Birgir Hafþórsson
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson | |||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1976 Akranes, Iceland | |||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Sporting nationality | Iceland | |||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 1997 | |||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League Swedish Golf Tour | |||||||||||
| Professional wins | 5 | |||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | ||||||||||||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other | 4 | |||||||||||
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Birgir Leifur Hafþórsson (born 16 May 1976) is an Icelandic professional golfer and former European Tour player. At age 41, he became Iceland's first winner on the Challenge Tour, winning the 2017 Cordon Golf Open in France. He also won the mixed team gold and the men's silver at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles, Scotland.