strokes   Tony Edlund
1995 CHA   Fredrik Plahn 212 −4 2 strokes   Dennis Edlund
  Robert Jonsson
  Magnus Persson
1994 CHA   Mikael Piltz 210 −6 Playoff   Joakim Grönhagen
1993 CHA   Per Nyman 208 −8 2 strokes   Daniel Fornstam
1992 CHA   Henrik Bergquist 208 −8 3 strokes   Mikael Piltz
1991 CHA   Fredrik Larsson 209 −7 Playoff   Jarmo Sandelin
Scandinavian Tipo Trophy
1990 CHA   Fredrik Lindgren 215 −1 Playoff   Mats Sterner
1989 CHA   René Michelsen 217 +1 Playoff   Magnus Hennberg
1988 SWE   Daniel Westermark 214 −2 3 strokes   Mikael Karlsson
  Nils-Åke Sandell

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; SWE − Swedish Golf Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ "Challenge Tour Race Heads for Finnish". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ "2004 Volvo Finnish Open". European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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