Carl Pettersson

Sweeden

Carl Pettersson (born on 29 August 1977) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Personal information
Born 29 August 1977 (1977-08-29) (age 34)
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

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.

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