Robert Karlsson believes following process will lead to victory
May 20, 2021
Robert Karlsson is focusing on himself rather than chasing victory on the PGA TOUR Champions. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
Robert Karlsson had his welcome-to-PGA-TOUR-Champions-moment after his very first round.
The 6-foot-5 native of Sweden, who won 11 times on the European PGA TOUR and won the Order of Merit in 2008, had shot a first-round 2-under 69 at the 2020 Chubb Classic and was feeling pretty good about himself.
Then he checked the leaderboard.
“My caddie said let’s just be patient and take our time and let things happen,” Karlsson said. “I ended with 69 and I was like, ‘Yeah, OK. That was decent.’ And I was like 24th or whatever. And I was like, ‘Oh, OK.’ It was a bit of a slap in the face right away.