Jonas Blixt

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

Jonas Blixt
Personal information
Born (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984
Nässjö, Sweden
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight164 lb (74 kg; 11.7 st)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceJacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeFlorida State University
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Nationwide Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking33 (13 April 2014)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT2: 2014
PGA Championship4th: 2013
U.S. OpenCUT: 2014
The Open ChampionshipT26: 2013

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.[2] 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.

On 1 May 2017, Blixt partnered with Cameron Smith to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the first team event on the PGA Tour since 1981. The pair did not make a bogey during the tournament and defeated Scott Brown and Kevin Kisner in a playoff. It was Blixt's third career PGA Tour win.[3]

Amateur wins
  • 2002 Wermland Junior Open
  • 2003 Bankboken Tour Elite Final, Swedish Junior Stroke Play Championship,[4] Nordic Amateur Championship
  • 2005 Gator Invitational, Wermland Junior Open, Swedish Junior Match-Play Championship[4]
  • 2006 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate
  • 2007 Inverness Intercollegiate, ACC Championship

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 14 Oct 2012 Frys.com Open 66-68-66-68=268 −16 1 stroke Jason Kokrak, Tim Petrovic
2 7 Jul 2013 Greenbrier Classic 66-67-67-67=267 −13 2 strokes Steven Bowditch, Matt Jones,
Johnson Wagner, Jimmy Walker
3 1 May 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with Cameron Smith)		 67-62-68-64=261 −27 Playoff Scott Brown and Kevin Kisner

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with Cameron Smith)		 Scott Brown and Kevin Kisner Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

Other wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 4 Jul 2008 Lyckorna Scratch (Sweden Mini-Tour) −7 (70-67=137) 4 strokes Pontus Leijon, Claes Nilsson

Results in major championships
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament T2 T28
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T26 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship 4 T35 CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament01011122
U.S. Open00000010
The Open Championship00000041
PGA Championship00011142
Totals010222115
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2013 Open Championship – 2014 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 PGA – 2014 Masters)

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 201320142015201620172018
The Players Championship 77 T75 CUT T19 CUT CUT

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20132014
Match Play R32
Championship T16
Invitational T59 T58
Champions T63 T14
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 15 2014 Ending 13 Apr 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. Porter, Kyle (13 April 2014). "Bubba Watson wins 2014 Masters". CBS Sports.
  3. "Cameron Smith-Jonas Blixt team wins Zurich Classic in a playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 May 2017.
  4. https://golf.se/for-spelaren/tavlingar/blagula-segrar/
  5. "Golf - Den Stora Sporten'" [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. p. 201.
  6. "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association.
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