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2018-19 Men's Golf Roster

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Jesper Svensson

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Balsta, Sweden
  • Highschool National School of Golf

Biography

Career:  4-time all-conference performer... School-record 4 NCAA regional appearances (along with Ray Kraivixien)... Owns the 2nd-lowest stroke average (72.09) of all players in Campbell’s Division I era (min. 50 rounds)… Has 17 career top-10 finishes (T4 in school history)... Shares school record for events (47) and rounds (134) played with Ray Kraivixien…
 
2018-19:  Named Big South Golfer of the Year after winning league title for 2nd time in 3 seasons... Also won individual championship at Golfweek Program Challenge (65-70-65--200) and OBX Intercollegiate (65-64-68--197), setting school 54-hole records both times... Set school 36-hole record (129) at OBX Intercollegiate... Claimed Big South Championship (71-65-71--207)... 7 top-10 finishes (T3rd in school history) and 19 rounds of par, or better, golf... Ranked 90th in the Golfstat Cup (71.26) with top stroke average in Big South... T79th nationally with 129 birdies... Named Big South golfer of the week 3 times... Also named to Big South All-Championship team and Presidential Honor Roll…
 
2017-18: Big South all-conference selection for 3rd-straight year... Named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar by Golf Coaches Association of America... Big South Presidential Honor Roll... Ranked No.-224 in nation by Golfstat... 3rd in the league in scoring (71.58), the 5th-lowest mark in Campbell history... Ranked No.-95 in country in average score… 4 top-10 finishes, including a runner-up at the Battle at Stono Ferry (70-64-68--202), where he shot a collegiate career low 64 in the 2nd round... T6th in Tar Heel Intercollegiate (67-65-74--206)... T5th in Golfweek Conference Challenge (75-72-73--220)... T16th at Big South Championship (70-78-73--221)... Finished even-par and tied for 40th at NCAA Raleigh Regional (71-71-71—213)… Selected to 2017 Swedish Men’s National Team… Won 2017 Swerob Torshalla Open on the Nordea Tour Future Series (a professional event) at 10-under-par (67-67—134)… Competed in 2017 British Amateur (72-71) stroke play at Royal St. Georges GC… T39th in 2017 European Amateur at Walton Heath GC in England (73-69-68-73)… Represented Sweden in 2017 European Amateur team championship, where he T2nd (71-70) in stroke play at Diamond CC in Austria…
 
2016-17: Big South Conference Golfer of the Year… all-conference and all-championship team… Won Big South Championship individual title (his first collegiate medal) at 14-under-par 202 (67-66-69), breaking 10-year old record of 204 set by current World No.-1 Dustin Johnson of Coastal Carolina… Matched his collegiate low round on second day… Finished T12th at NCAA West Lafayette Regional (75-75-70—220) at Pete Dye-designed Kampen Course… Ended the year ranked No.-149 in the Golfstat Cup (72.06), as well as 15th in the country in par-3 scoring (3.04).… Ranked 5th among Big South leaders in stroke average… Named Big South golfer of the week three times… His 202 at Big South Championship was 2nd-lowest 54-hole score in CU men’s golf history and best ever in a CU Division I conference tourney… Had 4 top-10 finishes overall, including runner-up at The Border Olympics (70-66-136), where he shot a collegiate low in the second round and helped CU win team crown… T5th at Seahawk Intercollegiate (76-74-67—217)… T9th in his first outing of the year at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (70-70-71—211)… 

2015-16: Big South Freshman of the Year… all-conference, all-freshman and all-championship team member… Named to Big South Presidential Honor Roll… Ranked 9th among Big South Conference stroke average leaders (73.47) - tops among league freshmen… Ranked 6th in the nation in greens in regulation (.726)… Combined with Ray Kraivixien to rank 18th in the nation in Golfstat Freshman Impact rating (73.84)… Team’s low individual and top-five finishes in last two outings of regular season – T5th at East Carolina Intercollegiate (75-73-76—224) and 4th place at Big South Championship (67-72-74—213), where he shot a collegiate low in the first round… Played in all 12 events, helping team to a pair of titles and four runner-up finishes… Named Big South freshman of the week twice…

