Niclas Fasth

Niclas Fasth
Personal information
Full name	Niclas Fasth
Born	29 April 1972 (1972-04-29) (age 39) Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Ascot, Berkshire, England
Spouse	Marie (m. 2002)
Children	Adam (b. 2001) Amanda (b. 2004)
Career
Turned professional	1993
Current tour(s)	European Tour (joined 1996)
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	6
Challenge Tour	4
Other	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T39: 2008
U.S. Open	4th: 2007
The Open Championship	2nd: 2001
PGA Championship	T10: 2003

Niclas Fasth (born 29 April 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Fasth was born in Gothenburg. 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 also finished second to David Duval in the 2001 Open Championship which enabled Fasth to qualify for the 2002 Ryder Cup.

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. In 2007, he finished fourth in the U.S. Open and the week after, he won his sixth European Tour event, the BMW International Open. These performances helped Fasth to a fifth place finish on the Order of Merit.

Fasth has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings. His primary sponsor is Callaway Golf.

Personal life

Fasth is married to Marie and has two children.

Amateur wins (1)

• 1992 Swedish Amateur Championship

Professional wins (12)

European Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Mar 2000	Madeira Island Open	-9 (66-72-68-73=279)	2 strokes	Mark Davis, Ross Drummond, Richard S. Johnson
2	13 Feb 2005	Holden New Zealand Open	-22 (65-63-75-63=266)	Playoff	Miles Tunnicliff
3	24 Jul 2005	Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe	-14 (68-66-72-68=274)	Playoff	Ángel Cabrera
4	30 Apr 2006	Open de Espana	-18 (67-68-66-69=270)	Playoff	John Bickerton
5	22 Oct 2006	Mallorca Classic	-5 (66-71-70-68=275)	3 strokes	Sergio García
6	24 Jun 2007	BMW International Open	-13 (67-65-73-70=275)	2 strokes	Bernhard Langer, José-Filipe Lima

Challenge Tour (4)

• 1993 (3) Vasteras Open, Compaq Open, Open Dijon Bourgogne
• 1999 (1) Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open

Other (2)

• 1993 (1) Swedish Professional Championship
• 1996 (1) European Tour Qualifying School (not an official tour event)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
The Masters	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T55	T39
U.S. Open	DNP	T37	T48	DNP	DNP	CUT	4	CUT
The Open Championship	2	T28	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T35	CUT
PGA Championship	T29	CUT	T10	T45	CUT	CUT	T42	T63

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	R16	R32	R64	DNP	R64	R16	R32
CA Championship	NT1	T11	T16	DNP	T37	DNP	T6	T44
Bridgestone Invitational	T21	T58	T58	T61	T33	DNP	T22	T52

¹Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament held.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1992
• St Andrews Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 1992

Professional

• WGC-World Cup (representing Sweden): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2002 (winners)
• Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2002, 2003, 2005
• Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2007 (winners), 2009

External links

• Official website
• Niclas Fasth at the European Tour official site
• Niclas Fasth at the PGA Tour official site
• Niclas Fasth at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Fasth, Niclas
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	29 April 1972
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death