Staff WriterIf there’s one thing Swedes love, it’s a homecoming. For Tobias Jonsson, this week’s Dormy Open at Upsala GolfKlubb isn’t just another tee time – it’s a chance to kick the door down on the DP World Tour and wave politely as he walks through.
Jonsson, currently sitting 21st in the season-long Road to Mallorca Rankings, has spent most of 2025 clinging to invites like a cat on a curtain. But after back-to-back top-five finishes at the Swiss Challenge and Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge, the 24-year-old has earned himself a seat at the grown-ups’ table on the HotelPlanner Tour.
“It’s been a weird season having started off with no category and playing on invites,” Jonsson said. “Now I am in a position where I can earn a DP World Tour card which is really exciting.
“I started the season on the Nordic Golf League and took the risk to play on invites and now I am fighting to get a card; a lot of things have changed during the year.
“There are a few tournaments left, and I am really excited to hopefully have a good finish.”
From invites to invitations home
Jonsson has already teed it up 11 times on the Road to Mallorca this year, but the Dormy Open has a different flavour. Fresh off a top-25 finish at The Dutch Futures – where he rattled off three straight rounds in the 60s before finishing five under par – the Swede arrives in Uppsala with momentum and, crucially, a crowd that will know his name.
“The first day in Holland I didn’t know where the ball was going but then I figured something out and started to play some really good golf,” he admitted. “I probably played better than what the score showed, which is a little frustrating.
“Last week was a championship-style golf course; you can’t be short-sided out there. Here you can go at the pin a bit more and be more aggressive. Still, last week was good preparation for this week and the rest of the season.”
Family, friends, and familiar fairways
If there’s pressure on Jonsson to perform, he’s hiding it well. Instead, he’s relishing the prospect of teeing off in front of a sizeable home gallery, powered by friends, family, and perhaps the odd classmate looking to remind him of his university swing.
“I’m very excited to play here,” he said. “It’s going to be fun and hopefully a lot of friends and family will come down. There might be 20 or 30 of my friends coming out if I make the cut, so if I do there will be a lot of people here.
“I’ve been up here a lot because my coach is from here, but I haven’t played the course too many times. The quality is excellent. The fairways and greens are really good, the greens are a little bit slower this week, but it will still be good. I think it’s a course that suits me well.”
The field isn’t making it easy
Jonsson won’t have it all his own way. The Dormy Open field is stacked with proven winners, including South African Daniel van Tonder and Italy’s Renato Paratore – both already two-time champions this season – alongside two-time DP World Tour winner James Morrison and The Dutch Futures champion Filippo Celli.
It’s heavyweight company, but Jonsson seems ready to punch above his current ranking. His opening round gets underway at 7:30 am Thursday, alongside South African JC Ritchie and Frenchman Julien Quesne.
If he makes the cut – and the friends pile in behind him – Uppsala might just start to feel like the launchpad to the DP World Tour.
And if he doesn’t, well, at least he’ll have 30 mates ready to buy him a consolatory pint.
