Jacob Glennemo

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Jacob Glennemo
Personal information
NicknameGlenn
Born (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 (age 37)
Mariefred, Sweden
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Career
Turned professional2007
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins10
Achievements and awards
Danish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2014
Nordic Golf League
Order of Merit winner
2014
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2018

Jacob Glennemo (born 25 May 1987) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the Challenge Tour between 2013 and 2020. He won the 2014 Nordic Golf League Order of Merit. [1]

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Professional career

Glennemo turned professional in 2007 and joined the Nordic Golf League. He recorded his maiden NGL victory at the 2012 Landskrona Masters and finished 5th in the season rankings, to qualify for the Challenge Tour. As a Challenge Tour rookie in 2013 he made 7 cuts in 16 starts. He was also runner-up at the Black Mountain Invitational in Thailand behind Johan Edfors, and made his first cut on the European Tour, at the Lyoness Open in France. [1]

In 2014, he won three tournaments and topped the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit, to again secure a Challenge Tour card. In 2016 he was tied 7th at the Najeti Open in France. [1]

In 2018 he won three tournaments including the Swedish Golf Tour Final, and finished second in the NGL season rankings, to again earn promotion to the Challenge Tour. [2] He won the 2018 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit and the associated cash bonus. [3] In 2019, he finished tied 10th at the Italian Challenge Open. [1]

Glennemo has recorded a 59 twice in his career, at the 2017 Race to Himmerland [4] and at the 2020 AIK-Golfen. [5] In 2018, he reached a career best Official World Golf Ranking rank of 382. [6] He retired from tour following the 2020 season. [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [7]

Professional wins (10)

Nordic Golf League wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
126 Aug 2012 Landskrona Masters−19 (65-68-64=197)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Fahrbring
22 May 2014 DAT Masters−8 (69-72-67=208)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Billing
313 Sep 2014Haverdal Open−8 (73-66-69=208)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Steven Jeppesen, Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Wejshag,
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Wikström
44 Oct 2014Race to HimmerLand−11 (65-67-73=205)1 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Ovesen
51 Jun 2018 Jyske Bank PGA Championship −12 (66-69-69=204)1 stroke Flag of Norway.svg Anders Strand Ellingsberg
628 Sep 2018Holtsmark Open−15 (64-69-68=201)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Hansson
713 Oct 2018 Tourfinalen −7 (68-70-71=209)2 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Aksel Olsen

Other wins (3)

Source: [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jacob Glennemo Player Profile". European Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. "Jacob Glennemo säkrade CT-kort i Åhus" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. "Glennemo starkast i Tourfinalen" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. "57 slag av Kinhult" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. "59-rond av Glennemo – andra i karriären" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. "Jacob Glennemo". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "Jacob Glennemo Player Profile". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 November 2022.