6th Win Of Season

It was a few shot years ago that we had the opportunity to cover  an Amateur event in Surrey at Morgan Creek where we had the luxury of watching a young 20 year old Adam Svensson in action.

Everyone in attendance knew it was only a matter of time for Adam to come full circle on the golf tour and make his mark in the world of Golf and this season Team Canada’s Adam Svensson has continued his stellar play.

Adam started his career off with a win in 2007 for the BC Bantam Boy’s Championships only to be followed up by a 5th place finish in 2009 for the CN Future Links Pacific Championship.

He captured his second straight NCAA Division 11 Team Championship with the Barry University Buccaneers and was awarded the Jack Nicklaus Award that was presented to the top NCAA Division 1, 2,3, NAIA and NJCAA players of the year.

The 20-year-old Barry University sophomore won the Buccaneer Invitational Tuesday by a margin of six strokes.

Svensson jumped in the lead in the second round with a two eagle, 10-under 61 – a course record at Normandy Shores Golf Club and his round of 61 was also a Barry University school record.

The record that was previous held was 64 set by Svensson earlier in the year, so he shown no sign of letting up when he’s on any green.

“It was nice,” Svensson said of his second round 61. “I had no idea I was going to shoot 61. I was six-under after 15 holes and had two par 5s left. I eagled 16, parred 17 and on 18 my assistant coach came up to me and asked me where I was at and I said eight-under, but I told him I was trying to make birdie to get the course record. He said, ‘why not eagle’ and I hit it to 10 feet and made the eagle putt.”

The Surrey, B.C., native is currently ranked No. 44 in the World Amateur Rankings (WAGR).

He is still carrying the momentum from winning last year’s Phil Mickelson award, given to the most outstanding freshman in Men’s Div II golf. He is also making a strong case to win this year’s Jack Nicklaus award as the top golfer in his division.

Svensson’s scoring record this season is a school record 1.77 strokes under par, earning him a nod from Barry University as the player of the week.

Collectively, the Barry Buccaneers won the event by 22 strokes over runner-up Johnson & Wales University.

They were the only team to shoot under par for the tournament and also maintain the No.1 rank in Men’s Div II Golf.

Svensson and the Buccaneers resume action in a couple weeks at the Sunshine State Conference Championships in Dade City, Fla.

Oh yea – did I fail to mention that his home club is http://www.kingslinks.ca/ in Delta?

You can also follow Adam on Twitter at https://twitter.com/svensson_adam