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Freddie Jacobson
Personal information
Full nameFredrik Ulf Yngve Jacobson
NicknameFreddie, Fidde
Born (1974-09-26) 26 September 1974 (age 50)
Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight178 lb (81 kg; 12.7 st)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceHobe Sound, Florida
Kullavik, Kungsbacka, Sweden
Spouse
Erika Juthage Jacobson
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(m. 2003)​
Children3
Career
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking16 (23 November 2003)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT17: 2004
PGA ChampionshipT17: 2004
U.S. OpenT5: 2003
The Open ChampionshipT6: 2003

Fredrik Ulf Yngve Jacobson (born 26 September 1974) is a Swedish professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.

Early life

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Jacobson was born in Kungsbacka, 30 kilometers south of Gothenburg, at the west coast of Sweden. At young age, he was a promising ice hockey player. When Jacobson was 10 years old, he started playing golf. The club pro, Per Nellbeck, at the local golf club, Kungsbacka Golf Club, also played ice hockey and taught the entire Jacobson family to play, his parents Ulf and Monica and his sister Therese, who also came to be a golf professional.

Jacobson also showed early talent in table tennis and ranked top 30 in his country at age 14–15.

Amateur career

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At age 18, Jacobson won both the European and the World final of the 1992 Doug Sanders International Junior Championship at Hazlehead Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland.[2]

In 1994, Jacobson won the last edition of the British Youths Open Championship, scoring 277 over 72 holes at Royal St David's Golf Club, Wales.

Jacobson represented Sweden at the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy at Le Golf National outside Paris, France. He finished 3rd with his team and best Swedish player, tied 4th individually, one stroke ahead of Tiger Woods.

Professional career

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He turned professional in late in 1994 and qualified for the 1995 European Tour through qualifying school, He was a member of the European Tour in 1995 and from 1997 to 2004. In December 2002 he won his first European Tour title, belonging to the 2002–2003 season, and went on to claim two more victories that season. His fourth-place finish on the Order of Merit that year equalled Anders Forsbrand's Swedish record set in 1992, and was the first Swede to win three official money events in one season on the European Tour. Jacobson's victory at the 2003 Algarve Open de Portugal was the 50th win by a Swedish player on the European Tour.[3]

At the 2003 German Masters, Jacobson tied the European Tour 18-hole scoring record for one round, by shooting 12 under par 60 in the first round. The record was beaten in 2018, when Oliver Fisher scored a round of 59 at the Portugal Masters, but it is still, as of November 2020, a tied European Tour record in relation to par. It was also the lowest 18 hole score ever by a Swedish male player.[3]

Jacobson was the top scorer in the 2003 Seve Trophy, representing the Continent of Europe against Great Britain and Ireland. He collected four and a half points out of five.

In 2004 he just missed out on a Ryder Cup place, finishing one place short in both the European Tour rankings and the world ranking points rankings, and not being selected as a captain's pick.

In 2004, he joined the PGA Tour. Jacobson won his first PGA Tour title in 2011 at the Travelers Championship. He beat Ryan Moore, who missed a short four footer at the 72nd hole which would have gotten him into a playoff with Jacobson, but instead settled for a tie with John Rollins one shot behind. During the week, Jacobson went 63 holes bogey-free until the difficult par four 10th on Sunday where he made a bogey five. He hit 100% of the fairways during rounds three and four.

In November 2011, Jacobson had his best finish ever in a World Golf Championship event when he finished solo 2nd at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, China. Jacobson had led the tournament after rounds two and three and entered the final round with a two stroke advantage over Louis Oosthuizen. However it was a final round surge from Martin Kaymer that denied Jacobson, the German firing nine birdies on the day to post a 63. Jacobson could only record a 71 to fall short by three strokes.

At the 2013 Northern Trust Open, Jacobson had a chance to win his second PGA Tour title when he birdied the 15th and 16th holes in the final round to tie the lead. He then missed a short birdie putt at the 17th to take the outright lead. On the 72nd hole, Jacobson missed a five-foot par putt, which left him one shot outside of the playoff.

Jacobson has been featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, with 16th his highest position, received in November 2003.

Jacobson cut his 2014–15 season short after the Crowne Plaza Invitational to care for his son Max, who underwent open-heart surgery. The procedure was successful, and Max recovered well. The PGA Tour granted Jacobson a medical extension under the family crisis provision. Jacobson fulfilled his medical extension with a fifth-place finish at the 2016 RSM Classic.[4]

He made his PGA Tour Champions debut the week after he turned 50 at the 2024 Constellation Furyk and Friends, where he was tied for the lead after the first round and ultimately finished tied 10th.[5]

Awards, honors

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In 2000 Jacobson earned Elite Sign No. 120 by the Swedish Golf Federation, on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.[6]

In 2012, Jacobson was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.[7]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (4)

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PGA Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 26 Jun 2011 Travelers Championship −20 (65-66-63-66=260) 1 stroke United States Ryan Moore, United States John Rollins

European Tour wins (3)

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Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 1 Dec 2002
(2003 season) 		Omega Hong Kong Open1 −16 (68-65-63-64=260) 2 strokes Argentina Jorge Berendt, Sweden Henrik Nyström
2 20 Apr 2003 Algarve Open de Portugal −5 (64-76-71-72=283) 1 stroke England Brian Davis, Wales Jamie Donaldson,
Wales Bradley Dredge
3 2 Nov 2003 Volvo Masters Andalucía −12 (64-71-71-70=276) Playoff Spain Carlos Rodiles

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1998 Belgacom Open England Lee Westwood Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2002 Barclays Scottish Open Argentina Eduardo Romero Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2003 Volvo Masters Andalucía Spain Carlos Rodiles Won with par on fourth extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1998 1999
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship 76
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T17 CUT
U.S. Open T5 CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT T6 CUT T52 T19 T70
PGA Championship CUT T17 T34 T24
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament T19 T25
U.S. Open T14 T15 CUT
The Open Championship T16 T54 T44 CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT T36 CUT T69 T73
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 3
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 13 8
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 6
Totals 0 0 0 1 2 11 33 20
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2012 Masters – 2013 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2003 U.S. Open – 2003 Open Championship)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
The Players Championship CUT CUT T22 CUT T32 T49 T10 T64 CUT T48 64 T42 T49 CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Match Play R16 R64 R64 R16
Championship T28 T59 68 T16
Invitational 84 T32 T56 T11 T50
Champions 2
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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  1. ^ "Week 47 2003 Ending 23 Nov 2003" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ Dahlqvist, Johan (October 1992). "Vilka Juniorer! Resultat, Internationellt, Amatörer" [What Juniors! Results, International, Amateurs]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. pp. 68–69, 81.
  3. ^ a b Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf – Den stora sporten [Golf – The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 258, 260, 270. ISBN 91-86818007.
  4. ^ Ross, Helen (8 March 2016). "What Happens If I Don't Wake Up?". PGA Tour. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ Bissell, Kathlene (5 October 2024). "Three top Constellation Furyk & Friends, One just turned 50". Pro Golf Now. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  6. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 97. ISBN 91-86818007.
  7. ^ "PGA of Sweden, Utmärkelser, Hedersmedlemar" [PGA of Sweden, Awards, Honorary Members] (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  8. ^ "European Team Championships, European Boys' Team Championship, 1992". European Golf Association. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. ^ "European Team Championships, European Amateur Team Championship, 1993". European Golf Association. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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