Mikael Piltz

Mikael Piltz
Mikael Piltz
Personal information
Born	10 May 1967 (age 57)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationality	Finland
Career
Turned professional	1989
Former tour(s)	European Tour; Challenge Tour
Professional wins	9
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	2
Other	7

Mikael Piltz (born 10 May 1967) is a Finnish professional golfer who played on the Challenge Tour and briefly on the European Tour.

Career

Piltz turned professional in 1989 and played on the Swedish Golf Tour. He then joined the Challenge Tour, where he was runner-up at the 1992 Volvo Finnish Open^[1] before winning the 1994 Volvo Finnish Open, following a playoff with Joakim Grönhagen.^[2] The win earned him an invitation to the 1995 Sarazen World Open at Chateau Elan Legends course in Braselton, Georgia. He made 11 starts and 5 cuts on the 1994 European Tour, finding himself back on the Challenge Tour, where he was runner-up at the 2001 Russian Open behind Jamie Donaldson.

Piltz represented Finland at four World Cups (1991, 1992, 1994, 2000) with a best finish of 21st together with Kalle Väinölä in 2000.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	10 Jul 1994	Volvo Finnish Open	−6 (67-71-72=210)	Playoff	Joakim Grönhagen

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1994	Volvo Finnish Open	Joakim Grönhagen	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Source:^[3]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	6 Jun 1999	Kiitolinja Open	−8 (69-67=136)	3 strokes	Johan Edfors
2	20 Jun 1999	Canon Masters	−9 (66-70-71=207)	3 strokes	Pauli Hughes, Mika Lehtinen, Kalle Väinölä
3	25 Jul 1999	Audi Trophy			Jyry-Jussi Peltomäki
4	12 Sep 1999	Finnish PGA Championship	+1 (71-75-71=217)	5 strokes	Anssi Kankkonen
5	17 Jun 2000	Sonera-Kiitolinja Open	−5 (69-70-72=211)	1 stroke	Kalle Väinölä
6	26 May 2002	Intersport Open	−11 (67-71-67=205)	5 strokes	Toni Karjalainen