peoplepill id: jonas-blixt
JB
Sweden
1 views today
1 views this week
Jonas Blixt
Professional golfer

Jonas Blixt

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
Professional golfer
From
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Nässjö, Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden
Age
40 years
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Jonas Blixt (born 24 April 1984) is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.

Amateur career

Blixt was born in Nässjö, Sweden. He played golf at Florida State University during which time he was a second-team All-American selection in 2007 and a first-team All-American in 2008. He was All-ACC as a junior and a first team All-ACC in 2008. He was a Ping all southeast region in 2008. He won the 2007 Inverness intercollegiate event and had five top fives along with two sixth-place finishes at other collegiate events in 2008. He won four career collegiate events and was a 2008 all-Nicklaus honoree.

Blixt competed in the Palmer Cup in 2007 and 2008.

Professional career

Blixt turned professional in 2008 and competed in one Nationwide Tour event that season. In 2009, Blixt competed in more than 20 events, earning over $120,000. Although primarily based in the United States, he also played on the European Challenge Tour.

Blixt earned a place on the PGA Tour in 2012 by finishing fifth on the Nationwide Tour standings in the 2011 season. In May 2012, Blixt finished in a tie for third at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, having been tied for the lead until he bogeyed the 71st hole. After the Memorial Tournament in June, Blixt missed two months of the season due to a rib injury. He started the PGA Tour Fall Series well with another third-place finish at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

The following week at the 2012 Frys.com Open, Blixt beat rookie Jason Kokrak and veteran Tim Petrovic by one stroke for his maiden PGA Tour win in his 19th PGA Tour start.

In 2013, Blixt won again, this time the Greenbrier Classic by two strokes over four players, including Johnson Wagner, who was four ahead of Blixt after three rounds. Blixt finished in fourth place at the 2013 PGA Championship.

Blixt played in the 2014 Masters Tournament, his first visit to Augusta, and finished in a tie for second place with Jordan Spieth, three shots behind Bubba Watson. He played all four rounds under par, shooting 70-71-71-71 for a five-under-par total. The result elevated Blixt to a career high of 33rd in the Official World Golf Ranking.

In 2015, Blixt was added as a new golfer on EA Sports' Rory McIlroy PGA Tour Game.

Amateur wins (9)

  • 2001 European Boys Championship (team event)
  • 2002 Wermland Junior Open
  • 2003 Bankboken Tour Elite Final
  • 2005 Gator Invitational, Wermland Junior Open, JSM Matchplay
  • 2006 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate
  • 2007 Inverness Intercollegiate, ACC Championship

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runners-up
114 Oct 2012Frys.com Open66-68-66-68=268−161 strokeUnited States Jason Kokrak, United States Tim Petrovic
27 Jul 2013Greenbrier Classic66-67-67-67=267−132 strokesAustralia Steven Bowditch, Australia Matt Jones,
United States Johnson Wagner, United States Jimmy Walker

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
14 Jul 2008Lyckorna Scratch (Sweden Mini-Tour)−7 (70-67=137)4 strokesSweden Pontus Leijon, Sweden Claes Nilsson

Results in major championships

Tournament2013201420152016
Masters TournamentDNPT2T28DNP
U.S. OpenDNPCUTDNPDNP
The Open ChampionshipT26CUTCUTDNP
PGA Championship4T35DNPCUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament01011122
U.S. Open00000010
The Open Championship00000031
PGA Championship00011132
Totals01022295
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2013 Open Championship – 2014 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 PGA – 2014 Masters)

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament20132014
Cadillac ChampionshipDNPT16
Match PlayDNPR32
Bridgestone InvitationalT59T58
HSBC ChampionsT63T14

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2007, 2008 (winners)

Professional

  • World Cup (representing Sweden): 2013
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Jonas Blixt is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Jonas Blixt
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes