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Camilla Lennarth
Camilla Lennarth (born 16 June 1988) is a List of Swedish professional golfers, Swedish professional golfer who has played on the Ladies European Tour and U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She won the 2014 Ladies Slovak Open and held the first round lead at the 2013 Women's British Open. Early life and amateur career Lennarth was born in Stockholm in 1988 and trained at Saltsjöbaden Golf Club. By 2004 she was a member of the National Team and played in the European Young Masters and the Junior Ryder Cup, where she was teamed with Rory McIlroy and Carlota Ciganda. She played in the 2005 and 2006 European Girls' Team Championship, securing a silver in 2005 in a team with Anna Nordqvist, Linn Gustafsson and Anna Dahlberg Söderström. She played in the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 European Ladies' Team Championship, winning the event on home soil in 2008 with Anna Nordqvist, Pernilla Lindberg, Caroline Westrup, Jacqueline Hedwall and Caroline Hedwall. She also won the 2010 event at La Manga Club t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Westrup
Caroline Westrup (born 11 February 1986) is a Norwegian- Swedish professional golfer. She represented Sweden until she acquired Norwegian citizenship in 2015. Early life Westrup moved from her home of Åhus, Sweden to Bærum, Norway at age 11 after her father, Charlie Westrup, was appointed head coach of the Norwegian Golf Association. At 16 she moved to Perstorp, Sweden to attend the Swedish National Golf Gymnasium from which she graduated in 2005. Amateur career She majored in sport management and minored in communications at Florida State University, and recorded five wins in collegiate competition. She were a two-time NGCA All-American First Team selection (2006, 2007) and four-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Scholar Athlete selection (2006–09). Westrup had a successful amateur career and was part of the Swedish national team from 2001, including the team that finished silver medalist at the 2002 European Girls' Team Championship in Turin. In 2002, she finished th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RACV Ladies Masters
The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LPGA Tour. It has been played at the RACV Royal Pines Resort in Benowa, Queensland, a suburb of Gold Coast since 1992. In 2007 the Masters was the richest women's golf tournament in Australia, with a prize fund of A$800,000. Although the 2008 prize fund dropped to A$600,000, the tournament remained the richest in Australia. The 144 strong 2015 field consisted of 50 ALPG players, 50 LET players, 10 LPGA of Korea Tour players, 5 China Ladies Professional Golf Association players, 3 leading players from the Women's World Golf Rankings and sponsor's invitees. The tournament was founded in 1990 as a 54-hole stroke play event, and was originally called the Australian Ladies Masters. It expanded to 72 holes in 1994. Australia's most successful wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Ridderström
Louise Ridderström (born 24 December 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Ridderström was born in Stockholm to a gymnast mother and a father ( sv:Lars-Erik) who was member of the Swedish National Hockey Team. She started playing golf at the age of six, and played NCAA Division 1 college golf with the UCLA Bruins women's golf team at the University of California, Los Angeles between 2012 and 2016. An accomplished junior golfer, she was part of the Swedish National Team and finished 4th at the European Girls' Team Championship in 2010 and 5th in 2011. She appeared twice at the European Ladies' Team Championship, finishing 5th both times. In 2015 her team lost in the quarter final to the Swiss team which included Kim Métraux, Morgane Métraux and Albane Valenzuela. In 2016 they lost to an English team with Alice Hewson, Bronte Law and Meghan MacLaren, after Ridderström finished third individually in the stroke play. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Matchplay Championship
The Swedish Match Play Championship is a golf tournament played since 1904, held for both men and women. It is the oldest and most traditional golf tournament in Sweden. The name SM is shortening in Swedish language for "Svenska Mästerskapet" (the Swedish Championship). History From the first tournament in 1904 (for men) and 1911 (for women) until 1983, it was an amateur tournament, from 1910 open only for Swedish citizens, and the winner was the official Swedish champion. Since 1984, except 1985, the tournament has been open to both amateurs and professionals and for foreign citizens. If a foreigner wins, the best placed Swedish player becomes Swedish champion of the year. The men's tournament is part of the Swedish Golf Tour since 1986 and the Nordic Golf League since 1999. It featured on the Challenge Tour between 1990 and 1999. The women's tournament is part of the women's Swedish Golf Tour since 1986. The first tournament was held 9–10 October 1904, organized by Göteb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's World Golf Rankings
