Fredrik From
| Fredrik From | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 8 February 1989 Lund, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2016 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | MENA Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Fredrik From (born 8 February 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Sunshine Tour. He was runner-up at the 2018 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Parys.
Early life and amateur career
[edit]From competed on the Swedish Junior Tour, where he recorded one victory and three runner-up finishes between 2003 and 2006. He made the cut in his first Nordic Golf League start at the 2006 Gambro Open. In 2007, he was runner-up at the Österlen Junior Open, two strokes behind Alexander Björk.[1]
From then took a seven-year break from competitive golf to focus on motocross racing, before returning to the game in 2015, when he was runner-up at the Scania District Championship at Elisefarm Golf Club.[2]
From represents Barsebäck Golf & Country Club and was elected to the Båstad Municipality City Council in 2015 for the Moderate Party.[3]
Professional career
[edit]From turned professional in 2016 and played on the Gecko Tour in Spain, where he won one tournament and lost a playoff in two others.[4][5][6]
He graduated from Q-School to play on the MENA Tour in 2016 and 2017.[7] He shot a nine-under 63 in the final round of the 2017 Pattana Golf Championship in Thailand to finish -13 and win by three strokes. The win earned him 5 OWGR points and he was catapulted into the top-800 on the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.[8] He finished the season 5th in the Order of Merit.[9]
In 2018, From joined the Sunshine Tour, where he was runner-up a stroke behind Garth Mulroy at the Vodacom Origins of Golf at Parys in his rookie season.[10]
In 2025, he shared the clubhouse lead by the end of the first day at the South African Open, and ultimately tied for 11th, his best European Tour finish to date.[11]
In his 7th season on the tour, From finished a career-best 27th in the 2024–25 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit, after a tied 4th place finish alongside Kieran Vincent at the Zimbabwe Open and a 6th place finish at the Zambia Open.[12]
From tied for 3rd in the season opener of the 2025–26 Sunshine Tour, the Zimbabwe Open.[13]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2006 Skandia Tour Riks #4 - Halland
Professional wins (2)
[edit]MENA Golf Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 May 2017 | Pattana Golf Championship | −13 (68-63=131)* | 3 strokes |  Wolmer Murillo
|
*Note: The 2017 Pattana Golf Championship was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
Gecko Tour wins (1)
[edit]- 2016 Gecko Tour #4 – La Quinta
References
[edit]- ^ "Results 2016 Österlen Junior Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ Östh Gustafsson, My (23 December 2017). "From – ett av Skånes mest okända golfproffs". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ Nilsson, Truls (8 Jul 2016). "Bara 38-åring kvar på ungdomslista". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Gecko "Relief" for Sweden's Fredrik From". Andalucia Golf. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "British Double on The Gecko Tour". Andalucia Golf. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Galiano wins second consecutive title on The Gecko Tour". Golf Circus. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ Gray, Kent (21 May 2017). "Swede sets sights on MENA Tour riches". Golf Digest ME. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Fredrik From". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Fredrik From Wins Pattana Golf Championship". The Nation. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Maiden winners: More to come this season?". Compleat Golfer. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Bairstow and From share early lead in South African Open". SuperSport. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Fredrik From Player Profile". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Vlismas, Michael (11 May 2025). "Carrera claims maiden Sunshine Tour victory in Zim Open". SuperSport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Fredrik From at the European Tour official site
- Fredrik From at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Fredrik From at the MENA Tour official site
- Fredrik From at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Fredrik From at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)