Mats Lanner

Mats Lanner
Personal information
Full name	Mats Lanner
Born	5 March 1961 (1961-03-05) (age 50) Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Mölnlycke, Sweden
Career
Turned professional	1981
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	16
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	3
Challenge Tour	4
Other	9
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T28: 1992
PGA Championship	DNP

Mats Lanner (born 5 March 1961) is a Swedish golfer.

Lanner was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 1981 and qualified for the European Tour on his first visit to Qualifying School. He was a member of the European Tour until 2001, with just a couple of breaks when he failed to retain his card, and his best Order of Merit finish was nineteenth in 1987. He won three times on the main tour and four times on the second tier Challenge Tour, as well as picking up several wins in non-Tour events in his home country. He was a member of the winning Swedish team at the 1991 Alfred Dunhill Cup.

Professional wins (16)

European Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	10 May 1987	Epson Grand Prix of Europe Matchplay Championship	n/a	n/a	Jeff Hawkes
2	16 Jan 1994	Madeira Island Open	-10 (70-67-69=206)	2 strokes	Howard Clark, Mathias Grönberg, Peter Hedblom
3	21 Jun 1998	Madeira Island Open	-11 (70-66-68-73=277)	1 stroke	Stephen Scahill

Challenge Tour wins (4)

• 1989 Gevalia Open, Teleannons Grand Prix
• 1991 Gefle Open
• 1998 Telia Grand Prix

Other wins (9)

• 1983 Swedish PGA Championship
• 1984 Siab Grand Prix, Kullenburg Open, Ingaro Mastermote
• 1985 Owell Open, Wang Open
• 1986 Trygg-Hansa Open, Gevalia Open
• 1987 Gevalia Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T50	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	T28	DNP	T51
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

• Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 (winners)
• World Cup of Golf: 1987, 1989, 1990
• Europcar Cup: 1988 (winners)

External links

• Mats Lanner at the European Tour official site
• Mats Lanner at golfdata.se (Swedish)

Persondata
Name	Lanner, Mats
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	5 March 1961
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death