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Pierre Olof Fulke (born 21 February 1971) is a Sweden professional golfer who played on the European Tour.
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.
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. 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, . 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.
He resides in Ormaryd, west of the city of Eksjö in the province of Småland, Sweden.
| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other European Tour (2) |
| 1 | 19 Sep 1999 | Trophée Lancôme | −14 (69-69-65-67=270) | 1 stroke | Ignacio Garrido |
| 2 | 27 Aug 2000 | Scottish PGA Championship | −17 (70-63-68-70=271) | 2 strokes | Henrik Nyström |
| 3 | 5 Nov 2000 | Volvo Masters | −16 (67-68-70-67=272) | 1 stroke | Darren Clarke |
| 1 | 10 May 1992 | Audi Quattro Trophy | −18 (66-66-70-68=270) | 1 stroke | Michel Besanceney, Anders Gillner |
| 2 | 14 Jun 1992 | Stiga Open | −15 (70-69-68-66=273) | 1 stroke | Mats Hallberg |
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||||
| U.S. Open | WD | |||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T30 | T7 | T62 | T28 | T15 | |||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T10 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 5 |
| 1 |
| WGC-Match Play | 2 | R64 | |||
| WGC-Championship | T42 | NT1 | |||
| WGC-Invitational | T17 | T42 | T67 | 75 |
"T" = Tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament
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