Antti Ahokas

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Antti Juhani Ahokas (born 24 January 1985) is a Finnish professional golfer from Lappeenranta. He won the Finnish Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2005 and briefly studied at the University of Minnesota before returning to Europe to pursue professional golf. In 2006 he won the Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship, beating Rory McIlroy in a playoff, and then turned professional that year. He began his career on the Challenge Tour in 2007. In 2008 he won his first two professional titles: the Abierto VISA de la Republica (the first left-handed player to win that event) and the ECCO Tour Championship. His strong finish that season (19th on the Challenge Tour money list) earned him promotion to the European Tour. Ahokas has seven professional wins in total: two on the Challenge Tour and five other events.