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Biography of Niclas Fasth - Golfer
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Niclas Fasth (born 29 April 1972 in Gothenburg) is a Sweden|Swedish golfer. 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 he had the best year of his career in 2001, when he finished tenth on the European Order of Merit. He has featured in the top forty of the Official World Golf Rankings. ==Professional wins== *1993 Vasteras Open, Compaq Open, Open Dijon Bourgogne (all Challenge Tour), Swedish Professional Championship *1999 Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open (Challenge Tour) *2000 Madeira Island Open (European Tour) *2005 Holden New Zealand Open, Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe (both European Tour) ==Team appearances== *Eisenhower Trophy (amateur): 1992 *WGC-World Cup (representing Sweden): 2001, 2002, 2003 *Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2002 (winners) *The Seve Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2002, 2003 ==External links== *http://www.niclasfasth.com/ Official site *http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay erNo=9247 Profile on the European Tour's website *http://www.golfstarsonline.com/F/Niclas_Fasth/ Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles

