SUNDAY JUNE 8, LYONESS OPEN POWERED BY GREENFINITY
• His third European Tour International Schedule victory in his 240th European Tour event.
• Moves to €192,945in The Race to Dubai.
• Could move to inside the top 300 of the Official World Golf Ranking from 872nd.
• His first European Tour victory since the 2008 Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship. A gap of five years and 316 days.
• Played in 125 European Tour events between victories.
• This victory beats his best finish from those 125 events of second in the 2011 Czech Open.
• This victory beats his previous best 2014 European Tour performance of tied 28th in the Open de España.
• Graduated from the 2013 European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage. Is the third 2013 graduate to win on The 2014 European Tour. They are: Marco Crespi (NH Collection Open) Daniel Brooks (Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI) and Mikael Lundberg (Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity).
• The first time since the 2007 season that three different graduates have won on The European Tour the year after graduation.
• Victory comes in his seventh appearance in the Lyoness Open presented by Greenfinity.
• This victory beats his previous best finish in the event of tied 30th in 2012.
• His six shot final round winning comeback is the largest of any of his three European Tour victories.
• His six shot final round winning comeback is the second largest on The European Tour this season, following the seven by Rory McIlroy at the BMW PGA Championship.
• The 16th player to win this season after making up a final round deficit.
Aged 40 years and 299 days becomes the oldest winner of the Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity.
OTHER FACTS
• The first Swedish victory on The European Tour since Henrik Stenson won the 2013 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
• The first Swedish win of the 2014 European Tour season.
• The 96th Swedish victory in European Tour history.
• This victory extends Sweden’s run of consecutive winning seasons on The European Tour to 26, dating back to the 1989 season.
• Becomes the 38th different qualifying school graduate to win the year after graduation in European Tour history.
• Becomes the 45th European Tour victory by qualifying school graduates to win the year after graduation.
• Becomes the first Swede to win the Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity.
• Gains a European Tour exemption until the end of 2015.
• Gains an exemption into the 2015 Volvo Golf Champions.
• Gains his seventh victory as a professional.
• Becomes the 11th European Tour win of the 2014 season by a former Challenge Tour player. They are: Morten Ørum Madsen (South African Open Championship hosted by the City of Ekurhuleni), Thomas Björn (Nedbank Golf Challenge), Louis Oosthuizen (Volvo Golf Champions), Pablo Larrazábal (Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship), Stephen Gallacher (Omega Dubai Desert Classic), Ross Fisher (Tshwane Open), Marco Crespi (NH Collection Open), Alexander Levy (Volvo China Open) and Felipe Aguilar (The Championship at Laguna National), Daniel Brooks (Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI) and Mikael Lundberg (Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity)
• Becomes the 340th European Tour victory by a former Challenge Tour player.
