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What do Mats Sundin and Armand Duplantis actually have in common?
Or Jan-Ove Waldner and Frida Karlsson, Henrik Larsson and Magnus Wislander?
Well, everyone actually plays golf.
Some Swedish sports figures have found a love for golf alongside their own sports. Many of them have already ended their sports careers but are also still active as Armand Duplantis and Frida Karlsson has revealed his great interest in golf.
Sudden & Foppa
The constant question when playing golf is of course: “Where is your handicap?”. Now the big secret has been revealed to several of our most famous sporting Swedes.
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Now the majority of Swedish sports profiles have had their handicaps revealed by Sportbladet. On the prestigious list we find big names such as the hockey icons Mats Sundin and Peter Forsbergthe football heroes Henrik Larsson and Thomas Ravelli as well as legends such as Jan-Ove Waldner and Magnus Wislandersee it below.
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Mondo admits
Just JO Waldner had a real golf dream come true in 2019 when he hit his very first hole in one. While someone like “Mondo” is still early in his golf venture and has actually admitted the following:
– I have broken the occasional golf club. Sometimes I feel completely stupid in the head on the golf course, Duplantis said in an interview.
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But the big question then is really who is the best, i.e. who has the lowest number. According to the evening newspaper’s list of athletes’ handicaps in golf, the ranking looks like the following, where “Sudden” sweeps the course with the entire Swedish sports elite.
Handicap in golf:
Mats Sundin – 5.4 hcp
Henrik Larsson – 8.5
Peter Forsberg – 9.1
Stefan Edberg – 10.7
Armand Duplantis – 10.8
Jan-Ove Waldner – 11.8
William Poromaa – 13.3
Thomas Ravelli – 16.3
Magnus Wislander – 16.9
Frida Karlsson – 29.9
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