Tobias Edén (born 7 October 1995) is a

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professional golfer and European Tour player.

Early life and amateur career

Edén was born in

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and had success on the junior circuit. In 2012 he won the

Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship The Swedish Junior Match-play Championship is a national golf tournament in Sweden for golfers under the age of 22, contested for both men and women. The championship is open to Swedish citizens until the year they turn 21. In Swedish known as J ...

and topped the Swedish Junior Tour Order of Merit, earning the Annika Sörenstam Trophy. He joined the National Team and won the 2012

European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...

, as well as the bronze at the

2015 European Amateur Team Championship The 2015 European Amateur Team Championship took place 7–11 July at Halmstad Golf Club, in Tylösand, Sweden. It was the 32nd men's golf European Amateur Team Championship. Venue The tournament was played at the Halmstad Golf Club's North c ...

. Edén accepted a golf scholarship to

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and played with the

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team between 2014 and 2018. He graduated with a degree in business communication.

Professional career

Edén turned professional in 2018 and joined the

Nordic Golf League The Nordic Golf League is one of the four PGA European Tour-recognised third-tier men's professional golf tours that are known as the Satellite Tours. The top five players on the rankings list at the end of each season earn a place on the second t ...

where he won his first tournament, the Frederikshavn Championship, in Denmark in 2021. He finished tied 12th at the 2022

Dormy Open The Dormy Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played in 2021 on the Öster by Stenson course at Österåker Golf Club in Åkersberga, Sweden, 20 km north-east of Stockholm. It was the last of two Challenge Tour even ...

on the Challenge Tour. In November 2022, he shot a 61 in the third round to finish 11th at

European Tour Qualifying School The European Tour Qualifying School is an annual golf tournament which enables professional golfers to gain a place on the European Tour and its official development tour, the Challenge Tour. The European Tour Qualifying School In professional ...

, earning a place on the European Tour for 2023.

Amateur wins

*2008 Skandia Cup Riksfinal P-13, Skandia Tour Regional #3 - Bohuslän/Dalsland *2009 Karlstad Junior Masters *2010 Skandia Cup Riksfinal P-15, Skandia Tour riks #6 - Östergötland *2012

*2013 Skandia Tour Elit #1 Pojkar Source:

Professional wins (2)

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

Other wins (1)

*2018 Hovås Open

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2011, 2012 (winners), 2013 *

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(representing Sweden): 2012 * Junior Golf World Cup (representing Sweden): 2013 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden):

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