Swedish 1-2 finish in Dixie Men's Amateur
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 When the Swedish men's golf team entered the Dixie Amateur, the prospects of one of them winning were pretty good.
As it turned out, the 1-2 positions went to two Swedish players, Hannes Ronneblad and Marcus Svensson. It was Ronneblad that emerged with the trophy, after establishing a three-stroke lead over his team-mate after the third round at TPC Eagle Trace, Florida.
In Tuesday's final round at Heron Bay, the pair had matching, five-under 67s. Ronneblad birdied the second and third holes to send a message about his intention for the day, answering Svensson's first hole birdie and extending his lead to four strokes.
Svensson came back with an eagle at the par-5 fourth, and the pair traded off birdies the rest of the way. 
They matched each other several times too, and had a better-ball score of nine-under 63.
Ronneblad's tournament total was eight-under par 280 for the 72 holes. That's excellent, considering the rain that pelted South Florida with anywhere from 8-16 inches over the last seven days. 
Wet, long-playing courses combined with high winds spelled difficulty at the two championship lay-outs that host the Dixie.
For Texas Tech University student Ronneblad, the victory continues an upswing in his golf achievements. In the 2014-2015 campaign, he achieved First-Team Academic All-Big 12 honors, won his first individual title, and recorded six top-10s.
Now he can call himself the Dixie Amateur champion as his name gets placed on a historic tournament trophy.
(To view the final totals in the Dixie Senior Men's Amateur Tournament, click here )

ALL THE DIXIE MEN'S AMATEUR CHMPIONSHIP FINAL TOTALS
par 288 (4x72)

		1	Ronneblad, Hannes			-8	71	69	73	67	280
		2	Svensson, Marcus			-5	69	71	76	67	283
		3	Troyer, Ryan			-3	71	73	71	70	285
		T4	Vilneff, Quinn			-2	69	74	74	69	286
		T4	Del Solar, Cristobal			-2	68	74	75	69	286
		T6	Axell, Johannes			-1	73	69	78	67	287
		T6	Burry, Zach			-1	69	75	72	71	287
		T6	Nilehn, Fredrik			-1	75	74	66	72	287
		T6	Nimmer, Bryson			-1	67	73	74	73	287
		T10	Melching, Peter			Even	74	71	75	68	288
		T10	Smothers, Sean			Even	76	68	74	70	288
		T10	Blair, Ryan			Even	69	71	77	71	288
		T10	Albertus, Max			Even	71	73	73	71	288
		T10	Meyer, Velten			Even	72	72	72	72	288
		T10	Widing, Tim			Even	74	70	72	72	288
		T16	Matthews, Brandon			+1	72	74	73	70	289
		T16	Reynolds, Jay			+1	69	78	71	71	289
		T16	Kim, Youn Sung			+1	73	72	72	72	289
		T16	Bergstrom, Albin			+1	71	72	73	73	289
		T20	van Veen, Vince			+2	72	77	74	67	290
		T20	Krietemeijer, Jeroen			+2	72	73	77	68	290
		T22	Martinez, Alberto			+3	70	75	76	70	291
		T22	Paxson, Nicolas			+3	68	75	77	71	291
		T24	Mason, Max			+4	70	74	81	67	292
		T24	Riggs, Taylor			+4	78	74	69	71	292
		T24	Strauss, Will			+4	71	73	75	73	292
		27	Mishoe IV, James			+5	74	73	77	69	293
		T28	Miller, Jordan			+6	75	73	74	72	294
		T28	Alonso, Eric			+6	74	75	73	72	294
		T28	McCabe, Gary			+6	78	74	69	73	294
		T28	Hill, Sam			+6	70	74	75	75	294
		T32	Horters, Martijn			+7	73	76	76	70	295
		T32	Slane, Connor			+7	71	78	76	70	295
		T32	Lira Solis, Mauricio			+7	71	79	75	70	295
		T32	Feld, Ben			+7	67	80	77	71	295
		T32	Crawford, Chris			+7	74	71	78	72	295
		T32	Cooper, Brett			+7	75	73	75	72	295
		T32	Sundstrom, Jonathan			+7	73	72	74	76	295
		T39	Gray, Tyler			+8	75	77	77	67	296
		T39	Ji, Jerry			+8	71	79	75	71	296
		T39	Eden, Tobias			+8	72	73	80	71	296
		T39	Cover, Patrick			+8	73	70	80	73	296
		T39	Kumar, Sachin			+8	75	73	74	74	296
		44	Bishop, Jacob			+9	76	73	77	71	297
		T45	Dierwechter, Tyler			+10	77	74	77	70	298
		T45	DeZoort, Jake			+10	71	79	77	71	298
		T45	Rajendranath, Talin			+10	74	76	77	71	298
		T45	Wallace, Trent			+10	72	81	70	75	298
		T49	Bedell, Reid			+11	73	77	78	71	299
		T49	Abrams, Harley			+11	77	71	79	72	299
		T49	Meihofer, Kyle			+11	74	76	77	72	299
		T49	Mosley, Ryan			+11	73	76	76	74	299
		T49	Smith, Korey			+11	74	77	73	75	299
		T49	Kramarski, Kevin			+11	72	74	77	76	299
		T55	VanDeventer, Michael			+12	78	73	77	72	300
		T55	Gabriel, Dario			+12	76	74	78	72	300
		T55	Theodorakis, Max			+12	74	76	76	74	300
		T58	Smith, Andrew			+13	72	77	77	75	301
		T58	Jude, Davey			+13	72	77	76	76	301
		T58	Schlenke, Steven			+13	74	75	75	77	301
		T58	Wharton, Tom			+13	76	75	73	77	301
		T62	Self, Coleman			+14	75	77	77	73	302
		T62	Serafini, Anton			+14	76	75	78	73	302
		T62	Stanistreet, Sean			+14	76	73	80	73	302
		T62	Oviedo, Pedro			+14	76	74	78	74	302
		T62	Nordlund, Erik			+14	74	75	78	75	302
		67	Cairns, Ethan			+15	75	77	76	75	303
		T68	Ibbotson, Chase			+16	75	78	76	75	304
		T68	Dumont de Chassart, Adrien			+16	75	74	79	76	304
		T68	Palson, Felix			+16	73	73	82	76	304
		T68	Wren, Trey			+16	77	72	76	79	304
		72	Izzo, Eric			+17	79	73	76	77	305