Line Toft Hansen (born 31 July 1999) is a

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and member of the

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Early life and amateur career

Hansen started playing golf in 2007, taught by her grandfather. She played at Gilleleje Golf Club, where her parents owned the restaurant, and later switched to Hillerød Golf Club. Her brother,

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, is also a professional golfer. He won the 2018

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. In 2013, they both won the AON Junior Tour III tournament, in the girls' and boys' category respectively. Hansen won the Finnish International Championship (U16) in 2014. She was runner-up in the team event at the 2015

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in Canada, and finished 10th individually. She was runner-up at the 2017

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and runner-up at the 2018 Turkish International Amateur Open Championship. In 2019, she was 3rd at the German International Amateur.

Professional career

Hansen turned professional in late 2019 and joined the 2020

with limited category. She started four tournaments and made two cuts. In 2021, she started more than a dozen tournaments and finished T4 in the team event at the

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, teamed with

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of France and

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of South Africa. In 2020, Hansen also participated in seven tournaments on the

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over the summer, winning the Hagge Open held at Hagge Golf Club near

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. This was enough to win the Order of Merit, albeit shared with Louise Rydqvist, and in the lesser domestic category excluding

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designated events. The main category was won by

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Amateur wins

*2013 AON Junior Tour III *2014 Finnish International Championship (U16) *2016 DGU Elite Tour Damer Sæsonfinalen *2017 Hotel Præstekilde Møn Open Sources:

Professional wins (1)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Denmark): 2015 *

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(representing Denmark):

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References

External links

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Line Toft Hansen
at the World Amateur Golf Ranking official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Toft Hansen, Line Danish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark People from Hillerød Municipality 1999 births Living people