Editing Jesper Parnevik (section)

==Early years and amateur career==
Parnevik was born in [[Botkyrka]], [[Stockholm County]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allehanda.se/slaktvanner/personligt/1.1856482-han-vill-inte-sluta-spela?articleRenderMode=default |title=Birth info from article in Allehanda.se |date=14 March 2010 |access-date=10 July 2011 |language=sv |archive-date=5 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005191929/http://allehanda.se/slaktvanner/personligt/1.1856482-han-vill-inte-sluta-spela?articleRenderMode=default |url-status=live }}</ref> and is the son of Swedish entertainer [[Bosse Parnevik]] and his wife Gertie (b. 1940). He grew up in [[Åkersberga]].

Parnevik became a member of the first group of students in Sweden to combine studying with golf training at the Swedish upper secondary sports school in [[Danderyd Municipality|Danderyd]] outside Stockholm.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Svensk Golf |date=February 1982 |number=1 |title=De tränar på skoltid - med rent samvete |language=Swedish |trans-title=They practice at school time - with clean conscience |last=Ohlson |first=Jörgen |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/j0btbf03/paper/1#/paper/d9rh80km/6 |pages=6–11 |access-date=16 September 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103063800/http://www.e-magin.se/paper/j0btbf03/paper/1#/paper/d9rh80km/6 |url-status=live }}</ref> At age 15, Parnevik spent 10 days in [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]], and developed an appreciation for life in the United States; he later moved to [[Palm Beach County, Florida]], to attend [[Palm Beach Junior College]] in [[Lake Worth, Florida|Lake Worth]] on a golf scholarship.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=9 August 1998 |title=Parnevik may soon be a major player |last=Rubenstein |first=Lorne |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19980809&id=PqcaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6416,7749894 |access-date=31 May 2020 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504150630/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19980809&id=PqcaAAAAIBAJ&pg=6416%2C7749894 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Parnevik was a member of the team representing Sweden at the [[1984 Eisenhower Trophy|1984]] and [[1986 Eisenhower Trophy|1986]] [[Eisenhower Trophy]]. He was also part of the Swedish team finishing second, after losing in the final against [[Scotland]], at the [[1985 European Amateur Team Championship|1985]] [[European Amateur Team Championship]] on home soil in [[Halmstad Golf Club|Halmstad]], Sweden, where Parnevik won individually at the initial qualifying stroke-play competition.