Patrik Sjöland

Patrik Sjöland is a Swedish professional golfer. He played on the European Tour for fifteen season where he won twice, the 1998 Italian Open and 2000 Murphy's Irish Open. He also won the 1999 Hong Kong Open.

Early life

Sjöland was born in Borås.

Professional career

Sjöland turned professional in 1990 and joined the second tier Challenge Tour, where he tied for 3rd at the 1990 Stiga Open and 1993 Danish Open, before winning the 1995 Open Divonne in France. He finished 8th in the rankings to graduate to the European Tour for the start of the 1996 season.

European Tour

Sjöland played 15 seasons on the European Tour between 1996 and 2014. His most successful year by far was 1998, when he finished 5th on the European Tour Order of Merit and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings, after he won the Italian Open and recorded runner-up finishes at the Qatar Masters and Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth, and lost a playoff at the Canon European Masters in Switzerland. He tied for 5th individually at the 1998 World Cup of Golf in New Zealand, 3 strokes behind winner Scott Verplank.
His next strong season was in 2000, where he won the Murphy's Irish Open and was runner-up at the Dubai Desert Classic. After a poor 2005 season, during which he slipped outside the top 100 on the Order of Merit and lost his European Tour card, he took a break from the tour, playing just two tournaments in 2006.
Sjöland secured a return to the European Tour at the end of season qualifying school season in 2006. He was unable to regain his early career form during 2007 and returned to qualifying school at the end of the year where he again regained his card, helped by a holed 7 iron for eagle during the final round. Having again missed out on retaining his card again in 2008, he was not able to repeat the trick and would have limited opportunities in 2009, only making 15 starts, and went back to q-school to keep his card for 2010.
Sjöland has won several other tournaments around the world, including the 1999 Hong Kong Open, a stroke ahead of Ian Woosnam.
His best performance in a [men's men's major golf championships|major golf championships|major] came at the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie, where he was tied 4th alongside Greg Norman and Tiger Woods after the second round, and ultimately finished tied 18th.