Mikko Ilonen


Mikko Ilonen is a retired Finnish professional golfer who played on the European Tour, winning five times. He is considered to be the most successful golfer from Finland.

Career

Ilonen was born in Lahti, Finland. He won the 2000 Amateur Championship, and turned pro in 2001. He played mainly on the European Tour, where he won five events.
He won his first professional tournament at the 2007 Indonesia Open, an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Asian Tour. He was the first Finn to win a European Tour event and to feature in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
In June 2013, Ilonen won the Nordea Masters event in Sweden for the second time in his career and third tour level victory overall.
In June 2014, Ilonen won the Irish Open at Fota Island in Cork. Ilonen led the tournament from start to finish and ended up one shot clear of Italian Edoardo Molinari.
Ilonen's best major championship finish was tied 7th at the 2014 PGA Championship. In 2014 he finished the season in a career best 18th on the European Tour Order of Merit.
In March 2019, Ilonen announced his retirement from tour golf.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (5)

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12014Commercial Bank Qatar Masters

Results in major championships

Tournament201020112012201320142015
Masters TournamentCUT
U.S. OpenCUTCUT
The Open ChampionshipT79CUTCUT
PGA ChampionshipCUTT7T54

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament201320142015
ChampionshipT23
Match PlayR64T34
InvitationalT65T66T45
ChampionsT21T46

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional