Fredrik Andersson Hed

Fredrik Andersson Hed (born 20 January 1972) is a former Swedish professional golfer, who is now a commentator.

Fredrik Andersson Hed
Personal information
Full nameFredrik Andersson Hed
Born (1972-01-20) 20 January 1972
Halmstad, Sweden
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceHalmstad, Sweden
SpouseAnna (m.2004)
ChildrenViggo, Molly
Career
Turned professional1992
Retired2015
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking68 (7 November 2010)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT62: 2010
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT50: 2002

Golf career

Andersson Hed was born in Halmstad. He turned professional in 1992. He has had two victories on the Challenge Tour but found success hard to come by on the main European Tour, where he had to return to qualifying school on numerous occasions. He was known as Fredrik Andersson until his marriage in 2004 when he added his wife's surname.

Andersson Hed won his first European Tour title at the 2010 BMW Italian Open at Royal Park, outside Turin, on his 245th attempt.[2] Two weeks later he finished tied second, with Luke Donald, at the European Tour flag ship event, the 2010 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, England, one shot from winner Simon Khan. 2010 became his best year on the European Tour, when he finished 22nd on the Order of Merit.

He was runner-up another five times on the European Tour, at the 2003 Madeira Island Open, 2007 Valle Romano Open de Andalucia, 2011 Barclays Scottish Open, 2012 UBS Hong Kong Open and 2012 Omega European Masters. Andersson Hed announced his retirement from golf after missing the cut at the European Tour Qualifying School in November 2015 by one stroke.[3]

Commentator

Since 2016, Andersson Hed has been a golf commentator for the national public broadcaster Sveriges Television.[4]

Amateur wins
  • 1990 Swedish Junior Stroke-play Championship[5]
  • 1990 European Young Masters

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 May 2010 BMW Italian Open −16 (70-66-63-73=272) 2 strokes David Horsey

Challenge Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Aug 1993 Toyota PGA Championship −6 (67-71-69=207) 2 strokes Rikard Strångert (a)
2 15 Oct 2000 Le Touquet Challenge de France −11 (71-68-68-70=277) Playoff Carlos Rodiles

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 Le Touquet Challenge de France Carlos Rodiles Won with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Open Championship T50 T69 T65
PGA Championship
Tournament 2010 2011
The Open Championship T68 T57
PGA Championship T62 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Andersson Hed never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 45 2010 Ending 7 Nov 2010" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Andersson Hed's 73 enough in Italy". ESPN. Turin, Italy. Associated Press. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  3. "Fredrik Andersson Hed Quits". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 12 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  4. "Andersson Hed set for the Masters" (in Swedish). Laholms Tidning. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. pp. 180, 189, 197, 224.
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