Alexander Björk (born 7 June 1990) who is a Swedish professional golfer and since april 2018, also a European Tour winner. His first victory came in Volvo China Open
where he finished with a 65 and a total score of -18. Björk has also secured three second places, 2021 in the Dubai World Tour final and 2018 in USB Hong Kong Open and Sky Sports British Masters. His best season on the European Tour is 2020/2021, when he finished 12th on the overall rankings.
Björk turned professional in 2009 and played on the Nordic Golf League before moving on to the Challenge Tour. His breakthrough season on the Challenge Tour in 2016 was anchored by a maiden victory at Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge, in July 2016, eventually finishing seventh in the overall Rankings.
He enjoyed a superb rookie season on the European Tour in 2017, almost claiming a maiden victory in a Rolex Series event at the HNA Open de France. In his rookie season on the European Tour he had 11 top-twenty finishes and finished 43rd on the Race to Dubai.
Alexander was an outstanding tennis player in his youth, and was one of Sweden’s top ten players as a junior before choosing to focus on golf. When Alexander is not on the golfcourse he likes to be out fishing and enjoying his time with his family and friends.
The 150th Open
14 - 17 July
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Cazoo Classic
21 - 24 July
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Omega European Masters
25 - 28 Aug
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3/8 A 64 at Cazoo Classic
Björk played very well overall in Southport, England,
peaking his third round with a -8. From a middle position, he was suddenly
up in the very top infront of the last round. Eager to make the best out of it, he went out on sunday,
but somehow he was unable to manage to keep this good game up.
He left the good putting behind and didn't score a birdie until hole 14, but instead five bogeys.
However, as always, he didn't give up after making those bogeys, but instead made birdies
on both 14th, 15th and 17th. Frustrated, as he felt it was up in the air for something good,
Björk is now going to rest for a while, until getting back 28th of August at Omega European Masters.
21/7 The Open
Last week, the 150th Open was played
in St Andrews, Scotland. Björk qualified himself through
being 12 on the Race to Dubai Rankings last year.
Lots of people were on site, taking part in the atmosphere
of the competition. Björk started very well with a birdie on
the first hole and overall had many good shots. However,
his inability to score low on the statistically easier holes
together with a difficulty to keep the tee shots out of the
bunkers, made him miss the cut by two strokes. It was quite
a nerve-racking friday as he made an eagle early on to be on
the right side of the cut and then suddenly made a 3-put and
hit a fairway bunker (which means you can only really get
out of the bunker and "automatically" loses a shot).
Although disappointed, as he felt he had what it takes
to play all four rounds, you can only accept the failure, learn
from it and move on. Hopefully this weeks tournament in Southport,
starting today, will be a step forward.
Björk is playing "tv-group", which means you could probably see
quite a lot of him today and tomorrow on tv. Todays start is
at 4pm.
12/7 Scottish Open
Björk had mostly a successful week at Genesis Scottish
Open with great golf shots and nice putting during both thursday, friday and saturdays rounds.
The "warm-up" rolex competition before The Open on St Andrews was signed up by many of the best
players, making the starting field very competitive. Unfortunately, during the sunday round Björk
got himself into many tricky positions and faced too many difficulties to stay in the top.
He fell from his top 10 position to 42nd. Disappointed, as he felt that he played so well over all,
there are always new chances to be better if you learn from your mistakes. Björk will stay in
the UK for another two weeks to first play The Open and then the Cazoo Classic.
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