Jesper Bo Parnevik is a Swedish professional golfer.
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29 Facts About Jesper Parnevik
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Jesper Parnevik spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 2000 and 2001.
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At age 15, Jesper Parnevik spent 10 days in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and developed an appreciation for life in the United States; he later moved to Palm Beach County, Florida, to attend Palm Beach Junior College in Lake Worth on a golf scholarship.
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Jesper Parnevik was a member of the team representing Sweden at the 1984 and 1986 Eisenhower Trophy.
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Jesper Parnevik's breakthrough came when he out-dueled Payne Stewart at the 1993 Scottish Open at Gleneagles King's Course.
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In late 2000, Jesper Parnevik underwent hip surgery at the persuasion of Greg Norman, who had undergone similar surgery.
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Jesper Parnevik finished second in the Valero Texas Open in October 2007, losing to Justin Leonard in a playoff.
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In 2009, after a tie for 17th at the SAS Masters in Sweden, Jesper Parnevik underwent further hip surgery in Vail, Colorado, United States, which cut short his 2009 season on the PGA Tour.
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Jesper Parnevik cited the hip injury as the reason for his withdrawal from the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in December 2009.
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In 2010, Jesper Parnevik missed cuts in his first three tournaments and had to withdraw again after a first round 68 at the Northern Trust Open because of an ailing back.
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Jesper Parnevik had emergency surgery where it was discovered that he had a broken lumbar vertebrae that could put his career in jeopardy.
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Jesper Parnevik played the 2011 PGA Tour season on a fully exempt status for his Top 50 All-Time Earnings ranking.
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Jesper Parnevik was allowed to reuse this one-time exemption after being able to play only five tournaments in 2010.
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Jesper Parnevik played the 2012 and 2013 seasons on a Medical Extension after suffering a severe injury to his right hand in a boating accident.
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Jesper Parnevik started 2016 with a tie for third at the Chubb Classic, losing out to former world number one golfers Bernhard Langer and Fred Couples.
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Jesper Parnevik got his first win on the Champions Tour in the same year at the Insperity Invitational.
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Jesper Parnevik is known for his distinctive and eccentric taste in clothes and fashion as well as his playing achievements, a fashion sense that led golf writer Dan Jenkins to describe him as "the last guy to climb out of the clown car at the circus".
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Jesper Parnevik has since stopped wearing the flipped-bill hat, opting for strawhats and visors but retains a flamboyant sense of fashion, such as disco-style purple trousers and other golf apparel designed by Johan Lindeberg.
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Jesper Parnevik has been politely described as "eclectic", and has been known to change outfits at the halfway stage of a round of tournament golf.
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Jesper Parnevik is known to eat volcanic dust as a dietary supplement.
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In 2003, the three Swedish teammates of the victorious European Ryder Cup team the previous year, Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke and Jesper Parnevik, was each, by the Swedish Golf Federation, awarded the Golden Club, the highest award for contributions to Swedish golf, as the 30th, 31st and 32nd recipients.
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Jesper Parnevik has an eclectic acting career, including a cameo in the 2007 comedy, Who's Your Caddy, in which he plays himself.
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Jesper Parnevik quickly replied that it would have to be a choice between Albert Einstein and Elvis Presley.
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Jesper Parnevik is credited with having introduced fellow professional golfer Tiger Woods to Swedish au pair Elin Nordegren, whom Woods eventually married.
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Jesper Parnevik subsequently stated in 2009 that he regretted his responsibility for this introduction after reports of Woods' infidelity surfaced that year.
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Jesper Parnevik is married to Mia Parnevik, and they have three daughters and one son.
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