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA Tour), Ladies European Tour, Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan Tour), Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA of Korea Tour), Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG Tour), Epson Tour, China Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour, the Ladies European Tour Access Series and also by The R&A, which administers the Women's British Open and the United States Golf Association which conducts the U.S. Women's Open. The idea of introducing a set of women's rankings similar to the Official World Golf Ranking was developed at the May 2004 World Congress of Women's Golf, and was first planned for 2005, but then put back to 2006. Calculation of the rankings The rankings are based on performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Reid
Melissa Rose Reid (born 19 September 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.Profile on Ladies European Tour's official site In October 2020, she won her maiden LPGA Tour event, the . Early life and amateur career Reid was born in , England. As an amateur she won several events including the 2004 and 2005 English Girls' Championship, the 2006 and 2007 |
South African Women's Open
The South African Women's Open is a golf tournament. It was first played in 1988, is sanctioned by the Women's PGA of South Africa and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour. The tournament has been co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour 2012–2014 and from 2018. The title sponsor is Investec and the host sponsor is the City of Cape Town The City of Cape Town ( af, Stad Kaapstad; xh, IsiXeko saseKapa) is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city of Cape Town, South Africa and its suburbs and exurbs. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 3,740,026. The remot .... Winners References External links * List of winners [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symetra Classic
The Symetra Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. From 2009 to 2011, the tournament was played at The Dominion Country Club in San Antonio, Texas. The event moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012 and was played at Raintree Country Club. It moved to Milton, Georgia in 2017 and was played at Atlanta National Golf Club. In 2018, it moved to River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina. The tournament was a 54-hole event, as were most Symetra Tour tournaments. The title sponsor of the tournament was Symetra Financial Corporation, a life insurance corporation with headquarters in Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and has variously been characterized as a s .... Tournament names through the years *200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama Crimson Tide Women's Golf
The Alabama Crimson Tide golf teams represent the University of Alabama located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Crimson Tide currently has two of the best teams in the country with the men and women consistently ranked inside the top 5 by ''Golfweek''. History Men The Alabama Crimson Tide men's golf program has a rich history that dates back to the program's inception in 1952. That first season saw Crimson Tide golfer Bobby Hill capture the SEC Individual Championship. Michael Thompson (2008), Justin Thomas (2012), and Bobby Wyatt are the only other Crimson Tide golfers to win the SEC Individual Championship. The Crimson Tide has won five SEC Tournament Championships (1979, 2008, 2012–2014); appeared in 23 NCAA Tournaments and advanced to the finals 12 times; and have had 13 players garner 21 All-America honors. Jay Seawell, the 2008 & 2012 SEC Coach of the Year, arri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Larsson
Louise Larsson (born 30 July 1990) is a Swedish professional golfer. She won the 2010 European Ladies' Team Championship and played on the Ladies European Tour between 2011 and 2016. Amateur career Larsson won the 2010 European Ladies' Team Championship at La Manga Club as part of the Swedish National Team alongside Camilla Lennarth and twins Jacqueline and Caroline Hedwall. The same year, she won the bronze at the Espirito Santo Trophy in Argentina together with Camilla Lennarth and Caroline Hedwall. Playing on the Swedish Golf Tour, she won the 2009 SM Match Play and the 2010 Dalsland Resort Ladies Open, where she shot a new course record of 63, shooting 29 on the final 9 holes. Professional career Larsson turned professional and joined the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 2011 after finishing fifth at the LET Final Qualifying School. On the LET, she kept her playing rights by comfortably finishing in the top 100 on the Order of Merit each year between 2011 and 2014, peaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 2010 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 20–23 October at the Olivos Golf Club and Buenos Aires Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the 24th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were a record 52 team entries, each with two or three players. Each team played two rounds at Olivos and two rounds at Buenos Aires. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. South Korea won the Trophy for their second title, with a record 30-under-par score of 546, 17 strokes ahead of silver medalist team United States. Defending champion team Sweden shared the bronze medal with France and South Africa on third place, another five strokes back. The individual leaderboard was headed by the three South Korean players, with Han Jung-eun on top, scoring 275, 13 under par. The third South Korean player was individually five strokes ahead of the best player of any other te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
