Niclas Fasth
Niclas Fasth was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden on April 29th, 1972 and is the Golfer. At the age of 52, Niclas Fasth biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Niclas Fasth (born 29 April 1972) is a Swedish professional golfer. Fasth was born in Gothenburg.
He turned professional in 1993 and won three events on the second tier European Challenge Tour that year.
Since 1994 he has been a member of the European Tour for every season except for 1999.
He qualified for the U.S.-based PGA Tour at the 1997 Qualifying School, and played the PGA and European Tours concurrently in 1998.
He had a bad season on both and in 1999 found himself back on the Challenge Tour.
Since then he has concentrated on playing in Europe and in 2001, he finished tenth on the European Order of Merit.
He also finished second to David Duval in the 2001 Open Championship which enabled Fasth to qualify for the 2002 Ryder Cup. He had good seasons in 2005 and 2006, winning twice on the European Tour in both years and finishing thirteenth and fifteenth on the Order of Merit.
In 2007, he finished fourth in the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania, and the week after, he won his sixth European Tour event, the BMW International Open.
These performances helped Fasth to a fifth-place finish on the Order of Merit. Fasth has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings with a personal best of 18th for three weeks in October 2007.
His primary sponsor is Callaway Golf.
Early life
Fasth was born in Gothenburg. In 1982, when he was 10 years old, his parents bought a summer house close to Lysegården Golf Club in Kungälv, north of Gothenburg. His family, with father Kristher, mother Inga-Lill and younger sister Jessica, used to spend their summers there and began playing golf. With a lot of friends also playing the game, young Fasth was always at the golf course, practiced a lot and showed early talent.
Beside golf, Fasth practiced other sports and during winter time also showed talent in ice hockey.
At 16 years of age, he was adopted at the Swedish upper secondary sports school in Mark, outside Borås, to combine studying with golf training. The school won the Swedish School Championship in 1988, with Fasth winning individually, and represented Sweden at the international final in England.
Amateur career
Fasth received the Swedish Teen-Tour Order of Merit for boys aged 19 to 19.
In 1991, he won the Greek Open Amateur Championship at Glyfada, Athens, with a new 72-hole tournament record of 289, and the year after he was Sweden's Junior Match-play Champion, winning the final on the 18th hole at Kalmar Golf Club.
Fasth was the only amateur to make the cut at the 1992 Scandinavian Masters at Barsebäck Golf & Country Club in Sweden, finishing third, ten strokes behind champion Nick Faldo, who came in fourth, only the second female winner.
He starred Sweden at both youth and adult levels. He was part of the winning Swedish team at the European Youth Championships in Helsinki, Finland, defeating England in the final in 1992. He was one of the country's top amateurs at the 1992 Eisenhower Trophy at Capilano Golf & Country Club, finishing fifth as a team and fifth individually, and fourth overall.
Professional career
He began his playing career in 1993 and his first year on the European second tier Challenge Tour, two of whom were co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour, and explains why he was named the 1993-19 season Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit winner. He appeared on the European Tour from 1994 to 2018, except for 1999.
He registered for the 1997 Qualifying School in the United States and went back to the Challenge Tour in 1999, with success and then returning to the PGA Tour. Since then, he has concentrated on Europe.
After being lone runner-up to David Duval at the 2001 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, England, he came in tenth on the 2001 European Tour Order of Merit. Fasth started in the second round of 67 and was the leader in the club house for two hours until losing by three strokes to 67.
Fasth gained a European 151°2 to 1212 victory in the Sunday singles due to his 2001 appearances.
Fasth gained twice on the European Tour and finished 13th and 15th on the Order of Merit in 2005 and 2006.
At the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania, he came in fourth, two strokes behind winner ngel Cabrera. Fasth won his sixth European Tour event, the BMW International Open in Munich, Germany, this week, ahead of home champion Bernhard Langer. These performances culminated in Fasth's fifth place finish on the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit, a career highlight.
He appeared in only a few tournaments on the European Tour in 2018, and his last tournament, Hills Golf and Sports Club, was the 2018 Scandinavian Invitation, after which he retired from tournament golf.
Fasth set a personal record of 18th for three weeks in October 2007, placing him in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Callaway Golf has always been a sponsor of Callaway Golf.
Awards, private life
In 1997, Fasth earned Elite Sign No. 108 by the Swedish Golf Federation, on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.
In 2003, the three Swedish teammates of the victorious European Ryder Cup team the previous year, Fasth, Pierre Fulke and Jesper Parnevik, was each, by the Swedish Golf Federation, awarded the Golden Club, the highest award for contributions to Swedish golf, as the 30th, 31st and 32nd recipients.
In 2003 Fasth was awarded honorary member of the Swedish PGA.
Fasth is married to Marie and has two children.
During his golf career, he has formerly lived in Monaco and London, England, but resides in Gothenburg since 2014 and represents Hills Golf and Sports Club.
After his competitive career, Fasth has worked for the Swedish Golf Federation, as an adviser and coach for the Swedish national amateur team.