Tobias Jonsson (golfer)

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Tobias Jonsson
Personal information
Born (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)
Haninge, Stockholm County, Sweden
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Career
College Young Harris College
Mercer University
Turned professional2024

Tobias Jonsson (born 12 June 2000) is a Swedish professional golfer. He won the individual title at the 2022 Eisenhower Trophy, the World Amateur Team Championship. [1]

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Amateur career

Jonsson accepted a scholarship to Young Harris College and spent two years playing with the Young Harris Mountain Lions men's golf team, 2019–2021, winning the 2021 Bobcat Invitational. [2] He spent his next three years at Mercer University playing with the Mercer Bears men's golf team, where he won six tournaments. [3]

In 2021, he finished solo third at the Göteborg Open on the Nordic Golf League, two strokes behind winner Jonathan Ågren. [4]

Jonsson joined the Sweden national team in 2022. [5] He won silver at the 2022 European Amateur Team Championship in England, after Sweden lost the final to Spain 412 to 212. [6] He birdied the final hole for a score of 17-under 269, a stroke ahead of Japan's Taiga Semikawa, to become the individual leader at the 2022 Eisenhower Trophy. [7] His team, which also consisted of Ludvig Åberg and Adam Wallin, finished in second place behind Italy and ahead of the United States in third. [8]

Jonsson played in the Scandinavian Invitation at Ullna Golf & Country Club on the 2023 European Tour, and made the cut. [9]

In 2023, he represented Europe at the Bonallack Trophy at La Manga Club. Teaming up with Albert Hansson for the foursomes and fourballs he recorded a score of 3–2–0 (W–L–D) for the event. [10] Jonsson made it to match play at the U.S. Amateur and the quarterfinals at The Amateur Championship, [11] to find himself on the 2023–24 Haskins Award pre-season watch list. [12]

In 2024, he won the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, earning a start at the PGA Tour's 3M Open. [13]

Professional career

Jonsson turned professional after the U. S. Amateur in 2024, and made his pro debut at the Indoor Golf Group Challenge where he finished tied 18th. [14]

Amateur wins

Sources: [9] [15]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [15]

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