Johan Carlsson (golfer)

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Johan Carlsson
Personal information
Full nameJohan Gustav Carlsson
Born (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 37)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
ResidenceGothenburg, Sweden
Career
College San Diego State University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other2
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
2012

Johan Gustav Carlsson (born 29 August 1986) is a Swedish former professional golfer.

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Carlsson turned professional in 2011. He played on the Nordea Tour and Nordic Golf League. In 2012, he finished second in the Nordic Golf League Order of Merit, to earn one of five places on the Challenge Tour in 2013.

Carlsson won his first Challenge Tour event in September 2013 at the Kazakhstan Open. [1] He finished 2013 in fifth place in the Challenge Tour standings, graduating to the European Tour for 2014.

His best season on the European Tour was in 2016 when he finished 75th on the Order of Merit. His best individual performance came in 2017 when he finished third in the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play. He retired from professional golf in 2020. [2]

Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
122 Sep 2013 Kazakhstan Open −18 (69-67-67-67=270)7 strokes Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton, Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Otaegui,
Flag of Scotland.svg Duncan Stewart

Nordic Golf League wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
119 May 2006 Gambro Open
(as an amateur)
−6 (69-69-66=204)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Per Barth
230 Sep 2012 Nordea Tour Championship −9 (69-67-71=207)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Leijon

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. "Meet the Rookies: Johan Carlsson". European Tour. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. "Carlssons karriär över: "Stolt över det jag gjort"". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association.