Toni Karjalainen

Who is Toni Karjalainen?

Toni Karjalainen is one of only a few Finnish professional golfers on the international circuit, and has been his country's highest ranked male golfer.

Karjalainen won the 2005 Thomas Björn Open on the European Tour's official developmental tour to earn full membership of the Challenge Tour for 2006. He followed up in 2006 by winning the Telenet Trophy. He also made several appearances on the main European Tour in 2006, having won limited privileges through his Challenge Tour performances.

Having lost his playing privileges in Europe at the end of the 2008 season, Karjalainen joined the Asian Tour in 2009 after coming through qualifying school.