Arvid Magnus Sunesson (born 26 March 1964) is a

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professional

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er who played on the

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between 1987 and 1994.

Amateur career

Sunesson won the unofficial 1978 Swedish Youth Championship, Colgate Cup, at his age level (14 years old). The year after, his one year younger clubmate at Landskrona Golf Club, Magnus Persson, won the same category and the two of them was considered among the most promising young golfers in the country at the time. He represented the Continent of Europe at the 1981

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at Gullane Golf Club,

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, and Sweden at the 1982

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at Racing Club de La Boulie,

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, both times with Magnus Persson among his teammates.

Professional career

He turned professional in 1982 and played on the

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, where he won four tournaments, beating

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by five strokes at the 1984 Maggi Cup and

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at the 1988 Teleannons Grand Prix. In 1989 he won the

Order of Merit, ahead of Anders Gillner and

. He was part of the winning Swedish team at the 1986

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together with

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and

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. Joining the

in 1987, he played seven seasons on the tour, 1987–1988 and 1990–1994, collecting €365,415 in winnings. He recorded six top-10 finishes, including a fourth at the 1990

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, three strokes behind

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, and a T4 at the 1992

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. His best result at a major golf championship was a tie for 12th at the

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. After final rounds of 68 and 67 he found himself one stroke behind the T9 trio of

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and

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, and 8 strokes behind winner

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who finished with rounds of 64 and 66.

Later career

After retiring from tour, Sunesson became a PGA Club Professional and served as head pro at

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, outside Stockholm, 1995–1998. He was coach for the Swedish National Team at the

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1995–2002, along with coaching the Hello Sweden Future Team 1999–2004 which included Henrik Stenson,

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and Christian Nilsson. From 2007 to 2012, he was broadcaster for

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covering the European Tour and some

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events such as the U.S. Open. He has also briefly served as assistant greenskeeper at international tournament courses Vasatorp GC and

Barsebäck Golf & Country Club Barsebäck Golf & Country Club is a golf club in Barsebäck, northern part of Metropolitan Malmö in Scania, Sweden. The club is one of the premier golf facilities in Sweden and hosted the 2003 Solheim Cup and the Scandinavian Masters ten times ...

, as well as General Manager at Rya GC. In 2014 Sunesson started a career in golf course design. Up until 2020 he was involved in improving 34 courses, including Mölle GK and Lunds Akademiska GK. He won the Swedish Hickory Championship in 2015 ahead of Magnus Persson Atlevi, and successfully defended the title in 2016.

Professional wins (5)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (4)

Other wins (1)

*2005 Skåne Open

Results in major championships

''Note: Sunesson only played in The Open Championship.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Sweden): 1980 *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 1981 *

(representing Sweden): 1982 Professional *

(representing Sweden): 1986 (winners) Source:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunesson, Magnus Swedish male golfers European Tour golfers People from Landskrona Municipality Sportspeople from Helsingborg 1964 births Living people