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Magnus Persson Atlevi
Magnus Persson Atlevi (born 26 July 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. He competed as Magnus Persson until his marriage to Elisabeth Atlevi in 1999.
As a golf prodigy, Persson became a scratch player at age 15, at the time the youngest ever in Sweden, and at 16 reached a +1 handicap, as one of just four players in the country. At just 15 years of age, Persson finished runner-up and low foreign contestant at the 1980 Orange Bowl International Junior Championship in Coral Gables, Florida, after winning a playoff for second place with Stephen Ames and Paul Way. The year after, he repeated his low foreign contestant finish at Orange Bowl, again after a playoff against Stephen Ames, and a total sixth place.
Persson won the European final of the 1981 Doug Sanders International Junior Championship, for players up to 18 years of age, at Hazlehead Golf Club, Scotland.
His last year playing as an amateur, he qualified for the 1982 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, aged only 16. This year, he also won the amateur tournament Martini Cup at Rya Golf Club, Helsingborg, Sweden, with a 72-hole score 8 under par and the Swedish Junior Stroke-play Championship at the same course.
Persson was a member of the tied second-placed Sweden amateur team at the 1982 Eisenhower Trophy in Lausanne, Switzerland, in September. Persson made a four feet birdie putt at his 72nd hole to give Sweden a silver medal, shared with Japan, seven strokes behind United States.
At the end of 1982, he was named Swedish Golfer of the Year, male and female, by far the youngest player ever and the last time an amateur received the award.
A sponsor agreement with car manufacturer Saab Automobile made it possible for Persson and two of his teammates from the 1982 Eisenhower Trophy, Ove Sellberg and Krister Kinell, to turn professional and form Team Saab, granted support and financial possibilities to compete on the European Tour. He successfully progressed through the 1982 European Tour Qualifying School, at La Manga, Spain, in November, finishing tied 7th and earned his first pay check. At the age of 17, he was the youngest player ever to win a European Tour card.
As a pro, he followed his 1982 Open Championship participation, by also qualifying the following three years, with a career best tied 39th finish in 1985. He would go on to start in The Open Championship totally eight times.
Magnus Persson Atlevi
Magnus Persson Atlevi (born 26 July 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. He competed as Magnus Persson until his marriage to Elisabeth Atlevi in 1999.
As a golf prodigy, Persson became a scratch player at age 15, at the time the youngest ever in Sweden, and at 16 reached a +1 handicap, as one of just four players in the country. At just 15 years of age, Persson finished runner-up and low foreign contestant at the 1980 Orange Bowl International Junior Championship in Coral Gables, Florida, after winning a playoff for second place with Stephen Ames and Paul Way. The year after, he repeated his low foreign contestant finish at Orange Bowl, again after a playoff against Stephen Ames, and a total sixth place.
Persson won the European final of the 1981 Doug Sanders International Junior Championship, for players up to 18 years of age, at Hazlehead Golf Club, Scotland.
His last year playing as an amateur, he qualified for the 1982 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, aged only 16. This year, he also won the amateur tournament Martini Cup at Rya Golf Club, Helsingborg, Sweden, with a 72-hole score 8 under par and the Swedish Junior Stroke-play Championship at the same course.
Persson was a member of the tied second-placed Sweden amateur team at the 1982 Eisenhower Trophy in Lausanne, Switzerland, in September. Persson made a four feet birdie putt at his 72nd hole to give Sweden a silver medal, shared with Japan, seven strokes behind United States.
At the end of 1982, he was named Swedish Golfer of the Year, male and female, by far the youngest player ever and the last time an amateur received the award.
A sponsor agreement with car manufacturer Saab Automobile made it possible for Persson and two of his teammates from the 1982 Eisenhower Trophy, Ove Sellberg and Krister Kinell, to turn professional and form Team Saab, granted support and financial possibilities to compete on the European Tour. He successfully progressed through the 1982 European Tour Qualifying School, at La Manga, Spain, in November, finishing tied 7th and earned his first pay check. At the age of 17, he was the youngest player ever to win a European Tour card.
As a pro, he followed his 1982 Open Championship participation, by also qualifying the following three years, with a career best tied 39th finish in 1985. He would go on to start in The Open Championship totally eight times.