Rikard Karlberg

Rikard Karlberg
Rikard Karlberg
Personal information
Full name	Rikard Karlberg
Born	1 December 1986 (age 37); Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Sweden
Residence	Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Spouse	Pernilla Karlberg
Career
Turned professional	2006
Current tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour ; Asian Tour
Professional wins	8
Highest ranking	69 (19 June 2016)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Asian Tour	2
Other	5
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 2016
U.S. Open	CUT: 2010, 2013
The Open Championship	CUT: 2015, 2016, 2021
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour; Order of Merit winner
Swedish Golf Tour; Order of Merit winner	2007
Nordic Golf League; Order of Merit winner	2007
Asian Tour; Rookie of the Year	2010

Last updated November 11, 2024

Rikard Karlberg (born 1 December 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer. He won the 2015 Open d'Italia on the European Tour after winning a play-off against Martin Kaymer. He has also won twice on the Asian Tour and won the 2007 Nordic Golf League Order of Merit.

Early life and amateur career

Rikard Karlberg was born on 1 December 1986 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He represented Sweden at the 2003 European Boys' Team Championship in the Czech Republic and at the 2004 European Youths' Team Championship in Ireland.

Professional career

He turned professional in 2006. He topped the Nordic League rankings in 2007 to earn a tour card on the Challenge Tour. His best finish on the Challenge Tour was T4 at the 2008 Reale Challenge de España.

Karlberg earned his 2010 Asian Tour card through qualifying school. He won the second Asian Tour event he played, the SAIL Open.^[2]^[3] Later in the year, he won his second Asian Tour title at the Hero Honda Indian Open.

Karlberg earned a 2015 European Tour card through qualifying school, and won the Open d'Italia during his rookie season, after holing a birdie putt on the second extra hole in a play-off against Martin Kaymer.

He finished runner-up at the 2016 BMW PGA Championship en route to a career-best 69th a month later on the Official World Golf Ranking and a season finish of 34th in the Race to Dubai.

After battling illness which forced him to step away from competitive golf, he holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the final hole of 2019 Qualifying School to earn the final European Tour card for 2020.^[4]

At the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in early July, Karlberg finished runner-up, after holing a chip from the greenside rough on the 72nd hole. The achievement earned him €314,170 in prize money and a late spot at The 149th Open Championship two weeks later.^[5]

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Sep 2015	Open d'Italia	−19 (67-67-68-67=269)	Playoff	Martin Kaymer

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2015	Open d'Italia	Martin Kaymer	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	2 Apr 2010	SAIL Open	−20 (65-69-68-66=268)	5 strokes	Shiv Kapur
2	5 Dec 2010	Hero Honda Indian Open	−11 (70-69-68-70=277)	2 strokes	Baek Seuk-hyun

Nordic Golf League wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Aug 2006	PGA Landmann Open	−10 (66-72-68=206)	Playoff	Kalle Edberg
2	13 May 2007	St Ibb Open	27 pts (9-10-8=27)	2 points	Pehr Magnebrant, Fredrik Söderström
3	11 Aug 2007	PGA Landmann Open (2)	−12 (73-63-68=204)	Playoff	Oskar Henningsson, Olle Karlsson
4	14 Oct 2007	Unibake Masters	−21 (66-63-66=195)	3 strokes	Brian Akstrup, Joakim Rask

Other wins (1)

2009 Stenungsund Open (Swedish Golf Ranking)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2010	2013	2015	2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship			CUT	CUT
PGA Championship				CUT

Tournament	2020	2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	NT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2016
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions	T19

Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

European Boys' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2003^[6]
European Youths' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2004^[7]

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References

↑ "Week 25 2016 Ending 19 Jun 2016" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
↑ Karlberg Seals Victory In Style
↑ Classy Karlberg Seals The Deal
↑ "Rikard Karlberg". European Tour. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
↑ "Big finish sends Karlberg to The Open". European Tour. July 4, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
↑ "Golf - Den Stora Sporten'" [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. p. 201.
↑ "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association.

External links

Official website (in Swedish)
Rikard Karlberg at the European Tour official site
Rikard Karlberg at the Asian Tour official site
Profile on Golfdata.se (in Swedish)
Rikard Karlberg at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[w201625-1] "Week 25 2016 Ending 19 Jun 2016" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 29, 2019.

[2] Karlberg Seals Victory In Style

[3] Classy Karlberg Seals The Deal

[4] "Rikard Karlberg". European Tour. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

[5] "Big finish sends Karlberg to The Open". European Tour. July 4, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.

[6] "Golf - Den Stora Sporten'" [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. p. 201.

[7] "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association.

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