Mats Lanner

Mats Åke Lanner (born 5 March 1961) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Mats Lanner
Personal information
Full nameMats Åke Lanner
Born (1961-03-05) 5 March 1961
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceMölnlycke, Sweden
SpouseLena
Children1
Career
Turned professional1981
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins17
Highest ranking86 (7 May 1989)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Challenge Tour2
Other12
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT28: 1992

Lanner was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1981 and qualified for the European Tour on his first visit to Qualifying School. He was a member of the European Tour until 2001, with just a couple of breaks when he failed to retain his card, and his best Order of Merit finish was nineteenth in 1987. He won three times on the main tour and two times on the second tier Challenge Tour, as well as picking up several wins in non-Tour events in his home country. He was a member of the winning Swedish team at the 1991 Alfred Dunhill Cup. He holed the winning putt for his team in the final of the tournament, between Sweden and South Africa, on the first playoff hole in the last game, played between Lanner and Gary Player.

Amateur wins
  • 1979 Opel Cup
  • 1980 Gothenburg Open[2]
  • 1981 Gothenburg Open, Strömstad-Driven[3]

Professional wins (17)

European Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 10 May 1987 Epson Grand Prix of Europe
Matchplay Championship		 1 up Jeff Hawkes
2 16 Jan 1994 Madeira Island Open −10 (70-67-69=206) 2 strokes Howard Clark, Mathias Grönberg,
Peter Hedblom
3 21 Jun 1998 Madeira Island Open (2) −11 (70-66-68-73=277) 1 stroke Stephen Scahill

Challenge Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 18 Aug 1991 Gefle Open −19 (64-71-68-66=269) 1 stroke Magnus Rosenbäck
2 4 Oct 1998 Telia Grand Prix E (71-70-74-69=284) Playoff Morten Backhausen, Per Nyman

Other wins (12)

Results in major championships
Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
The Open Championship T50 CUT CUT T28 T51

Note: Lanner only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Professional

References
  1. "Week 18 1989 Ending 7 May 1989" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Gothenburg Open". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. August 1980. p. 69.
  3. "I siffror sett, Nationellt, Gothenburg Open, Strömstad-Driven". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1981. p. 55-56.
  4. http://www.e-magin.se/paper/ths4drmm/paper Svensk Golf magazine 7/1983 page 76
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