Fasth was born in Gothenburg. In 1982, when he was 10 years old, his parents bought a summer house close to Lysegården Golf Club in Kungälv, north of Gothenburg. His family, with father Kristher, mother Inga-Lill and younger sister Jessica, used to spend their summers there and began playing golf. With a lot of friends also playing the game, young Fasth was always at the golf course, practiced a lot and showed early talent.
Beside golf, Fasth practiced other sports and during winter time also showed talent in ice hockey.
At 16 years of age, he was adopted at the Swedish upper secondary sports school in Mark, outside Borås, to combine studying with golf training.[2] The school won the Swedish School Championship in 1988, with Fasth winning individually, and represented Sweden at the international final in England.[3]
Amateur career
In 1990, Fasth won the Swedish Teen-Tour Order of Merit for boys up to 19.
In 1991, he won the Greek Open Amateur Championship at Glyfada, Athens, with a new 72-hole tournament record 289,[4] and the year after he was the Swedish Junior Match-play Champion, winning the final on the last hole at Kalmar Golf Club.[5]
He represented Sweden on all age levels. In 1992, he was part of the winning Swedish team at the European Youths' Team Championship in Helsinki, Finland, beating England in the final.[6] Later that year, as one of the four best amateurs in the country, he was part of the Swedish team at the 1992 Eisenhower Trophy at Capilano Golf & Country Club, outside Vancouver, Canada, finishing 5th as a team and Fasth best Swede 5th individually.[4]
Professional career
He turned professional in 1993 and began playing on the Asia Golf Circuit, where his best finish was runner-up at the Sampoerna Indonesia Open, losing in a playoff against Gary Webb.[7] Later during his first year as a professional he won three events on the European second tier Challenge Tour, two of them co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour, why he was awarded the 1993 season Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit winner.[4] From 1994 until 2018, he played regularly on the European Tour, every season except for 1999.
He qualified for the U.S.-based PGA Tour at the 1997 Qualifying School, and played the PGA and European Tours concurrently in 1998, without success and in 1999 found himself back on the Challenge Tour. Since then he concentrated on playing in Europe.
He finished tenth on the 2001 European Tour Order of Merit, after being lone runner-up to David Duval at the 2001 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, England. After a closing round of 67, Fasth advanced from tied 20th and was the leader in the club house for two hours, before late starting Duval also closed with 67 and won by three strokes.
His 2001 performances enabled Fasth to qualify for the European team at the 2002 Ryder Cup, at The Belfry, England, where he contributed to a European 15½ to 12½ victory, with a halved match against Paul Azinger in the Sunday singles.
In both 2005 and 2006, Fasth won twice on the European Tour and finished 13th and 15th respectively on the Order of Merit.
In 2018, he only played a few tournaments on the European Tour and his last tournament came to be the 2018 Scandinavian Invitation on his home club, Hills Golf and Sports Club, after which he retired from tournament golf.
Fasth has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking with a personal best of 18th for three weeks in October 2007.
After turning 50, in April 2022, Fasth became eligible for senior tournaments, why he came back to tournament golf. The first year he played eleven tournaments on the European Senior Tour, renamed the Legends Tour, making eight cuts and finished 60th on the 2022 Legends Tour Order of Merit. His best finish was tied 15th at the Farmfoods European Senior Masters.
His equipment sponsor has always been Callaway Golf.
Awards, private life
In 1997, Fasth earned Elite Sign No. 108 by the Swedish Golf Federation, on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.[8]
In 2003, the three Swedish teammates of the victorious European Ryder Cup team the previous year, Fasth, Pierre Fulke and Jesper Parnevik, was each, by the Swedish Golf Federation, awarded the Golden Club, the highest award for contributions to Swedish golf, as the 30th, 31st and 32nd recipients.[4]
In 2003 Fasth was awarded honorary member of the Swedish PGA.[4]
Fasth is married to Marie and they have two children.
Since 2019, after his regular competitive career, Fasth has worked for the Swedish Golf Federation, as an adviser and coach for the Swedish national amateur team.
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↑ "Hemmaseger i JSM"[Home victory at the Junior Nationals]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No.8. August 1992. pp.55, 59.
↑ "Svenskt juniorguld i Helsingfors, Lag-EM Juniorer"[Swedish Junior Gold in Helsinki, European Youth's Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No.9/1992. September 1992. pp.56, 65. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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