Freddie Jacobson

Jacobson was a promising hockey player at age 10. However, one of the players at his club, Per Nellbeck, was also the local golf professional and taught the entire Jacobson family to play. Jacobson's first handicap was 40, but he reached scratch five years later at age 15. Was ranked top-30 in Swedish table tennis at age 14-15. In 1999, missed the first three months after breaking my left thumb playing hockey for golf professionals vs. tennis players. Underwent surgery and returned in March to finish third, second, and second in successive starts.

Won several notable titles in amateur golf before turning professional in 1994.

After 160 events as a professional, he claimed his breakthrough victory on the European Tour at the Omega Hong Kong Open, the second event of the 2003 season... Won again three tournaments later in the Algarve Open de Portugal... Victory was all the more remarkable considering it was his first start back after a 10-week layoff due to a wrist injury... Ended European Tour season with third victory of 2003 at the Volvo Masters at Valderrama, defeating Spain's Carlos Rodiles in a four-hole playoff.

Joined the PGA Tour in 2003, finishing among the top 125 as a non-member in just four starts.

2011 Notes: Best PGA Tour season included his first win at the Travelers Championship and a career-best 29th-place finish in the FedEx Cup... Finished third at CIMB Asia Pacific Classic in Malaysia, then runner-up at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, China... Started the year 131st in world rankings, finished the year 39th.

2012 Notes: His game suffered from a thumb injury, which limited his play to just 17 events. He had only one top-10, T-8th while defending at Travelers, six top-25s, 105th in the FedEx Cup standings, and 104th on the money list.

2013 Notes: Found himself healthy again and showed that with three top-tens on the west coast swing... Best finish for the year was T-3rd in Northern Trust, he was 72nd in the FedEx Cup race and 71st in the money totals.

2014 Notes: Played in 27 events and made the cut in 19 of them. Had three top-tens, including his best T-2nd at the Wyndham Championship and T-3rd at the Crowne Plaza Invitational Colonial. Finished 66th in the FedExCup race and 48th on the money list.

2015 Notes: It was a trying year as his 7-year-old son, Max, was diagnosed with a heart defect. Max underwent open-heart surgery on Aug. 3 to fix the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery. Because of the time off, his family matters only played in 14 events, making 10 cuts. His best finish was T-7th at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He didn't play after Colonial in May. Because of this, he finished 167th on the FedExCup list, missing the playoffs for the first time. He was granted an extension for the 2016 season.

2016 Notes: Played in 26 PGA Tour events, making 18 cuts with three top ten finishes. Was 90th on the FedEx Cup with earnings of 1,354,196.Satisfied the medical requirements with a solo fifth-place finish at The RSM Classic. Also had a pair of back-to-back T-4s at the Farmers Insurance Open and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. In the FedEx Cup playoffs, he missed the cut at the Barclays and Deutsche Bank Championship.

2017 Notes: Played in 9 PGA Tour events, making 3 cuts with no top ten finishes. Best finish T-16th at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

2019 Notes: Played in 19 PGA Tour events, making 7 cuts with no top ten finishes. Best finish T-30th at the Travelers Championship.

2020 Notes: This would be his last year on the PGA Tour. He played five times but didn't make a cut.

His PGA Tour totals include playing in 331 events, making 221 cuts, and finishing with 43 top ten finishes. He has career earnings of 18,191,698.

2024 Notes: Made his first Champions Tour start at Constellation Furyk & Friends, finishing T-10th. At the end of the year, I finished 2nd at Champions Tour Q-School, getting a full Tour card for 2025.

2025 Notes: Played in 23 PGA Tour Champions events with nine top-ten finishes. Was 12th on the Schwab Cup points list and 14th on the Schwab money list with earnings of $1,352,757. Best finish: T-2nd at Hoag Classic, one shot back of the winner, Miguel Angel Jimenez. Ended the season with a T-3rd finish at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, five shots back of the winner, Stewart Cink.

2026 Notes: Best finish T-4th at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai and Hoag Classic.