Eric Carlberg (born 28 August 1974) is a Swedish professional golfer.
| Eric Carlberg | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 28 August 1974 Köping, Sweden |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Lidingö, Sweden |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1994 |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
Carlberg won the Ramlösa Open on the Challenge Tour in 1994 as an amateur. He played on the Challenge Tour 1995–2002. He missed his European Tour card by one shot at the Challenge Tour Grand Final in 1999 and failed again at the qualifying school, but made an immediate impact by leading from start to finish to win the Challenge de España, the opening event of the 2000 Challenge Tour season.[1]
Carlberg played 14 events on the European Tour where his best performance was a tie for fourth at the 1999 Moroccan Open.[1]
Professional wins (4) edit
Challenge Tour wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 May 1994 | Ramlösa Open (as an amateur) |
−7 (67-73-69-68=277) | 2 strokes | Mats Hallberg
|
| 2 | 20 Feb 2000 | Challenge de España | −17 (64-66-69-72=271) | 5 strokes |  Carlos Rodiles
|
Nordic Golf League wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 May 2004 | Telia Grand Opening | −10 (64-64=128) | 2 strokes | Linus Pettersson (a)
|
| 2 | 9 Jul 2004 | Saltsjöbadskannan | −2 (70-70-71=211) | Playoff | Linus Pettersson (a)
|
Team appearances edit
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Sweden): 1994
References edit
- ^ a b Eric Carlberg Bio, European Tour, accessed 8 September 2016
External links edit
- Eric Carlberg at the European Tour official site
- Eric Carlberg at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Eric Carlberg at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)