Carl Pettersson

Carl Pettersson
Pettersson at the 2007 Open Championship
Personal information
Born	29 August 1977 (1977-08-29) Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Career
College	North Carolina State University
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
European Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T27: 2006
U.S. Open	T6: 2008
The Open Championship	T8: 2006
PGA Championship	T24: 2010

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 at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, in the United States. He went on to attend North Carolina State University.

After he won the European Amateur in 2000, Pettersson turned professional. 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 4 June 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.

On 17 August 2008, Pettersson holed a closing 12 inch putt for a two stroke victory in his adopted hometown of Greensboro to win the Wyndham Championship.

On 23 January 2010, Pettersson scored a double eagle and hole-in-one in the same round of the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, California. According to Golf Digest, a golfer having a double eagle and a hole-in-one in the same round of golf has been reported only four times in history. One of the four was by the legendary basketball player and coach, John Wooden in 1947.

On 25 July 2010, Pettersson won his 4th PGA Tour event at the RBC Canadian Open by 1 stroke over Dean Wilson. Pettersson made a 9' par putt on Friday to make the cut. He shot 60 on Saturday and a birdie putt for 59 lipped out on 18, which put him in the final pairing on Sunday. He shot 67 on Sunday to win by 1.

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	7 Apr 2002	Algarve Open de Portugal	-2 (66-76=142)	Playoff	David Gilford

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	30 Oct 2005	Chrysler Championship	-9 (69-67-68-71=275)	1 stroke	Chad Campbell
2	4 Jun 2006	Memorial Tournament	-12 (69-67-69-71=276)	2 strokes	Zach Johnson, Brett Wetterich
3	17 Aug 2008	Wyndham Championship	-21 (64-61-66-68=259)	2 strokes	Scott McCarron
4	25 Jul 2010	RBC Canadian Open	-14 (71-68-60-67=266)	1 stroke	Dean Wilson

Results in major championships

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T27	T52	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T17	T6	T36	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T43	DNP	T57	DNP	T8	T45	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	54	DNP	CUT	DNP	T47	CUT	T24	DNP

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

See also

• 2002 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Carl Pettersson at the PGA Tour official site
• Carl Pettersson at the European Tour official site
• Carl Pettersson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site