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Jesper Parnevik

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. PGA stands for Professional Golfers' Association Tour.

Jesper Bo Parnevik was born on March 7, 1965 Stockholm, Sweden. His height is 6 feet and his weight is 175 lbs. He is 41 years old and he debuted in 1986. Jesper Parnevik 2005 season highlights finished out of the top 100 for just the third time in his 12-year Tour career. He opened 67-68-67 at the Reno-Tahoe Open and played in the final group with Vaughn Taylor and Todd Fischer. He finished T9 after posting a final-round, 2-over-par 74 and added a fourth-place finish at the Bell Canadian Open in September.

Jesper Parnevik opened the 2004 season with full-field event of the season, a T2 at the Chrysler Championship. A birdie on the last hole, along with a bogey by Tommy Armour III on the 18th, allowed him to pass Joey Sindelar for the 40th spot on the list and gained an exemption into the 2005 Masters. Jesper Parnevik in 2003 played in a career-high 31 PGA Tour events. Jesper Parnevik posted five runner-up finishes and one third-place in 1997. He fired third-round 66 at British Open to open a two-stroke lead over Darren Clarke and five-stroke edge over Justin Leonard heading into final round.

Jesper Parnevik in 1996 won Lancome Trophy on PGA European Tour by five strokes over Colin Montgomerie. In 1995 he became first Swede to capture a European Tour event in Sweden with victory at Scandanavian Masters. In 1994 he marked first British Open at Turnberry. He held two-stroke lead at final hole, but made bogey to finish 11-under-par 269. In 1993 he had first European Tour win at Bell's Scottish Open. In 1992 he joined Tour after finishing T4 in 1993 Qualifying Tournament.

He is one of the best known golf players in the history of the game. A unique style of game strategy and excellent judgment is what makes this great player one of the best all time golf players. Sheer determination, concentration and self confidence has helped him through out his professional career of playing golf to achieve what other players can only imagine of.

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