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Niclas Fasth

Sweden · born , Gothenburg, Sweden

0.5Ryder Cup points from 3 matches

Summary

  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-2-1 · 0.5 points (16.7%)
  • Singles 0-0-1 · Foursomes 0-0-0 · Four-ball 0-2-0
  • Best major finish runner-up, 2001 Open

Near misses

  1. 2001 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · runner-up to David Duval · 277

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 3 matches: 0 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-2-0, singles 0-0-1.

  1. 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · automatic

Rivals

Beat him

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: David Duval's rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    2001 The Open

    Runner-up to David Duval · 277.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 2001.

    Career line, 2001–2002

    The Open
    2001 The Open: runner-up to David Duval
    Ryder Cup
    2002 Ryder Cup (Europe): 0-2-1
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    2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up
    • Ryder Cup, GB / Europe

    Niclas Fasth was born in 1972 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Fasth's best major finish was second, at the 2001 Open. Fasth played in 1 Ryder Cup for Europe (2002), winning 0, losing 2 and halving 1 of 3 matches for 0.5 points.

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    The record

    Near misses

    1. 2001 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · runner-up to David Duval · 277

    Ryder Cup

    Fasth played 1 Ryder Cups for Europe: 3 matches, 0 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 0.5 points (16.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-2-0, singles 0-0-1 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 2002 The Belfry (Brabazon Course) Europe · Europe won 15.5–12.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · automatic

    Partners, with matches played together: Pádraig Harrington (1), Jesper Parnevik (1).

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. WP: List of European Ryder Cup golfers
    2. WP: Niclas Fasth
    3. GC: 2002 ryder cup
    4. SI Vault 2001 — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://vault.si.com/vault/2001/08/27/tough-calls-picking-the-ryder-cup-wild-cards-was-a-difficult-job-but-somebody-namely-curtis-strange-had-to-do-it
    5. Deseret News 2001
    6. Golf Channel
    7. Wikipedia: 2002 Ryder Cup