Prep/Personal: Bo Jesper Svensson was born Mar. 14, 1996 in Uppsala, Sweden… Ninth in the Swedish junior ranking and is the 12th-ranked amateur in his home country… Graduate of Sweden’s National School of Golf… Has won four times, including the Swedish National Junior Matchplay Championship in 2014…  He also won the Skandia Tour Riks and Titleist Footjoy Junior Open in 2014 as well as the Skandia Tour Elite event in 2015… Placed third at the 2015 Campenato de Castellón (Spain)…  Represented Sweden at the Duke of York Young Champions trophy at Royal Aberdeen in Scotland, where he finished 13th overall… Business Administration major… 

Jesper Svensson Career Stats

Seasons (Yr.) Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Round Top Finish
2015-16 (Fr.) 12 34 2498 73.47 67 (Big South) 4 (Big South)
2016-17 (So.) 11 32 2306 72.06 66 (2X) 1 (Big South)
2017-18 (Jr.) 12 36 2577 71.5833 *64 (Stono) 2 (Stono)
2018-19 (Sr.) 12 34 2423 71.26 *64 (OBX) 1 (3X)
Career 47 136 9804 72.088 64 (2X) 1 (4X)

Jesper Svensson Career Results

2015-16
Golfweek Program Challenge                  77-68-72--217 (T35)
Rees Jones Invitational                           73-76-75--224 (T13)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate                         76-73--149 (T39)
ODU/OBX Collegiate                               73-74-72--219 (T26)
Sea Best Invitational                               75-72-73--220 (T37)
Wexford Intercollegiate                           73-74-71--218 (T18)
Sacramento State Intercollegiate             74-71-75--220 (14)
Mission Inn Spring Spectacular                74-74-74--222 (T23)
Seahawk Intercollegiate                          73-73--146 (T21)
East Carolina Intercollegiate                    75-73-76--224 (T5)
Big South Championship                          67-72-74--213 (4)
NCAA Kohler Regional                            78-71-77—226 (T63)
2016-17
Mark Simpson Colorado National             70-70-71--211 (T9)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate                         68-72-76--216 (T26)
ODU/OBX Collegiate                               71-71-77--222 (T39)
East Bay Deli Classic at Kiawah               73-77-76--226 (T36)
Sea Best Invitational                               76-71-71--218 (T28)
The Hayt Invitational                              75-73-73--221 (T23)
Border Olympics                                    70-66--136 (T2)
Seahawk Intercollegiate                          76-74-67--217 (T5)
Seattle U Redhawk Invitational                74-73-70--217 (T15)
Big South Championship                     67-66-69--202 (1)
NCAA West Lafayette Regional                75-75-70—220 (T12)
2017-18
Golfweek Conference Challenge              69-70-72--211 (T5)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate                         70-73-74--217 (T22)
Tar Heel Intercollegiate                         67-65-74--206 (T6)
OBX Intercollegiate                                68-69-73--210 (T10)
The Battle at Stono Ferry                       70-64-68--202 (2)
Sea Best Invitational                              74-70-72--216 (T37)
Border Olympics                                    74-69-70--213 (T19)
Seahawk Intercollegiate                         74-70-78--222 (T18)
ECU Intercollegiate                                74-82-72--228 (T27)
Stitch Intercollegiate                              75-73-70--218 (T32)
Big South Championship                         70-78-73--221 (T16)
NCAA Raleigh Regional                           71-71-71--213 (T40)
2018-19
Golfweek Program Challenge            65-70-65--200 (1)
Golfweek Conference Challenge              76-69--145 (T26)
Wolfpack Intercollegiate                         69-72-68--209 (T10)
OBX Intercollegiate                            65-64-68--197 (1)
FGCU Classic                                         79-74-73--226 (T9)
Sea Best Invitational                              74-73-75--222 (T54)
ECU Intercollegiate                                 75-75-76--226 (T21)
Border Olympics                                    75-68-69--212 (T10)
Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate            76-69-73--218 (T5)
Stitch Intercollegiate                              71-71--142 (T13)
Big South Conference                        71-65-71--207 (1)
NCAA Athens Regional                           71-72-76—219 (T28)
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2017-18Junior

    6'3" 180 lbs
  • 2018-19Senior

    6'3" 180 lbs