Jesper Parnevik

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Jesper Parnevik

Personal Information
Birth	March 7, 1965 (1965-03-07) (age 43) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
College	None
Career
Turned Pro	1986
Current tour	PGA Tour European Tour
Professional wins	13 (PGA Tour: 5, European Tour: 4, Other: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T20: 2001
U.S. Open	T14: 1998
British Open	2nd/T2: 1994, 1997
PGA Championship	T5: 1996

Contents 1 Professional wins (13) 1.1 European Tour wins (4) 1.2 PGA Tour wins (5) 1.3 Other wins (4) 2 Results in major championships 3 Team appearances 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Jesper Bo Parnevik (born March 7, 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2000 and 2001.^[1]

Parnevik was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the son of the Swedish entertainer Bo Parnevik. His place in the pantheon of golf stars stems from both his playing achievements and his distinctive and eccentric taste in clothes and fashion.

Parnevik's on-course trademark was the upturned bill on his baseball cap. This became so much his trademark that, when he played on the European Ryder Cup team, he received a customized team cap with the Ryder Cup logo on the bottom of the bill instead of the front, so that it could be seen when he turned up the bill. He has since stopped wearing the flipped-bill hat, and now wears other types of eccentric hats. His flamboyant fashion sense, featuring disco-style purple trousers and other golf apparel designed by Johan Lindeberg, has been politely described as "eclectic," and he's been known to change outfits at the halfway stage of a round of tournament golf. As of 2006, one of his new trademark on-course fashion statements is a necktie worn under a vest. He is also famous for eating volcanic dust as a dietary supplement.^[2]

Parnevik turned professional in 1986 and scored four wins in his early years on the European Tour. Based in Florida, he joined the PGA Tour in the mid-90s, subsequently winning five events. His playing career also includes three Ryder Cup appearances - in 1997, 1999, and 2002. He has twice been a runner-up in The Open, in 1994 and 1997. His career best world ranking of seventh, which he attained on 14 May 2000, was the highest world ranking achieved by a Swedish golfer until Henrik Stenson reached the top five in February 2007.^[3]

Parnevik is also credited with introducing fellow professional golfer Tiger Woods to Swedish model Elin Nordegren (previously employed as a nanny by Parnevik) who Woods would eventually marry.

Parnevik finished second in the Valero Texas Open in October 2007, losing to Justin Leonard in a playoff. Parnevik's nickname on tour is Spaceman, he resides in Jupiter, Florida, United States. A thoughtful historian on his free time, and a man with varied tastes, he was recently asked who he'd like to have dinner with, quickly replying that it would have to be a choice between scientist Albert Einstein and singer Elvis Presley; when told he could only have one, he shot back, "O.K., Elvis Einstein."

[edit] Professional wins (13)

[edit] European Tour wins (4)

• 1993 Bell's Scottish Open
• 1995 Volvo Scandinavian Masters
• 1996 Trophée Lancôme
• 1998 Volvo Scandinavian Masters

[edit] PGA Tour wins (5)

• 1998 (1) Phoenix Open
• 1999 (1) Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
• 2000 (2) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, GTE Byron Nelson Classic
• 2001 (1) Honda Classic

[edit] Other wins (4)

• 1988 Ramlosa Trophy, Odensa Open (both Sweden), Open Passing Shot (France)
• 1990 Swedish Open International Stroke Play

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T21	T31	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T48	T14	T17
The Open Championship	T21	2	T24	T44	T2	T4	T10
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	T20	T5	T45	CUT	T10

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Masters	T40	T20	T39	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T30	T54	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T36	T9	T28	DQ	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T51	T13	CUT	T34	CUT	T28	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1984, 1986
• St. Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 1986

Professional

• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997 (winners), 1999, 2002 (winners)
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Sweden): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
• World Cup (representing Sweden): 1994, 1995
• Europcar Cup: 1988 (winners)

[edit] See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Profile on the European Tour's official site
• Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site