Bo Jesper Svensson (born 14 March 1996) is a Swedish

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who plays on the

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and

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. In 2024, he won the Porsche Singapore Classic and was runner-up three times to become the European Tour Rookie of the Year.

Early life and amateur career

Svensson was born in

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, 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

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and

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, 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. Svensson played college golf at

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, between 2015 and 2019. He majored in Business Administration and was

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Golfer of the Year in 2017 and 2019. 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

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of Coastal Carolina.

Professional career

Svensson turned professional in the summer of 2019 and joined the

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, where he won the 2020 Race to Himmerland, the season finale in Denmark. 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

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. In August 2021, he was runner-up at the Finnish Challenge on the

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, two strokes behind winner

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of Denmark. 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. The results propelled him into the top 45 of Challenge Tour Rankings, earning exemption in category 3c for the fall tournaments on the tour. 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

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at the 16th hole, but a bogey-bogey finish sent him down the leaderboard to a tie for 3rd. The result lifted him to 33rd place in the Challenge Tour Rankings, approaching a spot in the top 20 that secures a

card for 2022, with two tournaments left of the season. Svensson finished the 2021 Challenge Tour season ranked 36th on the rankings, enabling him a few starts on the

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where his best finish was a T19 in the

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. In 2023, Svensson 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. He was also runner-up at the Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz and the Swiss Challenge, to finish the season 5th in the rankings and graduate to the European Tour.

2024 European Tour: Breakout season

In December 2023, in his second start as a full member on the European Tour, he led the

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at the halfway stage, ultimately finishing runner-up. In February 2024, Svensson again finished second in a European Tour event, this time joint runner-up at the Bahrain Championship, two strokes behind winner

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, after holding the lead with eight holes to go. In March, Svensson claimed his first European Tour win at the Porsche Singapore Classic. After tying the course record 63 in the last round, he won in a sudden-death playoff over

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playing the par-5 18th hole three times. Svensson played in his first major championship in May 2024, the

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at Valhalla Golf Club in

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, United States, through invitation. In July, Svensson qualified for his second major championship,

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, via his position on the 2024 Race to Dubai Rankings. Svensson finished the season 10th on the Race to Dubai rankings, earning a

card for the 2025 season. He was also named the

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for the 2024 season.

Amateur wins

*2014 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship, Skandia Tour Riks #4, Titleist FootJoy Junior Open *2015 Skandia Tour Elit #2 *2016 Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship *2017 Big South Championship *2018 Golfweek Program Challenge, Old Dominion OBX Collegiate *2019 Big South Championship Sources:

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

Source:

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden):

References

External links

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