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

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who plays on the European Tour. In 2023, he won the

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on the Challenge Tour and was runner-up at the Investec South African Open Championship.

Early life and amateur career

Svensson was born in

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, Sweden. As a junior golfer, he won both the

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, and the

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at Sollentuna Golf Club. He represented Sweden at the European Amateur Team Championship in

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and

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, and played in the

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in Scotland, where he finished 13th overall. He placed third at the 2015 Campenato de Castellón in Spain. Svensson played college golf at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, 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 Jesper Kennegård. In August 2021, he was runner-up at the

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on the Challenge Tour, two strokes behind winner Marcus Helligkilde of Denmark. The following week, he took a one-stroke lead into day three of the

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, 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

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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 European Tour 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 Hero Open at

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. In 2023, Svensson claimed his maiden Challenge Tour win at the 2023

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

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, to finish the season 5th in the rankings and graduate to the European Tour. In his second start as full member of the European Tour, he led the Investec South African Open Championship at the halfway stage, ultimately finishing runner-up.

Amateur wins

*2014

, Skandia Tour Riks #4, Titleist FootJoy Junior Open *2015 Skandia Tour Elit #2 *2016

*2017 Big South Championship *2018 Golfweek Program Challenge, Old Dominion OBX Collegiate *2019 Big South Championship Sources:

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

Source:

Team appearances

Amateur * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden):

References

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