Editing Jesper Parnevik (section)

==Professional career==
Parnevik turned professional in 1986. After winning the [[Swedish Golf Tour]] Order of Merit in [[1988 Swedish Golf Tour|1988]], including a runner-up finish to [[Vijay Singh]] at the 1988 Swedish PGA Championship, he scored four wins on the [[European Tour]]. His breakthrough came when he out-dueled [[Payne Stewart]] at the [[1993 European Tour|1993]] [[Scottish Open (golf)|Scottish Open]] at [[Gleneagles Hotel|Gleneagles]] King's Course.

With victories in 1995 and 1998, Parnevik became the first Swede to win twice on the European Tour on home soil. At his first victory at the [[Scandinavian Masters]] in [[1995 European Tour|1995]] at [[Barsebäck Golf & Country Club]], he played 72 holes competition and 18 holes pro-am without a bogey, but with one double-bogey.

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 (1997, 1999, and 2002) and two runner-up finishes in [[The Open Championship|The Open]] (1994 and 1997). His career best [[Official World Golf Ranking|world ranking]] of seventh, which he attained on 14 May 2000, was the highest world ranking achieved by a [[List of Swedish professional golfers|Swedish golfer]] until [[Henrik Stenson]] reached the top five in February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.owgr.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=406415&itype=&iCategoryID=0 |title=Henrik Stenson Wins the WGC-Accenture Match Play and Reaches World Number 5 |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=26 February 2007 |access-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205103204/http://www.owgr.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=406415&itype=&iCategoryID=0 |archive-date= 5 February 2012}}</ref>

In late 2000, Parnevik underwent hip surgery at the persuasion of [[Greg Norman]], who had undergone similar surgery.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=20000923&id=LyMfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4145,4564933 |title=Parnevik next in line for hip surgery |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |date=23 September 2000 |page=7C |access-date=19 October 2012 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504150631/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=20000923&id=LyMfAAAAIBAJ&pg=4145%2C4564933 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Parnevik finished second in the [[Valero Texas Open]] in October 2007, losing to [[Justin Leonard]] in a playoff. In 2009, after a tie for 17th at the [[SAS Masters]] in Sweden, Parnevik underwent further hip surgery in [[Vail, Colorado]], United States,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2009/07/26/parneviksurgeryap.html |title=Parnevik's hip surgery will likely end his season |publisher=PGA Tour |date=26 July 2009 |access-date=23 October 2013 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311000644/https://www.pgatour.com/news/2009/07/26/parneviksurgeryap.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which cut short his 2009 season on the PGA Tour. He also cited the hip injury as the reason for his withdrawal from the [[PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament]] ("Q-School") in December 2009.

In 2010, Parnevik missed cuts in his first three tournaments and had to withdraw again after a first round 68 at the [[Northern Trust Open]] because of an ailing back. He had emergency surgery where it was discovered that he had a broken [[lumbar vertebrae]] that could put his career in jeopardy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2010/02/10/parnevikinjured.html |title=Parnevik has broken vertebrae, career in jeopardy |publisher=PGA Tour |date=11 February 2010 |access-date=23 October 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061631/http://www.pgatour.com/news/2010/02/10/parnevikinjured.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Parnevik played the 2011 PGA Tour season on a fully exempt status for his Top 50 All-Time Earnings ranking. He was allowed to reuse this one-time exemption after being able to play only five tournaments in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2011/01/10/dolchcolumn.html |title=Parnevik attempts comeback |publisher=PGA Tour |date=10 January 2011 |first=Craig |last=Dolch |access-date=23 October 2013 |archive-date=19 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619002223/http://www.pgatour.com/news/2011/01/10/dolchcolumn.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He played the 2012 and 2013 seasons on a Medical Extension after suffering a severe injury to his right hand in a boating accident.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/gol/69/jesper-parnevik |title=Recent news on Jesper Parnevik – PGA Golfer |publisher=Rotoworld.com |access-date=29 May 2012 |archive-date=22 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822121318/http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/gol/69/jesper-parnevik |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite his limited play, Parnevik made news in 2013 after bogeying the 18th hole at the [[RBC Heritage]], which allowed a record-tying 91 players to make the 36 hole cut.

Plagued by injuries for years, Parnevik staged a comeback on the [[Champions Tour]] when he became eligible in 2015. He started [[2016 Champions Tour|2016]] with a tie for third at the [[Chubb Classic]], losing out to former [[List of World Number One male golfers|world number one]] golfers [[Bernhard Langer]] and [[Fred Couples]].<ref>[http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.12660.jesper-parnevik.html/career Jesper Parnevik PGA Tour Career Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306074447/http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.12660.jesper-parnevik.html/career |date=6 March 2016 }}, PGA Tour, accessed 27 February 2016</ref> He got his first win on the Champions Tour in the same year at the [[Insperity Invitational]].