Magnus Persson Atlevi

Magnus Persson Atlevi
Personal information
Full name Magnus Persson Atlevi
Born (1965-07-26) 26 July 1965
Klippan, Sweden
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Staffanstorp, Sweden
Career
Turned professional 1982
Current tour(s) European Senior Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins 8
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour 3
European Senior Tour 1
Other 4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T38: 1985[1]
PGA Championship DNP

Magnus Persson Atlevi (born 26 July 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. He competed as Magnus Persson until his marriage to Elizabeth Atlevi in 1999.[2]

Persson turning professional at the age of 17 after successfully progressing through the 1982 European Tour Qualifying School.[2] As of early 2016, he still holds the record as the youngest player to win a European Tour card.[3]

As a golf prodigy, Persson became a scratch player at 15, at the time the youngest ever in Sweden, and reached a +1 handicap at 16, as one of four in the country. He qualified for the 1982 Open Championship as an amateur, aged 16, and also the following three years, then as a pro. He would go on to start in The Open Championship eight times.[4]

Twice a runner-up on the European Tour, including when he lost out in a playoff to Seve Ballesteros in the Open Renault de Baleares in 1990, 1990 would become his best season, finishing 30th on the European Tour Order of Merit. He lost his card at the end of the 1991 season and has since struggled to regain it. In 2001, on his 11th visit to the Qualifying School Finals in as many years, Persson regained his European Tour card.[2]

Persson won three times on the Challenge Tour, the first title coming in the 1992 Perrier European Pro-Am, the second in the 1993 Torneo Islantilla Golf, and the third in the 1998 Is Molas Challenge.[3]

In 2009 Persson became Tournament Director of the Nordea Tour. He has also started to branch out into golf course design, having created one course in Sweden and one in Finland together with his architect father.[2]

Turning 50, Persson entered the 2015 Senior Tour Qualifying School and had a European Senior Tour card in his grasp before he four-putted the final green for a double bogey, missing out by one shot. He secured his card for the 2016 European Senior Tour tying for third in the 2016 Senior Tour Qualifying School, having led the field after rounds two and three.[3]

Professional wins (8)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

Telia Tour (2)

ECCO Tour (1)

Nordea Tour (1)

European Senior Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 11 Sep 2016 Paris Legends Championship –8 (70-66-69=205) 2 strokes Wales Stephen Dodd, England Philip Golding,
Wales Mark Mouland

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1987 Scandinavian Enterprise Open Scotland Gordon Brand, Jnr Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 1990 Open Renault de Baleares Spain Seve Ballesteros Lost to par on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ↑ 1985 British Open, About Golf, 18 December 2015
  2. 1 2 3 4 Challenge Tour Bio, European Tour, accessed 4 March 2016
  3. 1 2 3 Senior Tour Qualifying School 2016 - Meet The Graduates, European Tour, 29 February 2016
  4. ↑ Meet the Pro, Lunds Akademiska Golfklubb, accessed 4 March 2016
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