Fredrik Andersson Hed

Fredrik Andersson Hed
Personal information
Full name Fredrik Andersson Hed
Born (1972-01-20) 20 January 1972
Halmstad, Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Halmstad, Sweden
Spouse Anna (m.2004)
Children Viggo, Molly
Career
Turned professional 1992
Retired 2015
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Challenge Tour 2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T50: 2002
PGA Championship T62: 2010

Fredrik Andersson Hed (born 20 January 1972) is a former Swedish professional golfer, who is now a commentator.

Golf career

Andersson Hed was born in Halmstad. He turned professional in 1992. He has had two victories on the Challenge Tour but found success hard to come by on the main European Tour, where he had to return to qualifying school on numerous occasions. He was known as Fredrik Andersson until his marriage in 2004 when he added his wife's surname.

Andersson Hed won his first European Tour title at the BMW Italian Open in 2010 on his 245th attempt.[1] He was runner-up six times on the European Tour, at the 2003 Madeira Island Open, 2007 Valle Romano Open de Andalucia, 2010 BMW PGA Championship, 2011 Barclays Scottish Open, 2012 UBS Hong Kong Open and 2012 Omega European Masters. 2010 was his best year on the European Tour, when he finished 22nd on the Order of Merit. Andersson Hed announced his retirement from golf after missing the cut at the European Tour Qualifying School in November 2015 by one stroke.[2]

Commentator

Since 2016, Andersson Hed has been a golf commentator for the national public broadcaster Sveriges Television.[3]

Amateur wins (2)

  • 1989 Swedish Junior Championship
  • 1990 European Young Masters

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 May 2010 BMW Italian Open −16 (70-66-63-73=272) 2 strokes England David Horsey

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Aug 1993 Toyota PGA Championship −6 (67-71-69=207) 2 strokes Sweden Rikard Strångert (am)
2 15 Oct 2000 Le Touquet Challenge de France −11 (71-68-68-70=277) Playoff Spain Carlos Rodiles

Results in major championships

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Open Championship T50 T69 T65
PGA Championship
Tournament 2010 2011
The Open Championship T68 T57
PGA Championship T62 CUT

Note: Andersson Hed never played in the Masters Tournament or U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Andersson Hed's 73 enough in Italy". ESPN. Turin, Italy. Associated Press. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  2. ↑ "Fredrik Andersson Hed Quits". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 12 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Andersson Hed set for the Masters". Laholms Tidning. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018. (in Swedish)


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