- Carl Pettersson
Carl Pettersson (born on
29 August 1977 ) is a Swedish professionalgolf er.Pettersson was born in
Gothenburg . His father was aVolvo executive who was transferred internationally, so Carl lived inEngland from ages ten to fourteen and spent his last two high school years inGreensboro, North Carolina in theUnited States . He went on to attendNorth Carolina State University .Pettersson turned professional in 2000. He won a
European Tour card at that year'sQualifying School and played the European Tour in 2001 and 2002, winning the 2002Algarve Open de Portugal . In late 2002 he won a place on the U.S. basedPGA Tour at Qualifying School and he has played mainly in America since then. His first PGA Tour title was the 2005Chrysler Championship , where he became the third Swede to win on the PGA Tour afterJesper Parnevik andGabriel Hjertstedt . He has featured in the top fifty of theOfficial World Golf Rankings .On June 4, 2006, Pettersson won his second PGA Tour title - the
Memorial Tournament atMuirfield Village . He finished at twelve under par, two strokes ahead of the field.On August 17, 2008 Pettersson holed a closing 12 inch putt for a two stroke victory in his adopted hometown of Greensboro to win the
Wyndham Championship .European Tour wins (1)
*2002
Algarve Open de Portugal PGA Tour wins (3)
*2005
Chrysler Championship
*2006Memorial Tournament
*2008Wyndham Championship Results in major championships
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10External links
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/53/45 Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=31153 Profile on the European Tour's official site]
* [http://www.owgr.com/players/bio.sps?ID=7048 Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site]
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