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OUR AMBASSADORS

At Crownwood Club, we see golf as more than a sport, it’s a shared experience that brings people together, no matter their background or ability. That belief comes to life at Henrik’s Playground, a place designed to celebrate creativity, inclusion, and the simple joy of the game.

Our three Crownwood Club Ambassadors, all inspiring paragolfers, embody this vision every day. Through their stories and their love of the game, they remind us that golf is about more than scores, it’s about spirit, resilience, and community.

Foto: Jesper Frisk
Joakim Björkman

Joakim fell in love with golf after watching Tiger Woods win The Open Championship in 2000. Fuelled by the ambition of competing against the best, he has enjoyed a remarkable career collecting 35 disability titles: including Swedish Champion, European Champion, European Teams Champion and World Teams Champion along with an impressive 4 straight Italian Opens.

Born with Achondroplasia (commonly known as short stature) Joakim’s values of perseverance, compassion, optimism and unity are key factors to his success and what drives him to become better, inspiring a life both on and off the golf course.

Joakim possesses a strong enthusiasm that resonates across the globe. His passion for driving change and promoting inclusivity within golf has enabled him to become a powerful ambassador for those wanting to improve each day and for golfers with a disability.

A past winner of the Henrik Stenson Scholarship, Joakim is proud to be associated with Crownwood Club.

Foto: Jesper Frisk
Torbjörn Svensson

Torbjörn Svensson, a resident of Rydebäck, took up golf in 2021 after discovering the sport by chance at a try-out event organized by the Swedish National Association of the Visually Impaired (Synskadades Riksförbund Skåne).

Torbjörn is deafblind and runs adventure projects, including the Deafblind Challenge, in which he takes on challenges that have never been attempted by people with deafblindness before. For example, in 2022, he played 18 golf courses in 18 days from Stockholm to Malmö.

The aim of the adventures is to spread knowledge about what it is like to live with this disability and to try to influence the fulfillment of rights and equality - regardless of the challenge. And not least to show that with the right support and help, nothing is impossible!

His home club is Mölle GK and his ambassadorship for Crownwood is an honorable and very inspiring mission to carry out.