Daniel Svärd (born 7 February 2003) is a Swedish amateur golfer. He won the 2024 European Amateur Team Championship, and the 2021

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with the continental European team.

Early life

Svärd was born in 2003 and is attached to Viksjö Golf Club in his native

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. He was educated at the Celsius School in

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Amateur career

In 2020, Svärd won the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship, a stroke ahead of William Wistrand, and topped the Swedish Teen Tour Order of Merit, earning the Annika Sörenstam Trophy. In 2021, he was selected to represent Europe in the

, in which the Europeans prevailed 16 to 8 over the British at Falsterbo Golf Club, Sweden. He secured two points in foursomes paired with Tim Wiedemeyer. Svärd joined the National Team in 2021. He won bronze in the 2021

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in Denmark after Sweden lost the semi-final to Germany 3–4, where he beat

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, 2 and 1. He secured gold for Sweden at the 2024 European Amateur Team Championship in Italy after he won his Sunday singles match against Benjamin Reuter, 2 and 1, for a score of 3–2 in the final against the Netherlands.

College career

Svärd enrolled at

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in 2022 as an economics major and started playing with the

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team. He earned

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Freshman of the Year honors and won the Big Ten Championship both as a freshman and sophomore, joining only

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and Sid Richardson as two-time individual conference champions for the Wildcats.

Amateur wins

*2018 Teen Tour Future #5 *2019 Teen Tour Future #3, Carin Koch Junior Open, Swedish Junior Classics, Teen Tour Future #5, Evolve Spanish Junior Championship *2020 Swedish Panoramica Open, Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship *2021 Swedish Junior Classics *2023 Big Ten Championship *2024 Big Ten Championship *2025 The Goodwin Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2021 *

(representing Continental Europe): 2021 (winners) *

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(representing Europe):

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(representing Sweden):

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(winners) Sources:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svard, Daniel Swedish male golfers Amateur golfers Northwestern Wildcats men's golfers People from Järfälla Municipality Golfers from Stockholm 2003 births Living people 21st-century Swedish sportsmen