DID YOU KNOW – NORDEA MASTERS
• Fred Couples created European Tour history in this event in 1991 at Drottningholm, for the most birdies in a single round, when he recorded 12 in his second round of 61 (-11). Couples, the 1992 winner of The Masters Tournament, finished in a tie for sixth place.
• On his way to winning the 2011 Nordea Masters, Alex Noren led by 11 shots after 54 holes, with his total of 196 (-20). This performance ranks equal second in the European Tour’s list of largest 54 holes leads.
• The first victory of Jesper Parnevik in 1995 saw him become only the second player to win a European Tour event without dropping a shot. He followed David J Russell who first established the feat at the 1992 Open de Lyon Trophée V33.
• Should Alex Noren win the Nordea Masters for a third time he would join Colin Montgomerie (1991, 1999 and 2001) and Lee Westwood (1996, 2000 and 2012), for the most prolific winners in the event’s history. He would also become the first Swede to win the same event on three occasions.
• The 2013 Race to Dubai winner, Henrik Stenson will trying to win the Nordea Masters for the first time. He has twice finished second, in 2004 and 2005. The latter, losing out in a play-off to Mark Hensby. He has played in the event on 13 previous occasions and been placed in the top ten three times overall and made the cut nine times.
• Lee Westwood is aiming for his fourth title in Sweden. Should he triumph he would become the ninth player in European Tour history to win the same event on four more occasions.
• Should a home player triumph in the event, it would be their eighth in the history of the tournament. The Nordea Masters already holds the record for Swedish victories in the same European Tour event with seven. They are: Jesper Parnevik (1995 and 1998), Joakim Haeggman (1997), Peter Hanson (2008), Richard S Johnson (2010) and Alex Noren (2011 and 2015).
• The Stadium Course at Bro Hof Slott will be staging the Nordea Masters for the fifth time. The previous four years were in 2010-2013 inclusive.
