Pierre Fulke

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Pierre Fulke
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Pierre Olof Fulke
Born (1971-02-21) 21 February 1971
Nyköping, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Eksjö, Sweden
Career
Turned professional 1989
Retired 2007
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Challenge Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2001
U.S. Open WD: 2001
The Open Championship T7: 2000
PGA Championship T10: 2002

Pierre Olof Fulke (born 21 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.

Fulke was born in Nyköping. He turned professional in 1989.

In 1991 and 1992, Fulke played on the second tier Challenge Tour, winning twice in the latter year to qualify for membership of the main tour.

The first of Fulke's three European Tour wins came at the 1999 Lancome Trophy. His most successful season was 2000, when he won the Scottish PGA Championship and the Volvo Masters and finished 12th on the European Tour Order of Merit. During this period he featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He was also a member of the European team at the 2002 Ryder Cup.

In 2004, Fulke slipped to 134th place on the Order of Merit, but he retained his tour card for 2005 thanks to a five year exemption for his Volvo Masters victory. In 2005, he recovered some of his form and finished 49th on the Order of Merit. He missed the majority of the 2006 season through injury and in 2007 he announced that he was retiring from tournament golf to concentrate on golf course design.[1]

Professional wins

European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 19 Sep 1999 Trophee Lancome -14 (69-69-65-67=270) 1 stroke Spain Ignacio Garrido
2 27 Aug 2000 Scottish PGA Championship -17 (70-63-68-70=271) 2 strokes Sweden Henrik Nyström
3 5 Nov 2000 Volvo Masters -16 (67-68-70-67=272) 1 stroke Northern Ireland Darren Clarke

Challenge Tour wins (2)

  • 1992 Audi Quattro Trophy, Stiga Open

Results in major championships

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP WD DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP CUT DNP T30 T7 T62 T28 T15
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T10 CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 5
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1
Totals 0 0 0 0 2 3 12 6
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2002 Open Championship – 2003 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • WGC-World Cup (representing Sweden): 2000
  • Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2002 (winners)

References

  1. Fulke calls time on golf career, bbc.co.uk, 3 March 2007.

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