Olle Karlsson

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Olle Karlsson
Personal information
Born (1969-04-09) 9 April 1969 (age 53)
Falkenberg, Sweden
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Marbella, Spain
Career
Turned professional1989
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T68: 1995

Olle Karlsson (born 9 April 1969) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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Karlsson turned professional in 1989 and joined the Challenge Tour where he won the 1993 Ramlösa Open. Between 1993 and 2002 he played over 200 events on the European Tour, finishing top-10 12 times, despite being plagued for years by injuries sustained in a serious car accident in February 1994. [1]

Karlsson won the 1998 Open Novotel Perrier with Jarmo Sandelin, an unofficial money event on the European Tour. He was runner-up at the 1998 English Open behind Lee Westwood, and finished third at the 1995 Jersey Open and the 1996 Johnnie Walker Classic in Singapore. He peaked at 165 on the Official World Golf Ranking in 2001. [2]

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
130 May 1993 Ramlösa Open −11 (69-70-71-67=277)3 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
118 Oct 1998 Open Novotel Perrier
(with Flag of Sweden.svg Jarmo Sandelin)
−26 (62-68-63-136=329)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Richard Boxall and Flag of England.svg Derrick Cooper

Results in major championships

Tournament1995199619971998199920002001
The Open Championship T68CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
Note: Karlsson only played in The Open Championship.

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References

  1. "Olle Karlsson Bio". European Tour. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. "Olle Karlsson". OWGR. Retrieved 2 January 2017.