Opened with an even-par 73-71 at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, shot a third-round 65 to put himself in contention then finished with a 4-under 68 to T3, two strokes behind Robert Rock.

2011: During difficult weather conditions in the Middle East, he opened with a 2-over 74 at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters and then played his final 54 holes in 16-under to win on the European Tour for the second year in a row and 12th time overall. His final-round 69 gave him a four-stroke victory over Alvaro Quiros. The win helped him jump 74 places in the Official World Golf Ranking, to 60th. The first-round 74 was the highest European Tour opening-round score by an eventual winner since Anthony Kang won the 2009 Maybank Malaysian Open after also starting with a 74.

Won his second European Tour title at the Johnnie Walker Championship, emerging from a five-man playoff at The Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland. Shot a 3-under 69 Sunday to finish in a tie at 11-under with Mark Foster, George Coetzee, Bernd Wiesberger and Pablo Larrazabal, with the entire playoff held on the 18th hole. Foster, Larrazabal and Wiesberger dropped out by the fourth hole, leaving him and Coetzee to continue the battle. The playoff went to a fifth extra hole when Coetzee drained a had-to-have 12-foot putt. On the fifth playoff hole, he made a short 3-footer after Coetzee's lengthy birdie attempt fell to the left.

Picked up his third European Tour win when he shot a final-round 62 to take the Omega European Masters. Began the final round at Crans-sur-Sierre three strokes behind 54-hole leader Jamie Donaldson. But nine birdies and an eagle (against two bogeys) led to the four-stroke win over Martin Kaymer.

Finished fourth at the British Open in his bid to seek redemption at Royal St. George's from the 2003 Open, where he entered the 16th hole with a two-shot lead before finishing double bogey-bogey-par to finish one stroke behind champion Ben Curtis. Shared the opening-round lead with amateur Tom Lewis after a 5-under 65 but was unable to card a par-or-better round the rest of the way. One of four players to finish under-par (1-under), finishing four strokes behind Darren Clarke.

Dropped out of the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup, where he was scheduled to represent Sweden for a fifth time, due to a neck injury. 2010: Won the Estoril Open de Portugal on the European Tour by five strokes. Finished at 23-under-par 265 for his 10th European Tour title and the first in four years.

Also served as one of Colin Montgomerie's assistant captains at the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. 2009: Had a pair of European Tour top-10 finishes, coming on back-to-back weekends. He was T6 at the BMW Italian Open and T3 at the Open de Espana. Did not play on the PGA TOUR. 2008: Had two top-10s on the European Tour—a T5 at the Ballantine's Championship and a T6 at the Indian Masters. Did not make a PGA TOUR start. 2007: Best finishes were a T11 at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship on the PGA TOUR and a T3 at the French Open on the European Tour. 2006: Won his ninth European Tour title, at the Nissan Irish Open. Trailed by nine strokes after the first round but rallied to birdie the last two holes of the tournament to win on the European Tour for the second consecutive year. 2005: Finished T2 at the PGA Championship at Baltusrol GC, thanks to a 7-under 63 in the third round. 2004: Retained his playing privileges for the PGA TOUR after finishing 73rd on the money list, his first official season on TOUR, but opted not to remain a member in 2005. 2003: Collected enough money as a non-member during the season and accepted his fully-exempt playing privileges on the PGA TOUR for the first time in his career.

Finished T2 at the British Open where he made a double bogey on the par-3 16th hole and then bogey on No. 17 to fall one back of winner Ben Curtis. Was his fourth consecutive top-10 at the British Open..Did not post a win on the European Tour for the first time since 1997, breaking his streak of five consecutive years with a victory. 2002: T8 at the British Open at 4-under-par 280, two shots out of a four-man playoff. Paycheck of $122,465 surpassed what the 150th player on the 2001 PGA TOUR money list made ($279,877) allowing him to join the TOUR as a Special Temporary Member.

Captured his second BMW International Open on the European Tour with a four-stroke victory over John Bickerton and Bernhard Langer. 2001: Lost in playoff at World Golf Championships-EMC World Cup. Teamed with Soren Hansen.

Won once on European Tour, at Dubai Desert Classic, where he outdueled Tiger Woods. Also finished T2 at the Smurfit European Open and solo second at the Loch Lomond World Invitational. 2000: Tied for second behind Tiger Woods in British Open and finished alone in third at PGA, also won by Woods.