Magnus Grankvist (born 3 April 1964) is a

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and golf coach. He won the 1986

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, a "special event" on the

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, and the 1989

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on the

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Career

Grankvist was part of the National Team as an amateur. He won the bronze at the 1984

European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...

at Hermitage GC,

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with a team that included

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, Fredrik Lindgren and

Johan Ryström Johan Börje Ryström (born 13 January 1964) is a Swedish professional golfer. Ryström grew up in Köping. He started playing golf at age six and was a scratch golfer by age fifteen. in August 1986, Ryström won the Nordic Championship over 72 ...

. After turning professional, he played on the

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, where he won four tournaments, including the

in 1986 and 1989. In 1989, the tournament was part of the Satellite Tour, which soon was renamed the

. In 1986, he finished third on the

Order of Merit, behind

Per-Arne Brostedt Per-Arne Brostedt (born 9 January 1958) is a Swedish professional golfer, member of the winning Swedish team at the 1986 Europcar Cup, a special event on the European Tour. He was 1984 and 1985 Swedish PGA Champion and won the Swedish Golf Tour ...

and Magnus Persson Atlevi. In 1986, he was part of the winning Swedish team at the

together with

Anders Forsbrand Anders Gunnar Vilhelm Forsbrand (born 1 April 1961) is a Swedish professional golfer who formerly competed on the European Tour. Early life Forsbrand was born in Filipstad, Sweden. He began playing golf at Uddeholm Golf Club, a small club with a ...

and

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Coaching career

Grankvist started working for the

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after retiring from tour. 1998–2002 he was head coach for the National Boys Team, which he led to victory at the 2001

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at Amber Baltic GC in Poland and silver the following year at Reykjavik GC in

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. Both teams included

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and

Niklas Lemke Karl Niklas Lemke (born 23 April 1984) is a Swedish professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour. He has formerly played on the Challenge Tour and the Web.com Tour in the United States. Early life Lemke was born in Linköping, Sweden, s ...

. In 2003 he coached the Swedish team to a bronze finish behind Spain and England at the

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held at Royal Hague GCC,

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. The team consisted of

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, Per Nilsson,

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and

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. He also coached the European team in the

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, a match the Americans won 14 to 10.

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (3)

Sources:

Other wins (3)

*2011 (2) Forsgården Open, Göteborg District Championship *2012 (1) Sportlife Open

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 1984 Professional *

(representing Sweden): 1986 (winners) Source:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grankvist, Magnus Swedish male golfers Golfers from Stockholm 1964 births Living people