Dennis Edlund (born 24 September 1965) is a

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. Edlund was born in

Strängnäs Strängnäs is a locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 15,363 inhabitants in 2020. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Strängnäs, one of the thirteen dioceses ...

and turned professional in 1988. He played on the

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and its official development tour, the

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, between 1990 and 2003. He won five times on the Challenge Tour, including twice in 1996, when he won the English Challenge Tour Championship and

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on his way to second place on the tour's end of season rankings. His best finishes on the European Tour were as runner-up at both the 1997 Alamo English Open and the 1998 Standard Life Loch Lomond.

Amateur wins

*1987 Biarittz Cup (France)

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (5)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

*2007 Älvkarleby Open (Swedish mini-tour)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Sweden):

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