Antti Ahokas

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

Early life and amateur career 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 3 months to return to Europe and further his ambitions as a professional.

In 2006, Ahokas won the Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship defeating Rory McIlroy in a playoff.

Professional career In 2006, Ahokas turned professional. He failed to come through at European Tour 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 Championship

Professional wins (7) Challenge Tour wins (2) 1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas and the TPG Tour 2Co-sanctioned by the Nordic Golf League

Nordic Golf League wins (4) 1Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Finnish Tour wins (2)

Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Finland): 2002, 2003 Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2002 European Youths' Team Championship (representing Finland): 2004, 2006 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Finland): 2004, 2006 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Finland): 2005 European Youths' Team Championship (representing Finland): 2004, 2006 Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2006 (winners) St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2006