Olle Karlsson (born 9 April 1969) is a Swedish professional golfer and

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...

player. In 1998, he won the

Open Novotel Perrier The Open Novotel Perrier was a golf tournament held in France that was played between 1994 and 1998. It was an unofficial money event on the European Tour and was a pairs tournament played in a combination of Four-ball golf, fourball, foursome (gol ...

(with

Jarmo Sandelin Jarmo Sakari Sandelin (born 10 May 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Senior Tour. He had five European Tour wins and played in the 1999 Ryder Cup. Early life Sandelin was born in Imatra, Finland, but grew up in Sw ...

) and was runner-up at the

English Open The English Open was a professional golf tournament held in England. First played in 1988, it was an annual event on the European Tour until 2002. After several aborted attempts at reviving the tournament, it returned to the tour schedule in 20 ...

Amateur career

Karlsson lost the final of the 1987 Spanish International Amateur Championship to Michael Quirke of Ireland. In 1988 he appeared in the

PLM Open The PLM Open was a golf tournament that was played in Sweden until 1990. Founded in 1983, it was a European Tour event from 1986, and in its final year it had a prize fund of £350,000, which was mid-range for a European Tour event at that time. In ...

, a European Tour event held at

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, where he made the cut and tied for 19th.

Professional career

Karlsson turned professional in 1989 and joined the

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and the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History T ...

, where he won the 1993 Ramlösa Open. Playing on the

Asia Golf Circuit The Asia Golf Circuit was the principal men's professional golf tour in Southeast Asia from the early 1960s through to the mid-late 1990s. The tour was founded in 1961 as the Far East Circuit. The first series of five tournaments was held in 1962 ...

, he tied for 3rd at the Philippine Open in 1992. Between 1993 and 2002 Karlsson played over 200 events on the

, finishing top-10 fifteen times, despite being plagued for years by injuries sustained in a serious car accident in February 1994. Karlsson won the 1998

with

, an unofficial money event on the European Tour. He was runner-up at the 1998

behind Lee Westwood, and finished third at the 1995

Jersey Open The Jersey Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel, from 1978 to 1995. It had several different names during this period. The venue was La Moye Golf Club. The winner ...

and the 1996

Johnnie Walker Classic The Johnnie Walker Classic was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in the Asia-Pacific region. Johnnie Walker is a brand name and the owners have a long history of tournament sponsorship. They also sponsored the Johnnie Walker Champi ...

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. He made the cut at

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twice, in 1993 at

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and in 1995 at the

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. In 2001, after he finished 5th in the

British Masters The Betfred British Masters is a professional golf tournament. It was founded in 1946 as the Dunlop Masters and was held every year up to 2008, except for 1984. Dunlop's sponsorship ended in 1982, and the name sponsor changed frequently therea ...

at Woburn and 4th in the

Benson & Hedges International Open The Benson & Hedges International Open was a men's professional golf tournament which was played in England. It was founded in 1971 and for its first five years it was called the Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf. It was sponsored by Benson & Hedge ...

The Belfry The Belfry is a golf resort and hotel in Wishaw, Warwickshire, close to Sutton Coldfield, England, located approximately 8 miles from the centre of Birmingham. It was acquired by KSL Capital Partners in August 2012. The resort has three golf ...

, Karlsson peaked at 164 on the Official World Golf Ranking. Karlsson retired from tour after the 2002 season. Making three appearances on the 2007 Swedish Golf Tour, he lost a playoff at the

Swedish PGA Championship The Swedish PGA Championship for men is a golf tournament played annually in Sweden since 1970. It has been an event on the Swedish Golf Tour schedule since 1984 and the Nordic Golf League since 1999. History From its beginning in 1970, it was a ...

Rikard Karlberg 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 L ...

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
''Note: Karlsson only played in The Open Championship.''

References

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