Søren Hansen (born 21 March 1974) is a Danish professional golfer.
Career Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year.
Hansen collected his first professional win at the Challenge Tour's 1998 Navision Open Golf Championship in his home country. Since 1999 he has been a member of the European Tour where he has picked up two tournament victories. He won the 2002 Murphy's Irish Open, where he won at the fourth extra hole in a play-off against Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth and Darren Fichardt. He also won the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Championship by a margin of four strokes. His best Order of Merit finish is 8th in 2007. He represented Europe in the 2008 Ryder Cup matches, but he did not win a match, the U.S. was victorious.
In September 2007, he reached the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings and became the top-ranked Danish golfer.
Hansen represented Denmark in the World Cup in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2007.
On 11 August 2009, Hansen was charged with tax evasion by Danish authorities for allegedly claiming residency of Monaco, while actually living in Denmark.Golf star charged with tax evasion On 19 May 2010, Hansen was fined nearly $1.1 million for tax evasion.
Amateur wins 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (3) European Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up130 Jun 2002Murphy's Irish Open−14 (69-69-64-68=270)Playoff Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth, Darren Fichardt216 Sep 2007Mercedes-Benz Championship−17 (65-68-71-67=271)4 strokes Phillip Archer, Alastair Forsyth
European Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12002Murphy's Irish Open Richard Bland, Niclas Fasth, Darren FichardtWon with birdie on fourth extra holeBland eliminated by birdie on second hole
Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up130 Aug 1998Navision Open Golf Championship−10 (71-69-66=206)Playoff René Budde, Euan Little
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult11998Navision Open Golf Championship René Budde, Euan LittleWon with par on first extra hole
Playoff record Other playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12001WGC-World Cup(with Thomas Bjørn) − Michael Campbell and David Smail, − Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, − David Duval and Tiger WoodsSouth Africa won with par on second extra holeNew Zealand and United States eliminated by birdie on first hole
Results in major championships Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009Masters TournamentCUTCUTU.S. OpenT53T6The Open ChampionshipCUTT8CUTT41T64T8PGA ChampionshipT43CUTCUTT36 Tournament2010201120122013201420152016Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenCUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 4PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2Totals 0 0 0 0 3 3 19 8 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 PGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2009 U.S. Open – 2009 Open Championship)
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2008The Players ChampionshipT42 "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament200220032004200520062007200820092010Match PlayR64R64R64ChampionshipT39T70T13T18InvitationalT52T73T6075Champions
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances Amateur European Youths' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1990, 1994 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1995, 1997
Professional World Cup (representing Denmark): 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2007, 2009 Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2008 Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2009, 2010 (winners)
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