Ove Sellberg
| Ove Sellberg | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ove Bertil Sellberg |
| Born |
15 October 1959 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Nationality |
 Sweden |
| Residence | Helsingborg, Sweden |
| Spouse | Helen (m. 1992) |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1982 |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T32: 1985 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Ove Bertil Sellberg (born 15 October 1959) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Sellberg was born in Stockholm. He turned professional in 1982 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1980s and 1990s, twice finishing in the top twenty of the Order of Merit. He won three tournaments on the tour and represented his country in the World Cup and the Dunhill Cup several times.
When he defeated Howard Clark in the final of the Epson Grand Prix of Europe Match Play Championship in 1986, Sellberg became the first Swede to win a European Tour event. In 2000, he was one of the ten inaugural inductees to the Swedish Golfing Hall of Fame.[1]
Professional wins
European Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Jul 1986 | Epson Grand Prix of Europe Match Play Championship | 3 & 2 |  Howard Clark | |
| 2 | 13 Mar 1989 | Open Renault de Baleares | –9 (68-71-69-71=279) | 2 strokes |  Mark McNulty,  José María Olazábal, Philip Parkin |
| 3 | 13 May 1990 | Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open | –16 (68-66-67-71=272) | 4 strokes | Ian Woosnam |
Other wins (3)
- 1983 SAAB Cup (Sweden)
- 1985 Martini Cup (Sweden)
- 1988 ESAB Open (Sweden)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T32 | CUT | T57 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1982
Professional
- World Cup (representing Sweden): 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989
- Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Sweden): 1984
- Dunhill Cup (representing Sweden): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
References
- ↑ "Hall Of Fame". Swedish Golf Museum. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
External links
- Ove Sellberg at the European Tour official site
- Profile on golfdata.se (Swedish)