Mednick lost in the final of the 1984 Boys Amateur Championship against Lee Vannet, Scotland, 2 and 1 at Royal Portcawl Golf Club, Wales.
[2] In June 1986, Mednick won the Scottish Youth Championship at Cawder Golf Club, Glasgow, with a score of 282, nine strokes ahead of the nearest competitor.
[3] In 1986, Mednick began at college in Jacksonville, Florida, to combine studies with golf training, but left school after the first year and moved back to Sweden.
[7] Mednick made his debut on the European Senior Tour at the inaugural Paris Legends Championship the same day he turned 50, making him eligible for the competition at Le Golf National.
The couple considered calling themselves Mednick-Johansson until their 4-year-old son Tom suggested the more easy to pronounce portmanteau of Mednickson, which became the family's legal name.