Career

Nyström played college golf for Lynn University

Lynn University

Lynn University is a private, non-profit university in Boca Raton, Florida, founded in 1962.The university currently hosts students from 40 states and 90 nations...

 in the United States. He won the 1994 individual NAIA Men's Golf Championship.

Nyström turned professional in 1994. He spent his early career on the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

, before reaching the top-level European Tour for the first time via qualifying school

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

 in 1997. He remained on the tour until 2003, despite having to return to qualifying school for his first two seasons. However after a poor 2003 season Nyström returned to the Challenge Tour, where a consistent season including eight top-ten finishes would propel him to ninth place in the season-end rankings and a European Tour return. He maintained his card via qualifying school in 2005 and 2006, automatically in 2007 and again via qualifying school - for a sixth time - in 2008. However, Nyström's 2009 season was curtailed by a fractured left knee, meaning he played on a medical exemption in 2010.

Nyström has three runners-up placings on the European Tour, at the 2000 Scottish PGA Championship, 2002 Omega Hong Kong Open and 2006 Aa St Omer Open

Aa St Omer Open

The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament which played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer, France. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour for the 2000 season...

. His best season to date was 2002, when he finished 94th on the Order of Merit.

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