Adam Mednick (born 9 September 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer .
31-490: Mednick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adam Mednick (born 1966), Swedish golfer Martha Mednick (1929–2020), American psychologist Murray Mednick (born 1939), American playwright and poet Sara Mednick , American sleep researcher Sarnoff A. Mednick (1928–2015), American psychologist See also [ edit ] MEDNIK syndrome [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
62-681: A yearly professional tournament in Sweden. In 1969, a conflict between the Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden, resulted in that no professional tournaments were sanctioned by the federation to take place in the country. Starting in 1970, the Dunlop Cup was transformed to the official Swedish PGA Championship , which became the most important tournament on a small but soon growing professional circuit in Sweden. At this time,
93-671: The COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 schedule was subject to change. The Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden decided on June 2, of a restart of the 2020 tour on July 2–4 with Katrineholm Open hosted by Robert Karlsson at Katrineholm Golf Club. Only two scheduled tournaments in Spain in February took place before a three months break. The Swedish Golf Tour has been titled as the Scandinavian Golf Tour (1993–1995),
124-768: The Challenge Tour Dual-ranking event with the European Tour Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1) Note: Mednick only played in The Open Championship. CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Amateur Swedish Golf Tour The Swedish Golf Tour , currently titled as the Cutter & Buck Tour for sponsorship reasons, is a developmental professional golf which was formerly operated by Svenska Golftourerna AB, as well as being owned equally by
155-531: The European Tour tournament in Sweden, the 1984 Scandinavian Enterprise Open (SEO), with a prize fund of SKr 1.5 million, was included in the SGT. As the best Swedish players were expected to mainly compete abroad, two Order of Merit standings were counted, one with total money won by SGT-members, with other main tours included, and one with only SGT tournaments counted. One of the purposes with two rankings
186-711: The Nordic Golf League (NGL) was established and came to include the SGT, as well as the national golf tour of Denmark and tournaments in Finland and Norway. As the European Tour and the Challenge Tour have become stronger and richer, players have usually stayed to the tour on the highest level they have been qualified for, why the SGT Order of Merit (total) have lost its significance in favor of
217-688: The Scottish Youth Championship at Cawder Golf Club, Glasgow , with a score of 282, nine strokes ahead of the nearest competitor. In 1986, Mednick began at college in Jacksonville, Florida , to combine studies with golf training, but left school after the first year and moved back to Sweden. Mednick was a candidate to be selected for the Swedish team at the 1988 Eisenhower Trophy on home soil in Stockholm, but did not make
248-560: The Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden. Since 2018 it has been operated by the Swedish Golf Federation. The tour is designed to help Swedish golfers to reach the standard of play needed to qualify for the European Tour or the Challenge Tour . The events on the SGT are included in the Nordic Golf League , which is one of four European Tour-recognised third-tier tours, and is run in collaboration by
279-508: The surname Mednick . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mednick&oldid=1186184992 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Adam Mednick Mednick
310-494: The 1996 Swedish Match-play Championship , he finished the 1996 season on top of the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit. Mednick played on the European Tour and the second tier Challenge Tour between 1990 and 2006 but his career was restricted by a back injury sustained in 1995. He won one tournament at the top level, the 2002 North West of Ireland Open at Ballyliffin, Ireland, which was dual-ranked with
341-500: The European Tour and the Challenge Tour. Mednick became the 18th Swedish winner on the European Tour with the 47th victory by a Swedish player. On 18 October 2002, Mednick achieved a career highest world ranking of 295. In 2008, Mednick coached the successful European Palmer Cup team together with Mårten Olander . Mednick made his debut on the European Senior Tour at the inaugural Paris Legends Championship
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#1732775569653372-642: The NGL Order of Merit. The top five players on the NGL rankings list at the end of each season earn a place on the second tier Challenge Tour for the following year. Since July 2015, the NGL carry Official World Golf Ranking points. Since 2018 the Swedish Golf Federation drives the tour in its own organization. In 2020, the men's Swedish Golf Tour initially included 16 scheduled tournaments, held in four countries, beginning in February and ending in October. Due to
403-469: The PGA Championship). Non-PGA members with a licence, as well as PGA members, were allowed to receive prize money. The new and internationally unique rules, made it possible to transform the traditionally most important amateur tournaments in the country to professional tournaments, attractive to sponsors and made it possible for many top amateurs to turn professional. The Swedish Golf Tour, SGT,
434-497: The Swedish PGA Championship and the other domestic professional tournaments for several years, a Swedish Club pro PGA Championship, limited to instructing professionals in Sweden and not included in the SGT, was established. The first year, 1984, the SGT consisted of seven tournaments with a total prize amount of SKr 1.3 million and winners' share between SKr 25,000 and SKr 50,000 for each tournament. Except that,
465-466: The Swedish teams usually had difficulties to be competitive. The first Swedish tournament professionals appeared in the early 1970s, with Jan Rosell as the very first in 1971, soon followed by Bengt Malmqvist and Gunnar Mueller . From 1977, only tournament professionals have represented Sweden in the World Cup. In 1970, the first international world class 72-hole golf tournament in Sweden took place,
496-592: The invitational tournament Volvo Open , with Jack Nicklaus and Lanny Wadkins in the field, at Delsjö Golf Club and Royal Drottningholm Golf Club . In 1972, Flygt Open at Viksjö Golf Club and in 1973, Eskilstuna Open was added to the domestic pro circuit schedule. In July 1973, the first European Tour tournament held in Sweden, the Scandinavian Enterprise Open , took place at Royal Drottningholm Golf Club outside Stockholm . Swedish elite players, amateurs as well as professionals, had
