Elis Svärd
Elis Svärd (8 July 1996 – 28 January 2022) was a Swedish professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Svärd was born in Södertälje in 1996 and represented Salem Golf Club. He had success as a junior golfer and won a handful of titles on the Skandia Tour. After he graduated from the Riksidrottsgymnasiet Golf Program at Celsius High School in Uppsala in 2016, Svärd played college golf at California State University, Monterey Bay between 2016 and 2020. He won four tournaments and was California Collegiate Athletic Association Rookie of the Year in 2017 and Golfer of the Year in 2018 and 2019. He graduated in May 2020 with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Accounting. Svärd arguably was the greatest golfer in CSUMB history, earning All-American honors his sophomore through senior seasons while finishing his Otter career with the most NCAA Division II tournament wins (4) and lowest stroke average (71.19) in school history. He finished No. 9 overall in Golfstat individual rankings for 2019–20. Between 2020 and 2021 Svärd was a graduate student at Ohio State University, earning both his MBA and OSU Scholar-Athlete honors. In joining the Ohio State Buckeyes men's golf team, he