Pierre Olof Fulke (born 21 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.
Early life and amateur career In 1971, Fulke was born in Nyköping. He came to represent Eksjö Golf Club, situated in the province of Småland in Sweden, through his entire career.
14 years old, he qualified for the 1985 unofficial Swedish Youth Championship (Colgate Cup) at his age level and finished 8th.
He represented Sweden twice at the European Boys' Team Championship and the continent of Europe once at Jacques Léglise Trophy.
Professional career He turned professional before the 1990 season, only 18 years old, and began playing on the Swedish Golf Tour, at the time co-sanctioned by the newly founded European second tier Challenge Tour. In May 1990, he reached a third-place finish in an international field at the Ramlösa Open at Vasatorp Golf Club, Helsingborg.
In 1992, Fulke won twice on the Challenge Tour, to qualify for membership of the main European Tour.
The first of Fulke's three European Tour wins came at the 1999 Lancome Trophy in September at Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche south of Paris, France. He became the 13th Swedish winner on the European Tour, earning the 35th title by a Swedish player. The tournament took place the week before the 1999 Ryder Cup in America, why Fulke's victory came to late to earn him a chance to qualify for the European team. However, his success continued the next season, which enabled him to qualify for the next Ryder Cup.
During the 2000 season, he won the Scottish PGA Championship and the Volvo Masters and finished 12th on the European Tour Order of Merit. After winning the Volvo Masters title, one of his shots was appointed "The 2000 European Tour Shot of the Year".
After a second-place finish at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Australia in February 2001, Fulke reached a career best 26th in the Official World Golf Ranking. He kept his place for the European team at the next Ryder Cup match, originally scheduled for 28–30 September 2001. Following the September 11 attacks, the event was postponed for a year and it was agreed to take place in September 2002, with the same players as originally decided. The European team, won 15½−12½ over the United States team at The Belfry, England, and Fulke contributed by halving his Sunday singles match against Davis Love III.
In 2004, Fulke slipped to 134th place on the Order of Merit, but he retained his tour card for 2005 thanks to a five-year exemption for his Volvo Masters victory. In 2005, he recovered some of his form and finished 49th on the Order of Merit. He missed the majority of the 2006 season through injury and in 2007 he announced that he was retiring from tournament golf to concentrate on golf course design.Fulke calls time on golf career, bbc.co.uk, 3 March 2007.
After his playing career, Fulke became one of Sweden's most respected golf course architects. He has worked together with fellow countryman, former European Tour player and tournament winner, Adam Mednickson. Fulke designed or redesigned 8 of the top 32 courses in the 2020 ranking, by the magazine Svensk Golf, of the 50 best golf courses in Sweden, including the top ranked course Visby Golf Club at the island Gotland.
Awards and honors
In 1997, Fulke earned Elite Sign No. 110 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, Niclas Fasth, 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, Fulke was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.
Personal life Fulke also found interest in playing golf with hickory sticks and once, 2007, won the Swedish Hickory Championship.
He resides in Ormaryd, west of the city of Eksjö in the province of Småland, Sweden.
Professional wins (5) European Tour wins (3) Legend Tour Championships (1) Other European Tour (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up119 Sep 1999Trophée Lancôme−14 (69-69-65-67=270)1 stroke Ignacio Garrido227 Aug 2000Scottish PGA Championship−17 (70-63-68-70=271)2 strokes Henrik Nyström35 Nov 2000Volvo Masters−16 (67-68-70-67=272)1 stroke Darren Clarke
Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up110 May 1992Audi Quattro Trophy−18 (66-66-70-68=270)1 stroke Michel Besanceney, Anders Gillner214 Jun 1992Stiga Open−15 (70-69-68-66=273)1 stroke Mats Hallberg
Results in major championships Tournament1994199519961997199819992000200120022003Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenWDThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUTT30T7T62T28T15PGA ChampionshipCUTT10CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = Withdrew "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 5PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1Totals 0 0 0 0 2 3 12 6 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2002 Open Championship – 2003 Open Championship) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament20002001200220032004Match Play2R64ChampionshipT42NT1InvitationalT17T42T6775 1Cancelled due to 9/11
"T" = Tied QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play NT = No tournament
Team appearances Amateur European Boys' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1988, 1989 Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1988
Professional WGC-World Cup (representing Sweden): 2000 Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2002 (winners) Source:
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