Toni Karjalainen

Toni Karjalainen
Toni Karjalainen
Personal information
Full name	Toni Karjalainen
Born	9 July 1979 (age 42); Lappeenranta, Finland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sporting nationality	Finland
Residence	Espoo, Finland
Career
Turned professional	2003
Current tour(s)	Asian Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	2
Other	1

Toni Karjalainen (born 9 July 1979) is one of only a few Finnish professional golfers on the international circuit, and has been his country's highest ranked male golfer.

Karjalainen won the 2005 Thomas Björn Open on the European Tour's official developmental tour to earn full membership of the Challenge Tour for 2006. He followed up in 2006 by winning the Telenet Trophy. He also made several appearances on the main European Tour in 2006, having won limited privileges through his Challenge Tour performances.

Having lost his playing privileges in Europe at the end of the 2008 season, Karjalainen joined the Asian Tour in 2009 after coming through qualifying school.

Professional wins (3)[]

Challenge Tour wins (2)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	12 Jun 2005	Thomas Bjørn Open	+4 (66-73-74-75=288)	1 stroke
2	21 May 2006	Telenet Trophy	−14 (66-73-67-68=274)	1 stroke	Ivó Giner, Gary Lockerbie

Nordic Golf League wins (1)[]

2002 Messilä Trophy

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Finland): 2000, 2002

External links[]

Toni Karjalainen at the European Tour official site
Toni Karjalainen at golfdata.se (in Swedish)

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