Tapio Pulkkanen (born 21 May 1990) is a Finnish professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.

He has described that he had a group of boys to practice and compete with at his home club and at the same time, in contrast to a team sport, was responsible for his own game.

[2] At age 16, Pulkkanen represented his country abroad for the first time, at the European Young Masters in Austria.

[4] At the 2011 European Amateur Team Championship, Pulkkanen finished tied 7th individually in the stroke-play competition, against a 120-man field, which included future European Tour winners Thomas Pieters, Alexander Lévy, Adrián Otaegui and Andy Sullivan.

Pulkkanen played on the Nordic Golf League in 2015, won five events and headed the Order Of Merit.

Pulkkanen is coached by Tommi Nousiainen and his agent is Johan Elliot at Sportyard International in Stockholm, Sweden.