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Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
About Göran Zachrisson
- Goran Zachrisson, (born May 14, 1938 in Stockholm), is a Swedish golf and sports journalist and television commentator.
- Zachrisson is known for his golfing skills and his distinct style of reporting. From 1964 to 1967, Zachrisson was editor in chief of the magazine Svensk Golf.
- Since 1966, he has been a commentator for the TV broadcasts of The Open Championship and many other golf tournaments.
- In the early 1990s, he was hired by Viasat, and since then has been a golf commentator on its channels, including the Viasat Sport channels.
- He also writes about golf for many periodicals, including Svensk Golf, Golf-Store Magazine and Golf Digest.
- In recent years, he has also been a commentator at sailing events. Zachrisson is a member of Djursholm Golf Club, where he is president of the banking committee, and since 1992 has been a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, the world's most prestigious golf club.
- Zachrisson is also a member of Sand GC, Stockholms GK, Svartinge, the Royal Liverpool GC and Charlton G&CC.In a summer address on July 18, 2007, Zachrisson mentioned among other things that his son Jonas was playing in the Swedish synthpop band NASA.
- He has also written a book on skates for tour skating. In March 2012, Göran Zachrisson interviewed Zlatan Ibrahimovic, captain of the Swedish soccer team.
- The interview, titled Zlatan Exklusivt (Zlatan Exclusive) was seen by over two million viewers on Swedish TV.
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