Rikard Karlberg

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Rikard Karlberg
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Personal information
Full nameRikard Karlberg
Born (1986-12-01) 1 December 1986 (age 36)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Mölnlycke, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
SpousePernilla Karlberg
Career
Turned professional2006
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking 69 (19 June 2016) [1]
(as of 24 September 2023)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour2
Other5
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 		2007
Nordic Golf League
Order of Merit winner 		2007
Asian Tour
Rookie of the Year 		2010

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.

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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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
120 Sep 2015 Open d'Italia −19 (67-67-68-67=269)Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Martin Kaymer

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2015 Open d'Italia Flag of Germany.svg Martin Kaymer Won with birdie on second extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
12 Apr 2010 SAIL Open −20 (65-69-68-66=268)5 strokes Flag of India.svg Shiv Kapur
25 Dec 2010 Hero Honda Indian Open −11 (70-69-68-70=277)2 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Baek Seuk-hyun

Nordic Golf League wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
119 Aug 2006 PGA Landmann Open −10 (66-72-68=206)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Kalle Edberg
213 May 2007 St Ibb Open 27 pts (9-10-8=27)2 points Flag of Sweden.svg Pehr Magnebrant, Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Söderström
311 Aug 2007 PGA Landmann Open (2)−12 (73-63-68=204)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Oskar Henningsson, Flag of Sweden.svg Olle Karlsson
414 Oct 2007Unibake Masters−21 (66-63-66=195)3 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Brian Akstrup, Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Rask

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament201920202021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NTCUT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2016
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T19
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  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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