Per-Arne Brostedt (born 9 January 1958) is a Swedish professional

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er, member of the winning Swedish team at the 1986 Europcar Cup, a special event on the

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. He was 1984 and 1985 Swedish PGA Champion and won the

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Order of Merit in 1985 and 1986.

Amateur career

17 years old, Brostedt won the 1975 District Championship in the Swedish capital of

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. Three years later, as an invited amateur, Brostedt finished tied 4th at the professional tournament Flygt Open at his home course Viksjö Golf Club north of Stockholm, in June 1978.

Professional career

Brostedt turned professional later in 1978 and played on the growing professional golf circuit in Sweden. He played on the

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the 1982–83 season and finished 21st on the money rankings. His best finish was 5th at the 1983 Indian Open. In January 1983, he became the first Swede to play in a tournament on the

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, after qualifying for the

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. In 1984, Brostedt played in his first major championship, The 113th

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at the Old Course in

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, where he missed the 36-hole cut. From the 1984 season, the

was established and Brostedt won five tournaments the first three seasons, including the Swedish PGA Championship in 1984 and 1985. In 1985 and 1986 he won the

Order of Merit. In 1986 he was part of the winning Swedish team at the Europcar Cup in

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, together with

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, Magnus Grankvist and Magnus Sunesson. His best season on the

was in 1987 when he played in

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. He also finished tied 18th at the

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and tied 21st at the

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, both on home soil. He finished 149th on the 1987 European Tour Order of Merit. In 1993 Brostedt won the annual Swedish Married Couple Championship, a 36-hole foursome held in Sunne, with his wife at the time, Charlotte Montgomery, who herself was a professional golfer and played on the

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1982–1987. Together they ran a Golf Academy in Stockholm in the early 1990s. Brostedt turned 50 in January 2008 and attempted to qualify for the

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, but played only in the

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at Slaley Hall where he finished tied 77th. He finished ninth in the Q-School and joined the

in 2009, where he made 7 cuts in 8 starts.

Professional wins (10)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (5)

Sources:

Other wins (3)

*1982 Marbella Invest Classic ( Albatross GC, Sweden) *1983 Scania Open (Södertälje GC, Sweden), Kvällsposten Masters ( Bokskogen GC, Sweden)

Senior wins (2)

*2011 Swedish PGA Senior Club Pro Championship *2014 Swedish PGA Senior Club Pro Championship

Results in major championships

''Note: Brostedt only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Professional * Europcar Cup (representing Sweden): 1986 (winners) Source:

References

External links

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