Carl Pettersson
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| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | August 29, 1977 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| College | North Carolina State University |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 2000 |
| Current tour | PGA Tour (joined 2002) |
| Professional wins | 3 (PGA Tour: 2, European Tour: 1) |
| Best Results in Major Championships | |
| Masters | T27: 2006 |
| U.S. Open | T17: 2007 |
| British Open | T8: 2006 |
| PGA Championship | 54th: 2004 |
Carl Pettersson (born on 29 August 1977) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Pettersson was born in Gothenburg. His father was a Volvo executive who was transferred internationally, so Carl lived in England from ages ten to fourteen and spent his last two high school years in Greensboro, North Carolina in the United States. He went on to attend North Carolina State University.
Pettersson turned professional in 2000. He won a European Tour card at that year's Qualifying School and played the European Tour in 2001 and 2002, winning the 2002 Algarve Open de Portugal. In late 2002 he won a place on the U.S. based PGA Tour at Qualifying School and he has played mainly in America since then. His first PGA Tour title was the 2005 Chrysler Championship, where he became the third Swede to win on the PGA Tour after Jesper Parnevik and Gabriel Hjertstedt. He has featured in the top fifty of the Official World Golf Rankings.
On June 4 2006, Pettersson won his second PGA Tour title - the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village. He finished at twelve under par, two strokes ahead of the field.
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[edit] European Tour wins (1)
[edit] PGA Tour wins (2)
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T27 | T52 | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | T17 | |
| The Open Championship | T43 | DNP | T57 | DNP | T8 | T45 | |
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | 54 | DNP | CUT | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
