Ove Sellberg

Ove Sellberg
Personal information
Full name Ove Bertil Sellberg
Born (1959-10-15) 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
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golfer of the Year 1986

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 11 May 1986 Epson Grand Prix of Europe Match Play Championship 3 & 2 England Howard Clark
2 13 Mar 1989 Open Renault de Baleares –9 (68-71-69-71=279) 2 strokes Zimbabwe Mark McNulty, Spain José María Olazábal,
Wales Philip Parkin
3 13 May 1990 Peugeot-Trends Belgian Open –16 (68-66-67-71=272) 4 strokes Wales 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 Open Championship T32 CUT T57 CUT

Note: Sellberg only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Hall Of Fame". Swedish Golf Museum. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
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