Niclas Fasth
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Niclas Fasth (born 29 April 1972 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish golfer.
He turned professional in 1993 and won three events on the second tier European Challenge Tour that year. Since 1994 he has been a member of the European Tour for every season except for 1999. He qualified for the U.S. based PGA Tour at the 1997 Qualifying School, and played the PGA and European Tours concurrently in 1998. He had a bad season on both and in 1999 found himself back on the Challenge Tour. Since then he has concentrated on playing in Europe and in 2001, he finished tenth on the European Order of Merit. He had good seasons in 2005 and 2006, winning twice on the European Tour in both years and finishing thirteenth and fifteenth on the Order of Merit. He has featured in the top forty of the Official World Golf Rankings.
[edit] Professional wins
European Tour
- 2000 Madeira Island Open
- 2005 Holden New Zealand Open, Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe
- 2006 Open de Espana, Mallorca Classic
Other
- 1993 Vasteras Open, Compaq Open, Open Dijon Bourgogne (all Challenge Tour), Swedish Professional Championship
- 1999 Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open (Challenge Tour)
[edit] Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1992
Professional
- WGC-World Cup (representing Sweden): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
- Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2002 (winners)
- The Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2002, 2003, 2005
- Royal Trophy (representing Europe}: 2007 (winners)
