Carl Pettersson

Carl Pettersson ( born August 29, 1977 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays mainly on the North American PGA TOUR.

Amateur career

His father was an internationally active manager of a European automotive group, and so Carl spent his youth in England and later in the U.S., where he ultimately attended North Carolina State University. As an amateur he won four tournaments in the U.S. before he was victorious at the European Amateur Individual Championship in 2000.

Careers

In September 2000, Pettersson professional golfer and was qualified for the European Tour, which he recorded in 2001 and 2002. He won the 2002 Algarve Open de Portugal and reached this season, seven more Top 10 hits. Pettersson graduated from the end of 2002 successfully passed the Q- School for the PGA TOUR and has been for the most part in this tournament series operates. His first PGA Tour title he won in 2005 at the Chrysler Championship, which Pettersson of Sweden third, according to Jesper Parnevik and Gabriel Hjertstedt, was who could win a PGA TOUR event. In 2006 he succeeded, the prestigious Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club to decide for themselves, commonly known as the Tournament by Jack Nicklaus and the so-called Legend Slam ( plus include the tournaments of Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer ) counting. After further victories Pettersson was able to win a fifth title on the PGA Tour at the RBC Heritage in April 2012 and, together with Jesper Parnevik of Sweden's most successful tournament series.

In the golf world ranking of Swede ranked mostly in the Top 50, giving him (World Golf Championships tournament series ) brings launch permissions for the majors and the highly doped WGC events.

Carl Pettersson has been married since 2003, has a daughter and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Tournament Win

  • 2002 Algarve Open de Portugal ( European Tour )
  • 2005 Chrysler Championship ( PGA Tour )
  • 2006 The Memorial Tournament ( PGA Tour )
  • 2008 Wyndham Championship ( PGA Tour )
  • 2010 RBC Canadian Open ( PGA Tour )
  • 2012 RBC Heritage ( PGA Tour )

Results in Major Championships

DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10

PGA European Tour Raleigh (North Carolina) Masters Tournament PGA Championship
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