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Eva Dahllöf
Eva Ingeborg Dahllöf (born 4 July 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who played 17 seasons on the LPGA Tour. Early life and amateur career Dahllöf started playing golf at the age of 9 with her father Kjell and mother Gun at Örnsköldsvik Golf Club in the province of Ångermanland in Sweden. At age 12, she won the 1977 Norrland Ladies' Championship (the championship representing the geographical northern half of Sweden) over 72 holes at her home course. In April 1983, Dahlöf won the French Junior Open Match-play Championship for the Esmond Trophy at Golf de Saint-Cloud outside Paris, beating Claire Waite, England, on the first extra hole of the final match. Later in 1983, not yet 18 years old, Dahlöf won over future professional major winners Liselotte Neuman and Helen Alfredsson in an important junior tournament in Sweden, JC Open at Varberg Golf Club. She bet Alfredsson in a play-off with Neuman finishing one stroke behind in the 54-hole tournament. Sister of elite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik (, ) is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area. It is well known as an exporter of pulp and paper products and heavy machinery goods. It has a strong environmental record and is the "testbed" for ethanol-powered cars. History Traces of human activity in the Örnsköldvik area date back to the Nordic Bronze Age and there is a reconstructed Archaeology of Northern Europe#Roman Iron Age, Roman Iron Age village called Gene fornby that is a popular tourist attraction just outside the town. However, Örnsköldsvik itself is a relatively young city; it was founded as a ''köping'' (a Swedish market town) in 1842 and became a city in 1894. Its name originates with the surname of List of governors of Västernorrland County, governor of Västernorrland County from 1762–9, Per ... [...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] |
Mercury Titleholders Championship
The Mercury Titleholders Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1990 to 1999. It was played at three different courses in Florida. The event was separate from the , a former major championship on the LPGA Tour, and also from the , which will become the final official event of the LPGA season starting in 2011.
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Louise Friberg (golfer)
Louise Friberg (born 24 June 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the United States-based LPGA Tour. Early years Born in a golfing family, Friberg started playing golf at young age at Rya Golf Club, outside Helsingborg, Sweden. Her father Mikael and her grandfather Björn were both elite golfers and each of them held a scratch handicap at the same time in the 1970s. Her grandfather Björn started the Swedish agency for Ping golf equipment, after he coincidentally met Karsten Solheim, when Björn tried to qualify for The Open Championship in England in 1971. Mikael continued to run the business until he retired after 45 years in 2016. Consequently, Friberg kept playing with Ping clubs through her entire career. Amateur career Friberg was the 1997 Nordic Youth champion after finishing one-under par over 54 holes at Kalmar Golf Club, Sweden, beating future major winner Suzann Pettersen, Norway, by five strokes. In 2002, she finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
