Antti Ahokas

Antti Ahokas
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Antti Juhani Ahokas
Born	(1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 Lappeenranta, Finland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13.4 st)
Nationality	Finland
Residence	Lappeenranta, Finland
Career
College	University of Minnesota
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	2

Antti Juhani Ahokas (born 24 January 1985) is a Finnish professional golfer.

Ahokas was born in Lappeenranta. After winning the Finnish Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2005, he moved to the United States to attend the University of Minnesota, but left after just three months to return to Europe and further his ambitions as a professional.^[1]

In 2006 Ahokas won the Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship beating future world number 1 and major winner Rory McIlroy in a playoff.

Having turned professional in 2006, Ahokas just failed to come through the European Tour final qualifying school, and joined the second tier Challenge Tour for the 2007 season. In 2008, he won for the first time at the Abierto VISA de la Republica, becoming the first left-hander to take that title. Later in the season he won again at the ECCO Tour Championship, and gained promotion the elite European Tour by ending the season ranked 19th on the money list.

Amateur wins

2004 Finnish Amateur Match Play Championship, Finnish Amateur International Open Championship
2005 Finnish Amateur Stroke Play Championship
2006 Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	6 Apr 2008	Abierto Visa de la Republica	-10 (67-66-66-71=270)	3 strokes	Martin Monguzzi
2	31 Aug 2008	ECCO Tour Championship	-17 (67-69-65-70=271)	1 stroke	Wil Besseling, Eirik Tage Johansen, Roope Kakko, Taco Remkes