Jonas Blixt is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 professional golf

Golf

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er who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour

Nationwide Tour

The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

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Amateur career

Blixt was born in Nässjö

Nässjö

Nässjö is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 16,463 inhabitants in 2005.-History:Nässjö was for a long time only a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point was the construction of the Swedish railway system. The southern...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. He played golf at Florida State University

Florida State University

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 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

Atlantic Coast Conference

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 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 two the Palmer Cup

Palmer Cup

The Palmer Cup is an annual eight man team golf competition between American college golfers and European college/university golfers. It is named after Arnold Palmer. The teams are selected on the basis of nationality, not according to the location of the players' universities...

 in 2007 and 2008.

Professional career

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

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

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Amateur wins

• 2001 European Boys Championship
• 2005 Gator Invitational
• 2006 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate
• 2007 Inverness Intercollegiate, ACC Championship

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