Olle Karlsson | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Falkenberg, Sweden | 9 April 1969
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) |
Sporting nationality | Sweden |
Residence | Marbella, Spain |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1989 |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Challenge Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
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.
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]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 30 May 1993 | Ramlösa Open | −11 (69-70-71-67=277) | 3 strokes | Niclas Fasth |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 18 Oct 1998 | Open Novotel Perrier (with Jarmo Sandelin) | −26 (62-68-63-136=329) | 3 strokes | Richard Boxall and Derrick Cooper |
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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The Open Championship | T68 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
Note: Karlsson only played in The Open Championship.
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