Joakim Rask

Joakim Rask
Personal information
Born (1972-01-08) 8 January 1972 (age 52)
Katrineholm, Sweden
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb; 16.1 st)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceBromma, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Professional wins11
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Other8
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner		2009

Joakim "Jocke" Rask (born 8 January 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Rask's father, a scratch golfer, taught him to play as a six-year-old and he represented the Swedish boys' team. Rask concentrated on golf after an ice-hockey injury, and turned professional in 1992 at the age of 20. He won a Challenge Tour event in his first season, and he had a great 1996 season, which saw him hold the number one rankings position for several weeks in the mid-to-late part of the season, and graduated to the European Tour.[1]

Rask played 63 events on the European Tour 1997–2015 where his best performance was ninth at the 2001 North West of Ireland Open. His biggest check came with his tie for fourth at the 2014 Kazakhstan Open on the Challenge Tour.[1]

Professional wins (11)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 30 Aug 1992 Västerås Open −8 (67-65-67=199) 2 strokes Hong Kong Ed Morton
2 9 Jun 1996 KB Golf Challenge −17 (67-65-68-71=271) 1 stroke England Greg Owen
3 8 Jun 1997 SIAB Open −3 (67-71-71-72=281) 1 stroke Sweden Kalle Brink

Nordic Golf League wins (8)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 28 May 2000 Kinnaborg Open −6 (71-65-68=204) 4 strokes Sweden Joakim Grönhagen
2 9 Sep 2006 Thermia Open −9 (68-72-67=207) 1 stroke Sweden Pelle Edberg
3 10 Jun 2007 Telia Open −14 (66-66-67=199) 9 strokes Finland Panu Kylliäinen
4 1 Sep 2007 Västerås Mälarstaden Open −4 (69-69-68=206) 1 stroke Sweden Daniel Lindgren, Sweden Pehr Magnebrant
5 23 Sep 2007 EGCC Open −3 (71-69-73=213) 2 strokes Finland Matti Meriläinen
6 6 Jun 2009 Söderby Masters −8 (72-72-67=211) 3 strokes Sweden Mattias Eliasson
7 8 Jul 2011 Katrineholm Open −11 (67-69-69=205) 1 stroke Sweden Petter Bocian
8 28 Jun 2013 Mercedes-Benz Matchplay 5 and 4 Sweden Niclas Johansson

References

  1. ^ a b Joakim Rask Bio, European Tour, accessed 8 September 2016