Chris Hanell

Christopher Hanell is a Swedish professional golfer. He played on the European Tour for 10 seasons 1999–2008 and won the Madeira Island Open.

Early life and amateur career

Hanell was born in Västervik. He attended Arizona State University 1992–1997 and was part of the winning NCAA Division I Championship team in 1996. He won two individual collegiate titles, the 1994 TaylorMade Big Island Intercollegiate in Hawaii where he defeated Tiger Woods after sinking a 15-foot birdie on the first sudden-death playoff hole, and the 1996 Golf Digest Collegiate.
He was three-time All-American and three-time Academic All-American. Hanell was Pac-10 Player of the Year, Sun Angel Athlete of the Year, and was the Golfweek Collegiate Player of the Year in 1997.
Hanell was on the national team and represented Europe at the Jacques Léglise Trophy and St Andrews Trophy. He won the 1991 European Boys' Team Championship in Oslo, and at the 1995 European Amateur Team Championship in Antwerp his team won bronze. He teamed up with Martin Erlandsson, Leif Westerberg and Daniel Olsson for the 1996 Eisenhower Trophy in Manila, where they finished runner-up behind Australia.

Hanell turned professional in 1997 and joined the Challenge Tour, where he was runner-up at the 1998 Finnish Masters. He gained his European Tour card in 1998 after finishing 13th in the Challenge Tour rankings. In his rookie season, he finished 3rd at the 1999 British Masters behind Bob May and Colin Montgomerie. Hanell claimed his first European Tour victory at the 2004 Madeira Island Open and recorded a career-best of 62nd place on the European Tour Order of Merit in both 1999 and 2004. He retired in 2008 after spending 10 years on the European Tour.
In 2023, he joined the European Senior Tour.
Hanell was appointed board member of PGA European Tour in 2009.

¹Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

¹Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

CUT = missed the halfway cut
''Note: Hanell only played in The Open Championship.''

Amateur

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