Olle Karlsson

Olle Karlsson
Personal information
Born	(1969-04-09) 9 April 1969 (age 52) Falkenberg, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality	Sweden
Residence	Marbella, Spain
Career
Turned professional	1989
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T68: 1995

Olle Karlsson (born 9 April 1969) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Karlsson turned professional in 1989 and joined the Challenge Tour where he won the 1993 Ramlösa Open. Between 1993 and 2002 he played over 200 events on the European Tour, finishing top-10 12 times, despite being plagued for years by injuries sustained in a serious car accident in February 1994.^[1]

Karlsson won the 1998 Open Novotel Perrier with Jarmo Sandelin, an unofficial money event on the European Tour. He was runner-up at the 1998 English Open behind Lee Westwood, and finished third at the 1995 Jersey Open and the 1996 Johnnie Walker Classic in Singapore. He peaked at 165 on the Official World Golf Ranking in 2001.^[2]

Professional wins (2)[]

Challenge Tour wins (1)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	30 May 1993	Ramlösa Open1	−11 (69-70-71-67=277)	3 strokes	Niclas Fasth

¹Co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour

Other wins (1)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	18 Oct 1998	Open Novotel Perrier (with Jarmo Sandelin)	−26 (62-68-63-136=329)	3 strokes	Richard Boxall and Derrick Cooper

Results in major championships[]

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
Note: Karlsson only played in The Open Championship.

References[]

External links[]

• Olle Karlsson at the European Tour official site
• Olle Karlsson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Olle Karlsson at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)