Carl Pettersson (golfer)

Carl Pettersson
Personnel
Nation:	Sweden
Career data
Professional since:	2000
Current tour:	PGA TOUR
Tournament wins:	6th

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

Amateur career

His father was an international manager of a European automotive company, and so Carl spent his youth in England and later in the USA, where he ultimately attended North Carolina State University . As an amateur, he won four tournaments in the US before winning the European Amateur Individual Championship in 2000 .

Professional career

In September 2000 Pettersson became a professional golfer and qualified for the European Tour , which he played in 2001 and 2002. He won the Algarve Open de Portugal in 2002 and reached another seven top 10 placings this season. At the end of 2002, Pettersson successfully completed the Q-School for the PGA TOUR and has since been mainly involved in this tournament series. He won his first PGA Tour title in 2005 at the Chrysler Championship , making Pettersson the third Swede, after Jesper Parnevik and Gabriel Hjertstedt , to win a PGA TOUR event. In 2006 he also succeeded in winning the prestigious Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club , commonly known as the Jack Nicklaus tournament and the Legend Slam (including the tournaments of Ben Hogan , Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer ) . After further victories, Pettersson was able to achieve the fifth title on the PGA Tour at the RBC Heritage in April 2012 and, together with Jesper Parnevik, is the most successful Swede of the tournament series.

In the golf world rankings , the Swede was among the top 50 for years, which earned him the right to start in the majors and the highly endowed WGC events ( World Golf Championships tournament series).

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

Tournament victories

• 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 at major championships

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T27	T52	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	61	DNP	DNP
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T17	T6	T36	DNP	DNP	CUT	T41	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	T43	DNP	T57	DNP	T8	T45	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T23	T54	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	54	DNP	CUT	DNP	T47	CUT	T24	DNP	T3	CUT	DNP	T75

DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

Web links

• Player profile at the PGA Tour (English)
• Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)