Johan Carlsson (golfer)

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Johan Carlsson
Personal information
Full nameJohan Gustav Carlsson
Born (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 38)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
ResidenceGothenburg, Sweden
Career
College San Diego State University
Turned professional2011
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other2
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2012

Johan Gustav Carlsson (born 29 August 1986) is a Swedish former professional golfer who played five seasons on the European Tour. He won the 2013 Kazakhstan Open on the Challenge Tour. [1]

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Career

In 2006, Carlsson played for the national team at the European Youths' Team Championship in Italy and won the Gambro Open on the Swedish Golf Tour as an amateur. [2]

He attended San Diego State University from 2007 to 2011 and played with the San Diego State Aztecs men's golf team. [3]

Carlsson turned professional after graduating in 2011 and joined and Nordic Golf League mid-season. In 2012, he won the Nordea Tour Championship and finished second in the NGL Order of Merit, to earn one of five places on the Challenge Tour in 2013. [4]

He captured his maiden Challenge Tour title in September 2013 at the Kazakhstan Open, outpacing Tyrrell Hatton, Adrián Otaegui and Duncan Stewart in second by seven strokes. He finished his rookie season fifth in the Challenge Tour standings, to graduate to the European Tour for 2014. [5]

Carlsson played on the European Tour five season from 2014 to 2018. His best season was in 2016 when he finished 75th on the Order of Merit, and his best individual performance came in 2017 when he finished third in the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play, behind only Adrián Otaegui and Marcel Siem. [1] He retired from professional golf in 2020. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
122 Sep 2013 Kazakhstan Open −18 (69-67-67-67=270)7 strokes Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton, Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Otaegui,
Flag of Scotland.svg Duncan Stewart

Nordic Golf League wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
119 May 2006 Gambro Open
(as an amateur)		−6 (69-69-66=204)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Per Barth
230 Sep 2012 Nordea Tour Championship −9 (69-67-71=207)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Leijon

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Player profile Johan Carlsson". European Tour. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Johan Carlsson". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Golf Roster: Johan Carlsson". San Diego State University Athletics. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "2012 Nordic Golf League Ranking". Danish Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Meet the Rookies: Johan Carlsson". European Tour. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Carlssons karriär över: "Stolt över det jag gjort"". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association.
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