Rikard Karlberg

Rikard Karlberg (born 1 December 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Rikard Karlberg
Personal information
Born (1986-12-01) 1 December 1986
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Nationality Sweden
Career
Turned professional2006
Current tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking69 (19 June 2016)[1]
(as of 31 January 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Asian Tour2
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2016
U.S. OpenCUT: 2010, 2013
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2015, 2016

Karlberg was born in Gothenburg. He turned professional in 2006. He topped the Nordic League rankings in 2007 to earn a tour card on the Challenge Tour. His best finish on the Challenge Tour was T4 at the 2008 Reale Challenge de España.

Karlberg earned his 2010 Asian Tour card through qualifying school. He won the second Asian Tour event he played, the SAIL Open.[2][3] Later in the year, he won his second Asian Tour title at the Hero Honda Indian Open.

Karlberg earned a 2015 European Tour card through qualifying school, and won the Open d'Italia during his rookie season. He finished runner-up at the 2016 BMW PGA Championship en route to a career-best finish of 34th in the Race to Dubai. After battling illness which forced him to step away from competitive golf, he holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the final hole of 2019 Qualifying School to earn the final European Tour card for 2020.[4]

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 20 Sep 2015 Open d'Italia 67-67-68-67=269 −19 Playoff Martin Kaymer

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2015 Open d'Italia Martin Kaymer Won with birdie on second extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 2 Apr 2010 SAIL Open −20 (65-69-68-66=268) 5 strokes Shiv Kapur
2 5 Dec 2010 Hero Honda Indian Open −11 (70-69-68-70=277) 2 strokes Baek Seuk-hyun

Telia Tour wins (3)
  • 2006 PGA Landmann Open
  • 2007 PGA Landmann Open, St Ibb Open

Scanplan Tour wins (1)
  • 2007 Unibake Masters

Other wins (1)
  • 2009 Stenungsund Open (Swedish Golf Ranking)

Results in major championships
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2016
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T19
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Week 25 2016 Ending 19 Jun 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. Karlberg Seals Victory In Style
  3. Classy Karlberg Seals The Deal
  4. "Rikard Karlberg". European Tour. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. "Golf - Den Stora Sporten'" [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. p. 201.


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