Jesper Svensson (golfer)

Bo Jesper Svensson (born 14 March 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer and Challenge Tour player. He won the 2023 B-NL Challenge Trophy.[1]

Jesper Svensson
Personal information
Full nameBo Jesper Svensson
Born (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996
Uppsala, Sweden
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceUppsala, Sweden
Career
CollegeCampbell University
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)Nordic Golf League
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Achievements and awards
Big South Golfer of the Year2017, 2019

Early life and amateur career

Svensson was born in Uppsala, Sweden. As a junior golfer, he won both the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship at Vasatorp Golf Club, and the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship at Sollentuna Golf Club.

He represented Sweden at the European Amateur Team Championship in 2017 and 2018, and played in the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Scotland, where he finished 13th overall. He placed third at the 2015 Campenato de Castellón in Spain.[2]

Svensson played college golf at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, between 2015 and 2019. He majored in Business Administration and was Big South Conference Golfer of the Year in 2017 and 2019.[2] He won four tournaments, including the Big South Championship twice, the first of which he won with a 14-under-par 202 (67-66-69), breaking a 10-year old record of 204 set by Dustin Johnson of Coastal Carolina.[3]

Professional career

Svensson turned professional in the summer of 2019 and joined the Nordic Golf League, where he won the 2020 Race to Himmerland, the season finale in Denmark.[4] In 2021, he was runner-up in the season opener, the Lindbytvätten Grand Opening, and again runner-up at the Stockholm Trophy in June, one stroke behind Jesper Kennegård.

In August 2021, he was runner-up at the Finnish Challenge on the Challenge Tour, two strokes behind winner Marcus Helligkilde of Denmark.[5] The following week, he took a one-stroke lead into day three of the Made in Esbjerg Challenge, another Challenge Tour event, where he ultimately finished T10.[6] The results propelled him into the top 45 of Challenge Tour Rankings, earning exemption in category 3c for the fall tournaments on the tour.[7]

Svensson was again in contention at the Empordà Challenge in Spain. After a run of seven birdies in the final round he was co-leader with Julien Brun at the 16th hole, but a bogey-bogey finish sent him down the leaderboard to a tie for 3rd.[8] The result lifted him to 33rd place in the Challenge Tour Rankings, approaching a spot in the top 20 that secures a European Tour card for 2022, with two tournaments left of the season.[9]

Svensson finished the 2021 Challenge Tour season ranked 36th on the Order of Merit, enabling him a few starts on the 2022 European Tour where his best finish was a T19 in the Hero Open at Fairmont St Andrews. He claimed his maiden Challenge Tour win at the 2023 B-NL Challenge Trophy in the Netherlands, after taking the outright lead with a birdie on the 17th before parring the final hole.[10]

Amateur wins

Sources:[11]

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 21 May 2023 B-NL Challenge Trophy −14 (69-68-67-66=270) 1 stroke South Africa Brandon Stone

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2023 Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz France Clément Berardo, Italy Filippo Celli,
England Sam Hutsby, Denmark Nicolai Kristensen,
France Julien Sale		 Hutsby won with par on third extra hole
Berardo, Celli, Kristensen and Svensson eliminated by birdie on first hole
2 2023 Swiss Challenge Sweden Adam Blommé Lost to bogey on first extra hole

Nordic Golf League wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 4 Oct 2020 Race to HimmerLand −16 (64-67-69=200) 3 strokes Sweden Martin Eriksson, Denmark Lasse Jensen

Source:[4]

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Jesper Svensson – Profile". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. "Men's Golf Roster". Campbell Camels. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. "Campbell's Jesper Svensson Wins Big South Men's Golf Championship". Big South Sports. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. "Results 2020 Race to Himmerland by FREJA". Golfdata. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. "Jesper Svensson". OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. "Spectacular Svensson moves to the front in Denmark". European Tour. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. "Entry List - Big Green Egg German Challenge". European Tour. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. "Consistent Brun is victorious at the Empordà Challenge". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  9. "Extra European Tour cards on offer during 2021 Challenge Tour season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. "Super Svensson clinches maiden Challenge Tour victory". Gulf News. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  11. "Jesper Svensson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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