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Thomas Bjorn

VIRGINIA WATER, ENGLAND - MAY 24: Thomas Bjorn of Denmark plays his third shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the BMW PGA Championship on the West Course at Wentworth on May 24, 2013 in Virginia Water, England.

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About Thomas Bjorn

Thomas Bjørn (born 18 February 1971) is a Danish golfer who plays on the European Tour. He played on the Challenge Tour from 1993 to 1995. He then made an immediate impact on the European Tour in his first season, finishing tenth on the 1996 Order of Merit. He has won nine tournaments on the European Tour and has finished in the top ten on the Order of Merit five times with a best finish of fifth in 2000. He has come close to winning a major championship at the 2003 Open Championship when he was in the lead with 4 holes to play before a slump handed victory to Ben Curtis and at the US PGA Championship in 2005, when he tied for the lead before finishing as runner-up to Phil Mickelson in a second-place tie with Steve Elkington.

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