Robin Petersson

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| fullname = Jan Olle Robin Petersson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|5|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Helsingborg, Sweden

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| height = 5 ft 8 in

| weight = 190 lbs

| nationality = {{SWE}}

| residence = Helsingborg, Sweden

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| college = Augusta University

| yearpro = 2017

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| tour = Challenge Tour

| extour = Nordic Golf League
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| award1 = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
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| award2 = Michael Carter Award

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| award3 = PGA of Sweden Future Fund Award

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Robin Petersson (born 12 May 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer and Challenge Tour player. He tied for 3rd at the 2022 Cazoo Classic, a European Tour event.{{cite web |title=Robin Petersson – Profile |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/robin-petersson-41336/?tour=challenge-tour |publisher=European Tour |access-date=3 April 2025}}

Amateur career

Petersson started playing golf at 11 and won several titles on the junior circuits in Sweden, including the 2013 PGA Junior Open. He appeared for the National Team at the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy in Mexico and the 2016 European Amateur Team Championship at Golf de Chantilly in France, securing the silver medal after they lost the final 2–5 to a Scottish team that included Grant Forrest, Craig Howie, Connor Syme and Robert MacIntyre.{{cite web |title=European Team Championships |url=https://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-team-championships |publisher=EGA |access-date=3 April 2025}}

Representing Europe, he won the 2016 Bonallack Trophy against Asia/Pacific and tied the 2016 St Andrews Trophy against Great Britain and Ireland.{{cite news |last1=Strömberg |first1=Martin |title=Fina uppdrag för Frida och Robin |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/blogg/20160304/fint-uppdrag-for-frida-och-robin/ |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=Svensk Golf |date=4 March 2016 |language=sv}}

Petersson shot a second-best opening round of 65 to advance to match play at the 2016 U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills Country Club, where he lost to Jimmy Stanger.{{cite web |title=Petersson Tied For Second To Start U.S. Amateur With A 65 (-5) |url=https://augustajags.com/news/2016/8/15/8_15_2016_3047.aspx |publisher=Augusta University |access-date=3 April 2025}}

In 2016, Petersson reached a World Amateur Golf Ranking of 24, making him his country's best-ranked male amateur.{{cite web |title=Sweden's Leading Amateur and World No.24 Turns Professional |url=https://www.p4m.golf/robin-petersson-turns-professional |publisher=P4M Golf Management |access-date=3 April 2025}} For the year his match play record in team competition stood at 10-3-2 (W-L-D).{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Stuart |title=Petersson Puts Pro Career on Hold to Play Elite Amateur Events |url=https://www.usga.org/championships/2016/u-s--amateur/articles/petersson-puts-pro-career-on-hold-this-summer-to-play-elite-amat.html |publisher=USGA |access-date=3 April 2025 |date=17 August 2016}}

College career

Petersson attended Augusta University from 2011 to 2016, and excelled with the Augusta Jaguars men's golf team. He had three individual wins in his senior season and was ranked 29th nationally by Golfstat.{{cite web |title=Men's Golf Roster: Robin Petersson |url=https://augustajags.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/robin-petersson/742 |publisher=Augusta University |access-date=3 April 2025}} He represented Team Europe at the 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup alongside Sam Horsfield, Adrian Meronk and Antoine Rozner. He beat Doug Ghim 6 & 5 in singles to help win the cup for Europe, and received the Michael Carter Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.arnoldpalmercup.com/content/europe-reclaims-arnold-palmer-cup-formby-golf-club |title=Europe Reclaims Arnold Palmer Cup at Formby Golf Club |publisher=Arnold Palmer Cup |accessdate=3 April 2025}}

He was named All-America Scholar in 2015 and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2016 as he won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship for a second time, and received All-American honors.{{cite web |title=Augusta's Petersson Named PING All-American Honorable Mention |url=https://meacsports.com/news/2016/6/24/211034401.aspx |publisher=Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |access-date=3 April 2025 |date=24 June 2016}}{{cite web |title=Georgia Regents Petersson Named All-America Scholar |url=https://meacsports.com/news/2015/8/3/210247531.aspx |publisher=Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |access-date=3 April 2025 |date=3 August 2015}}

Professional career

Petersson turned professional in January 2017 and joined the Nordic Golf League. He earned status for the 2020 Challenge Tour at Qualifying School, and his best finish in his rookie season was a tie for 5th at the Challenge Tour Grand Final, two strokes behind winner Ondřej Lieser.

In 2022, he tied for 3rd at the Cazoo Classic, a European Tour event in England, two strokes behind winner Richie Ramsay, and a few weeks later he finish tied 10th at the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland.{{cite news |last1=Hjälm |first1=Mattias |title=Avslappnad Robin Petersson: ”Ekonomiskt var det fantastiskt” |url=https://www.hd.se/artikel/avslappnad-robin-petersson-ekonomiskt-var-det-fantastiskt/ |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=Helsingborgs Dagblad |date=26 August 2022 |language=sv}}{{cite news |last1=Steffensen |first1=Bo |title=CT-proffset tog chansen – säkrade hela säsongen |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/tournytt/20220824/robin-petersson-tror-pa-laga-scorer-pa-allerum/ |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=Svensk Golf |date=24 August 2022 |language=sv}}

Amateur wins

2008 Skandia Tour Riks #6 - Skåne
2009 Skandia Tour Elit #1
2010 Götenehus Short Game Masters, Skandia Tour Riks #7 - Skåne
2011 Götenehus Short Game Masters
2012 PGA Junior Open
2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship, Kiawah Classic, NC State Wolfpack Intercollegiate
2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship

Sources:{{cite web |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/Players_startpage?PlayerID=27532 |title=Robin Petersson |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=3 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/robin-petersson-87581 |title=Robin Petersson |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=3 April 2025}}