Player Profile

Bjorn Akesson

BIRTHDATE: 04-Jan-89
BIRTHPLACE: Malmo, Sweden
RESIDENCE: Malmo, Sweden
COLLEGE: Arizona State University, Arizona
VICTORIES: 4 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-1
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-04-20	China Open	Enhance Anting	China	China	mc	74	71				145
2025-03-30	Indian Open	DLF (Player)	India	PGTI	mc	78	75				153
2025-03-23	Singapore Classic	Laguna National (Classic)	Singapore	DP World	mc	75	73				148
2025-03-09	Joburg Open	Houghton	South Africa	Southern Africa	30	68	69	72	67		276
2025-03-02	South African Open	Durban	South Africa	Southern Africa	mc	74	73				147
2025-02-23	Kenya Open	Muthaiga	Kenya	DP World	mc	80	74				154
2025-01-26	Ras Al Khaimah Championship	Al Hamra	United Arab Emirates	DP World	mc	79	75				154
2024-12-22	Mauritius Open	Mont Choisy Le Golf	Mauritius	Southern Africa	mc	77	70				147
2024-12-15	Alfred Dunhill Championship	Leopard Creek	South Africa	Southern Africa	61	74	69	73	77		293
2024-12-01	Australian Open	Kingston Heath	Australia	Australasian	mc	72	75				147
2024-11-24	Australian PGA Championship	Royal Queensland	Australia	Australasian	34	70	69	70			209
2024-11-03	Challenge Tour Grand Final	Alcanada	Spain	European Challenge	9	71	66	71	67		275
2024-10-20	Hangzhou Open	Hangzhou Westlake International	China	China	mc	68	73				141
2024-10-13	Hainan Open	Sanya Luhuitou	China	China	4	69	65	70	67		271
2024-09-29	Swiss Challenge	Saint Apollinaire	France	European Challenge	21	71	72				143
2024-09-22	Italian Challenge Open	Argentario	Italy	European Challenge	mc	71	74				145
2024-09-15	Open de Portugal	Royal Obidos	Portugal	European Challenge	42	68	74	70	71		283
2024-09-01	Rosa Challenge Tour	Rosa	Poland	European Challenge	11	65	68	71	69		273
2024-08-25	Indoor Golf Group Challenge	Landeryd	Sweden	European Challenge	37	71	70	66	76		283
2024-08-18	Finnish Challenge	Vierumaki	Finland	European Challenge	mc	69	74				143
2024-08-04	Irish Challenge	The K Club (Palmer South)	Ireland	European Challenge	5	67	69	72	70		278
2024-07-28	Northern Ireland Open	Galgorm Castle	Northern Ireland	European Challenge	mc	72	70				142
2024-07-21	Euram Bank Open	Adamstal	Austria	European Challenge	49	68	69	66	76		279
2024-06-23	Open de Bretagne	Golf Blue Green de Pleneuf Val Andre	France	European Challenge	45	65	62	78	75		280
2024-06-16	Kaskada Golf Challenge	Kaskada	Czech Republic	European Challenge	mc	69	72				141
2024-06-09	Challenge de Cadiz	Novo Sancti Petri	Spain	European Challenge	33	69	72	68	74		283
2024-05-26	Danish Golf Challenge	Odense Eventyr	Denmark	European Challenge	66	69	71	70	77		287
2024-05-12	Challenge de Espana	Sevilla	Spain	European Challenge	9	71	72	68	69		280
2024-05-05	Tournament of Champions	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington (East)	South Africa	Southern Africa	22	68	75	71	71		285
2024-04-28	UAE Challenge	Saadiyat Beach	United Arab Emirates	European Challenge	mc	78	73				151

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.01
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 72.83
Awarded Symbol: False

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.01
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 71.99
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 73.01
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 75.83
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -47.61
Number of times in contention: 24
Average score relative to contenders: -1.98
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2025	-	-	-	-
2024	2	1	-	1
2023	9	4	1	-
2022	-	-	-	1
2021	1	3	1	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 0%
Retained After 2: 40%
Retained After 3: 0%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2025	-	-	-
2024	-	1/2	0/1
2023	0/1	1/1	0/3
2022	-	0/1	-
2021	0/1	0/1	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 36 not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 4
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 74.53
Average score last season: 72.75
Difference: 1.78
Awarded Symbol: True

Past his best

Average score this season: 74.53
Average score last season: 72.75
Average score 2 seasons ago: 73.28
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 72.76
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 72.66
Average score having played the previous week: 73.23
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.46
Standard Deviation: 3.59
Significant score is less than: 66.87
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2024-04-21	Abu Dhabi Challenge	Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	European Challenge	19	69	65	66	65	-	265
2023-10-01	Destination Gotland Open	Gumbalde	Sweden	Nordic Golf League	1	65	65	65	-	-	195

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 4
Awarded Symbol: False

Bjorn Akesson - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
GB&Ireland	2	70.84	27.50	-	50.00	50.00
Ireland	1	70.07	5.00	-	100.00	100.00
Northern Ireland	1	72.38	50.00	-	-	-
Western Europe	6	73.11	43.17	-	-	-
Austria	2	73.06	46.50	-	-	-
France	2	72.36	33.00	-	-	-
Germany	1	74.25	50.00	-	-	-
Italy	1	74.44	50.00	-	-	-
Scandinavia	38	73.36	18.50	7.89	39.47	55.26
Denmark	12	73.89	23.83	8.33	25.00	50.00
Finland	5	72.64	15.20	-	40.00	60.00
Norway	1	74.18	7.00	-	-	100.00
Sweden	20	73.20	16.70	10.00	50.00	55.00
Iberian Peninsula	6	72.04	19.50	-	16.67	50.00
Portugal	1	72.36	42.00	-	-	-
Spain	5	71.97	15.00	-	20.00	60.00
Eastern Europe	5	72.72	19.80	-	-	40.00
Czech Republic	1	72.90	50.00	-	-	-
Poland	4	72.69	12.25	-	-	50.00
Middle East	3	73.97	39.67	-	-	-
United Arab Emirates	3	73.97	39.67	-	-	-
Asia	6	72.77	42.33	-	16.67	16.67
China	2	71.25	27.00	-	50.00	50.00
India	3	73.83	50.00	-	-	-
Singapore	1	74.18	50.00	-	-	-
Oceania	2	72.90	42.00	-	-	-
Australia	2	72.90	42.00	-	-	-
Africa	11	72.93	38.91	9.09	9.09	9.09
Kenya	1	77.69	50.00	-	-	-
Mauritius	1	73.07	50.00	-	-	-
South Africa	9	72.56	36.44	11.11	11.11	11.11

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	1	76.59	50.00	-	-	-
Feb	3	72.40	33.67	33.33	33.33	33.33
Mar	11	73.17	39.00	-	9.09	9.09
Apr	5	73.29	21.40	-	-	40.00
May	7	73.34	26.71	-	28.57	42.86
Jun	7	72.72	20.86	28.57	28.57	57.14
Jul	10	73.76	31.80	-	10.00	20.00
Aug	10	72.49	17.40	-	50.00	60.00
Sep	11	72.31	18.45	-	36.36	45.45
Oct	9	73.61	23.33	11.11	33.33	44.44
Nov	2	71.44	21.50	-	-	50.00
Dec	3	73.32	50.00	-	-	-

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