Robert Karlsson has become the first ever Swede to win the European Order of Merit golf title. The 39-year-old could afford to finish 32nd in the final competition of the season at the Volvo masters as his closest challenger Lee Westwood failed to grab the victory he needed for the title.
Overall, Robert Karlsson finished 17 strokes behind Valderrama winner Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark, but this didn’t matter as Lee Westwood finished tied for 13th with Padraig Harrington. Therefore, after an anxious weekend that Robert Karlsson described as the ‘hardest ever experienced’ in his golf career, he was able to lift the Harry Vardon trophy.
Robert Karlsson admitted that he was disappointed not to finish the season with a good personal performance, but that his Order of Merit victory marks a ‘great day for Swedish golf’.
The fact that Robert Karlsson is celebrating is a justified reward for the players’ consistency over this European Tour. He has only finished outside the top 20 places on six occasions over 23 events. That’s a rather remarkable achievement and highlights how far he has come as a professional golfer.
The Swede admits that he has taken his game to a ‘new level’ and that it feels ‘fantastic’ because of it. The next step for him though is to record a major victory, something I might stick a golf bet on him doing in 2009. He has come a long way as a player in the last three years or so and if this continues; he can become very, very successful because he is a model professional.
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