Karl Oskar Anton Karlsson (born 11 September 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the

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. He won the 2020 RAM Cape Town Open on the

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. His best finish on the European Tour was runner-up at the 2019

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Early life and amateur career

Karlsson started playing golf in the year 2000, when his father enrolled him in the junior golf academy at Vassunda Golf Club, near his home town of

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. Following his success on tour, the club later made him Honorary Member. Karlsson started competing on the junior circuits in 2007, and won his first of several titles on the Skandia Tour in his first season. He won the Vassunda Junior Open in the Junior Masters Invitational series in 2007 and 2012, and was runner-up in 2013 behind

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, and again in 2014 when he lost a playoff to Viktor Jensen. In 2014, he won the Junior Masters Invitational season finale. As an amateur, he also won a professional event in the SGF Golf Ranking series.

Professional career

Karlsson attended the Nordic Golf League Q-School and turned professional towards the end of 2013. He joined the

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in 2014, and came close to claim a maiden title when he lost a playoff at the 2015 Danish PGA Championship. In 2016, he joined the

, where he recorded four top-10s and finished his first season ranked 37th. He was one of the

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and joined the

as a 23-year-old rookie in 2017. He finished 190th on the money list and was relegated to the

for 2018, where he finished runner-up at the

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in Belgium, after losing a playoff to

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. Karlsson was one of the

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and moved back onto Europe's top tier once again. On the

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he was runner-up at the

, two strokes behind

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, and finished ranked 136th. At the Swedish Challenge, he missed out on a place in the playoff by one stroke, and finished tied 3rd. In March 2019, Karlsson reached a career-high

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of 288. Again playing on the Challenge Tour, Karlsson clinched his maiden victory at the

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co-sanctioned RAM Cape Town Open in

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, where he maintained the momentum from a bogey-free eight-under-par third round of 64 as he reeled off six birdies in seven holes from the 7th hole to move to the top of the leaderboard. With the win he moved to second place on the Road to Mallorca Rankings.

Amateur wins

*2007 Vassunda Junior Open, Skandia Tour Distrikt #5 *2010 Skandia Tour Regional #6 *2012 Vassunda Junior Open *2014 Junior Masters Invitational

Professional wins (9)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Challenge Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

Other wins (7)

*2010 Kåbo Open (as an amateur) *2014 Ovako Bar Hagge Open (Swedish mini tour Future Series) *2014 Dormy Challenge *2015 District championship Uppland *2015 Frösåker Open *2015 Hårga Open (Swedish mini tour Future Series) *2020 Burvik Open

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