Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Ko Karlsson he mema o te kapa Continental Europe i te Seve Trophy i te 2000, 2002 me te 2007. I te tau 1999 ko ia te tekau ma tahi i runga i te teepu tohu Ryder Cup i ngaro noa i te waahi whakamutunga aunoa, a kaore i tohua hei whiriwhiri rangatira. I hanga e ia tana Ryder Cup tuatahi i te 2006, i te 37 o ona tau, me te hoa Swedish Henrik Stenson. I tākaro anō ia i te tau 2008
Ka honoa a ia ki a Pádraig Harrington i te kapa tokowhā, ā, ka hinga ia i a Justin Leonard e 5 me te 3 i te kapa takitahi i te Ratapu.