527-613: The last round at the Scandinavian Enterprise Open. Six Swedish amateurs had achieved that before him. At the annual meeting of the Swedish Golf Federation in March 1983, "open golf" was introduced, which meant that, from next year both amateurs and professionals were allowed to enter all domestic competitions, the PGA Championship and international amateur tournaments excluded (amateurs later allowed at
558-527: The majority of the club professionals in Sweden were British and none of the Swedish PGA members were tournament professionals. A point system at the few existing tournaments decided the yearly selection of the two best professionals, who were Swedish citizens, to represent Sweden at the World Cup , usually played far away in the world and long after the Swedish golf season was concluded. Understandably,
589-567: The more easy to pronounce portmanteau of Mednickson, which became the family's legal name. After his playing career on the regular tour, Mednick found interest in playing golf with hickory sticks. He has attended the Swedish Hickory Championship several times and twice finished second. Mednick has worked with golf course design together with Pierre Fulke , former tournament professional and one of Sweden's most respected golf course architects. Dual-ranking event with
620-505: The national golf associations of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The four third-level tours carry Official World Golf Ranking points. Each year, usually in October, a 2-stage qualifying school tournament is held, which gives players an opportunity to qualify for the SGT. The developing tour to the SGT is the Future Series, with a minimum prize fund of SKr 50,000 per tournament 2020. The Future Series Ranking, gives players
651-528: The opportunity to qualify for the SGT. The Swedish Golf Tour for women was established in 1986 and is run by the same organization. The history of the men's Swedish Golf Tour is closely linked to the history of professional golf in Sweden. Until the late 1960s, the main, and usually only, professional tournament in Sweden was the Dunlop Cup, played 1932–1968. From 1958, the Penfold Cup was added as
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#1732775569653682-403: The opportunity to try to qualify and a few of them were invited directly to the main tournament. Abdel Halim, Egypt, and John Cockin, England, both working as club professionals in Sweden for many years, shared 24th and 36th place respectively. Cockin shared his place with world stars Kel Nagle and Doug Sanders . In 1978, Gunnar Mueller became the first Swedish born professional to qualify for
713-446: The same day he turned 50, making him eligible for the competition at Le Golf National . His former room-mate and compatriot Magnus Persson Atlevi would go on to secure his first Senior Tour title at the tournament. Mednick competes on the senior tour as Adam Mednickson . After his career on the European Tour he married Tullia Johansson. The couple considered calling themselves Mednick-Johansson until their 4-year-old son Tom suggested
744-534: The same player generation as club mates, European Tour winner to be, Peter Hedblom and 1988 Amateur Championship winner Cristian Härdin . When Härdin became the first Swede to play in The Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in April 1989, Mednick caddied for him. Mednick also caddied for Härdin at the 1988 Amateur Championship triumph, after Mednick had lost and been kicked out from
775-616: The team and turned professional before the 1989 season. In 1990, Mednick won the most prestigious title on the Swedish Golf Tour , the Swedish PGA Championship , that year named Länsförsäkringar Open and also part of the Challenge Tour. Mednick finished second on the 1990 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit. After winning the Swedish PGA Championship again in 1996, this time named the Compaq Open, as well as
806-484: The tour. From 1990 to 1994, all SGT tournaments were co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour . In 1994, a qualifying school tournament for the SGT was established, the first year held in the spring, with 312 players entering, and a second stage in June. The Q school was later moved to the autumn. Until 1996, the SGT Order of Merit standings was decided by money won and since 1997 a point system has been in force. In 1999,
837-468: The tournament in an early round. Mednick lost in the final of the 1984 Boys Amateur Championship against Lee Vannet, Scotland, 2 and 1 at Royal Portcawl Golf Club , Wales . Mednick represented Sweden at the 1984 European Boys' Team Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club , England , as one of the five best male players up to 18 years of age in Sweden, in the same team as future Ryder Cup -player Per-Ulrik Johansson . In June 1986, Mednick won
868-662: Was born in Bethesda, Maryland in the United States to an American father and a Swedish mother, and moved to Sweden when he was eight years old. His great-grandparents emigrated from Kiev in Ukraine, and the authorities in the United States changed their family name from Mednikov to Mednick. Mednick had a successful amateur career, representing Gävle Golf Club, situated 180 kilometres north of Stockholm , Sweden, in
899-605: Was founded in November 1983, to begin in May 1984, and was organized by the PGA of Sweden and the Swedish Golf Federation (SGF) together. Two tournament directors, one from each organization, were appointed to switch responsibility between them for the tournaments, Christer Lindberg from the PGA and Göran Henriks from the SGF. The main sponsor was Kullenberg Fastighets AB The same year, when tournament professionals already had been dominating
930-498: Was included in the SGT. The 1985 Order of Merit (Total) was won by Ove Sellberg and the Order of Merit (SGT) was won by Per-Arne Brostedt . In 1988, a company, Svenska Golftourerna AB, was founded, owned equally by the PGA of Sweden and the Swedish Golf Federation, to organize the two Swedish Golf Tours for men and women. Its first chairperson was Ola Öqvist. During 1987–1998, tournaments in other Nordic countries were included in
961-408: Was to select players to represent Sweden at the World Cup. The first Order of Merit (Total) was won by Anders Forsbrand and the first Order of Merit (SGT) was won by Mats Lanner , who won the final tournament Kullenberg Playoff at Björn Borg Sports Club, Lindö, Stockholm . The year after, the tour grew to nine tournaments, of which one had a first prize of SKr 100,000. Beyond that, the 1985 SEO