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Jesper Bo Parnevik ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 7 March 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 2000 and 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early years and amateur careerEdit

Parnevik was born in Botkyrka, Stockholm County,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 outside Stockholm.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</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 on a golf scholarship.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Parnevik was a member of the team representing Sweden at the 1984 and 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 on home soil in Halmstad, Sweden, where Parnevik won individually at the initial qualifying stroke-play competition.

Professional careerEdit

Parnevik turned professional in 1986. After winning the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 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 Scottish Open at 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 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 (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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In late 2000, Parnevik underwent hip surgery at the persuasion of Greg Norman, who had undergone similar surgery.<ref>Template:Cite news</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 with a tie for third at the Chubb Classic, losing out to former world number one golfers Bernhard Langer and Fred Couples.<ref>Jesper Parnevik PGA Tour Career Summary Template:Webarchive, PGA Tour, accessed 27 February 2016</ref> He got his first win on the Champions Tour in the same year at the Insperity Invitational.

StyleEdit

Parnevik is known for his distinctive and eccentric taste in clothes and fashion as well as his playing achievements, a fashion sense that led golf writer Dan Jenkins to describe him as "the last guy to climb out of the clown car at the circus".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His on-course trademark was the upturned bill on his baseball cap. While 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 with the bill turned up. He has since stopped wearing the flipped-bill hat, opting for strawhats and visors but retains a flamboyant sense of fashion, such as disco-style purple trousers and other golf apparel designed by Johan Lindeberg. He has been politely described as "eclectic", and has been known to change outfits at the halfway stage of a round of tournament golf. Beginning in 2006, one of his new on-course fashion statements was a necktie worn under a vest. Puma Golf signed Jesper Parnevik in 2014 and he gets credited for his influence on their LUX Golf Appearel Line. Since wearing Puma Clothes he once again wears a custom made and more modern looking flipped bill hat. He is also known to eat volcanic dust as a dietary supplement.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Parnevik's nickname on tour is "Spaceman".

Awards, personal lifeEdit

In 1998, Parnevik was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.<ref name=":0" />

He was awarded the 1999 Swedish Golfer of the Year.

In 2003, the three Swedish teammates of the victorious European Ryder Cup team the previous year, Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke and Parnevik, was each, by the Swedish Golf Federation, awarded the Golden Club, the highest award for contributions to Swedish golf, as the 30th, 31st and 32nd recipients.<ref name=":0" />

In 2023, he was inducted into the Swedish Golf Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Parnevik made a cameo in the 2007 comedy, Who's Your Caddy,<ref>Who's Your Caddy Template:Webarchive – at IMDB.com</ref> in which he plays himself.

Parnevik is credited with having introduced fellow professional golfer Tiger Woods to Swedish au pair Elin Nordegren (previously employed by Parnevik), whom Woods eventually married. Parnevik subsequently stated in 2009 that he regretted his responsibility for this introduction after reports of Woods' infidelity surfaced that year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Parnevik and his family starred in a reality TV show, Parneviks, which aired on TV3 in Sweden for four seasons from 2015 to 2018, giving insights into his life in Florida. He is married to Mia Parnevik (née Sandsten 1968), and they have three daughters and one son. His oldest daughter Peg Parnevik has a career as a pop singer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Another daughter, Penny, is married to former NHL ice hockey player Douglas Murray.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His son Phoenix is named after Parnevik's first PGA Tour win at the 1998 Phoenix Open.

Parnevik has a waterfront home in Tequesta, Florida.<ref>https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jesper-parneviks-house/view/bing/ Template:Webarchive Parnevik House</ref>

Amateur winsEdit

Professional wins (15)Edit

PGA Tour wins (5)Edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 18 Jan 1998 Phoenix Open −15 (68-68-66-67=269) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour III, Template:Flagicon Brent Geiberger,
Template:Flagicon Steve Pate, Template:Flagicon Tom Watson
2 25 Apr 1999 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic −23 (65-63-67-70=265) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk
3 23 Jan 2000 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic −27 (69-67-66-64-65=331) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Rory Sabbatini
4 14 May 2000 GTE Byron Nelson Classic −11 (70-65-68-66=269) Playoff Template:Flagicon Davis Love III, Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson
5 11 Mar 2001 Honda Classic −18 (65-67-66-72=270) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia, Template:Flagicon Geoff Ogilvy,
Template:Flagicon Craig Perks

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2000 GTE Byron Nelson Classic Template:Flagicon Davis Love III, Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson Won with par on third extra hole
Mickelson eliminated by birdie on second hole
2 2007 Valero Texas Open Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard Lost to birdie on third extra hole

European Tour wins (4)Edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 10 Jul 1993 Bell's Scottish Open −9 (64-66-70-71=271) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Payne Stewart
2 6 Aug 1995 Volvo Scandinavian Masters −18 (67-67-69-67=270) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie
3 15 Sep 1996 Trophée Lancôme −12 (66-69-66-67=268) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie
4 2 Aug 1998 Volvo Scandinavian Masters (2) −11 (67-65-71-70=273) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1992 Turespaña Open de Baleares Template:Flagicon Seve Ballesteros Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)Edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 16 Sep 1990 SI Compaq Open −9 (69-68-71-67=275) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon John Lindberg

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)Edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 29 May 1988 Ramlösa Open −9 (66-72-68-73=279) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Terry Price
2 26 Jun 1988 Odense Open −18 (69-66-63=198) 9 strokes Template:Flagicon Thomas Nilsson

Other wins (2)Edit

PGA Tour Champions wins (1)Edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 8 May 2016 Insperity Invitational −12 (69-68-67=204) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon David Frost, Template:Flagicon Mike Goodes,
Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert

Results in major championshipsEdit

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament T21 T31 CUT
U.S. Open T48 T14 T17
The Open Championship T21 2 T24 T45 T2 T4 T10
PGA Championship CUT T20 T5 T45 CUT T10
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Masters Tournament T40 T20 T29 CUT
U.S. Open CUT T30 T54 CUT T74
The Open Championship T36 T9 T28 DQ
PGA Championship T51 T13 CUT T34 CUT T28 CUT

Template:Legend Template:Legend CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied

SummaryEdit

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 5
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 6
The Open Championship 0 2 0 3 5 7 11 11
PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 2 4 13 8
Totals 0 2 0 4 7 15 39 30
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1995 Open Championship – 1998 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1999 Open Championship – 1999 PGA)

Results in The Players ChampionshipEdit

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Players Championship T49 T53 CUT T25 T23 CUT CUT CUT T48 T33 T46 T38 CUT T69

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf ChampionshipsEdit

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Match Play R64 R16 R64
Championship WD NT1
Invitational T27 T71 T71 T22

1Cancelled due to 9/11
Template:Legend Template:Legend QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
WD = Withdrew
NT = No tournament

Results in senior major championshipsEdit

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Tradition T47 51 T47 T56 DQ NT T63
Senior PGA Championship T34 CUT T21 T19 T12 NT CUT CUT
U.S. Senior Open T58 T18 CUT NT
Senior Players Championship T17 T13 T54 T20 T33 T66
Senior British Open Championship T51 T18 T18 NT

Template:Legend "T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
DQ = disqualified
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearancesEdit

Amateur

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Professional

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