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 THE OPEN PROFILES

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JESPER PARNEVIK

HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 175
BIRTH DATE: 07/03/1965
BIRTHPLACE: Stockholm, Sweden
RESIDENCE:
South Palm Beach, FL

CAREER SUMMARY

* US TOUR VICTORIES: 5
* INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES: 9

OPEN PROFILE

There's few in the field more deserving of an Open title than the enigmatic Swede. The first of Parnevik's near misses came in 1994 at Turnberry when, after refusing to check the leaderboard, he bogeyed the 17th after thinking he needed a birdie and allowed Nick Price to sprint past him. He was again runner-up at Troon in 1997 when losing out to the fast-finishing Justin Leonard. Last year at St Andrews he finished 36th, while three years ago he got right into contention again before finishing fourth. Surprisingly for a player of his class he's only managed two tops 10s on the US Tour this season. However, one was a victory in the Honda Classic in March and the other came at the St Jude Classic last month. Has a better Open record than most of the world's top 10 and came up with the ideal preparation for Lytham with an eye-catching effort at last week's Scottish Open.

FIVE-YEAR MAJORS RECORD
 
01
00
99
98
97
US Masters
20
40
MC
31
21
US Open
30
MC
17
14
48
British Open
-
36
10
4
2
USPGA
-
51
10
MC
45

OPEN FORM GUIDE
00
99
98
97
96
95
94
93
92
91
36
10
4
2
44
24
2
21
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-

MOST RECENT TOURNAMENTS
13/5/01
Byron Nelson Classic
62
20/5/01
Colonial
11
6/5/01
Memorial
30
10/6/01
St Jude Classic
8
17/6/01
US OPEN
30
15/7/01
* Scottish Open
T8

* Indicates European Tour Event

Profiles
Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Davis Love
Ernie Els
Vijay Singh
David Duval
Colin Montgomerie
Darren Clarke
Sergio Garcia
Jim Furyk
Tom Lehman
Nick Price
Jesper Parnevik
Padraig Harrington
Thomas Bjorn
Mike Weir
Justin Leonard
Lee Westwood
Mark Calcavecchia
Jose Maria Olazabal
Past Opens
2000 - Woods
1999 - Lawrie
1998 - O'Meara
1997 - Leonard
1996 - Lehman
1995 - Daly
1994 - Price
1993 - Norman
1992 - Faldo
1991 - Baker-Finch
1990 - Faldo