Pontus Widegren (born 14 October 1990) is a Swedish professional golfer and

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player.

Amateur career

Widegren has played golf since he was seven and began competing when he was 12. At 13, he became the youngest Club Champion at Stockholm Golf Club. He ranked as high as sixth on the AJGA circuit where he was runner-up at the 2008 Junior Players Championship. In November 2008, he was awarded the AJGA Jerry Cole Sportsmanship Award for his "respect for fellow players, as well as tournament staff and volunteers." Widegren became a member of the Swedish National Team in 2005. He won the 2007

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in Japan with scores of 68-65-74-68=275, and won the silver in 2006 and 2008. He also won the bronze at the

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in Australia with

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and

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. In 2010, he won the

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with the Continental European team. Individually, he lost the final of the 2006 French International Boys Championship to Sean Einhaus 1 up. Widegren won the 2009

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with scores of 76-65-68-72=281 (–9) following a play-off. In 2012, he finished 4th at the

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in Ireland. Widegren attended the

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2009–13 and played for the UCLA Bruins men's golf team, where he won twice and was named All-American. He played in four consecutive

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s, recording 3-1-0 in matches against U.S. competition in his first appearance.

Professional career

Widegren turned professional after he graduated in 2013 and joined the

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. He finished runner-up at the 2013

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, and had a one shot advantage heading into the final day of the 2015

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, a dual-ranked

and

event, ultimately tying for fourth. Widegren secured his

card at the 2016 European Tour Qualifying School. In his rookie season in

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, Widegren finished tied for third at the

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Amateur wins

*2006 Mälarö Junior Open *2009

*2010 Ping-Golfweek Preview *2012 CSU San Marco Fall Classic Source

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Sweden): 2006, 2007 *

: 2006, 2007 (winners), 2008 *

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(representing Sweden):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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(representing Sweden):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

(representing Europe):

(winners),

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2010 (winners) Source

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Widegren, Pontus Swedish male golfers UCLA Bruins men's golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Stockholm 1990 births Living people 21st-century Swedish sportsmen