Joakim Rask

Swedish athlete
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSwedish athlete
PlacesSweden
isAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth8 January 1972, Katrineholm, Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden
Age53 years
Star signCapricorn
The details

Biography

Joakim "Jocke" Rask (born 8 January 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Rask's father, a scratch golfer, taught him to play as a six-year-old and he represented the Swedish boys' team. Rask concentrated on golf after an ice-hockey injury, and turned professional in 1992 at the age of 20. He won a Challenge Tour event in his first season, and he had a great 1996 season, which saw him hold the number one rankings position for several weeks in the mid-to-late part of the season, and graduated to the European Tour.

Rask played 63 events on the European Tour 1997–2015 where his best performance was ninth at the 2001 North West of Ireland Open. His biggest check came with his tie for fourth at the 2014 Kazakhstan Open on the Challenge Tour.

Professional wins (10)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

  • 1992 Västerås Open
  • 1996 KB Golf Challenge
  • 1997 Siab Open

Nordic Golf League win (1)

  • 2007 Estonian GCC Open (NGL-major)

Nordea Tour wins (6)

  • 2000 Kinnaborg Open
  • 2006 Thermia Open
  • 2007 Telia Open, Västerås Mälarstaden Open
  • 2009 Söderby Masters
  • 2011 Katrineholm Open
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