Maria Bertilsköld (born 13 June 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer and National Team coach. She won the 1990

European Lady Junior's Team Championship The European Lady Junior's Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for women under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1968. It was played every year until 1984, then every second ye ...

and played on the

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for five years between 1992 and 1996.

Amateur career

Bertilsköld won Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship in 1990. The same year, she won the

with a team that included

Annika Sörenstam Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 inter ...

, Charlotte Eliasson,

Åsa Gottmo Åsa Gottmo (born 22 June 1971 in Kalmar) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour 1993–2008. She won the 2002 Wales WPGA Championship of Europe and finished 5th in the Order of Merit twice. Amateur care ...

, Mia Bergman and

Carin Koch Anna Carin Pernilla Hjalmarsson Koch (née Hjalmarsson; born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who previously played on the Ladies European Tour and on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup tea ...

. Under captain Pia Nilsson, she was a member of the Swedish team that won the silver behind England in the 1991

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...

Wentworth Golf Club Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and country club in Virginia Water, Surrey, on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle. The club was founded in 1922. Beijing-based Reignwood Group bought the club in Septe ...

. In 1991, she represented the Continent of Europe in the

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. Playing on the 1991

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while still an amateur, Bertilsköld won the

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. She was also runner-up at the 1991 Höganäs Ladies Open behind

Catrin Nilsmark Catrin Maria Nilsmark (born 30 August 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on both the United States-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Early life Nilsmark was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She grew up in Lerum east of Go ...

, and runner-up at the

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together with

Professional career

Bertilsköld turned professional in 1992 and joined the

, where she had her best career finish in her first start, a T10 at the Ford Ladies Classic at

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. In 1993, she finished a career high 60th on the Order of Merit. On the

, Bertilsköld was runner-up at the 1993 Höganäs Ladies Open behind

. In 1994, she was second in the Order of Merit behind

after recording runner-up finishes at the

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and the Höganäs Ladies Open at

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. In

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, she won the Lerum Ladies Open and Adapt Ladies Open, to again finish second in the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit, this time behind

Maria Hjorth Maria Anna Hjorth (born 15 October 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. Early years Hjorth was born in Falun. As the youngest of three daughters to Kjell and Monica Hjorth, she first gripped a golf club at three years of age. Six years old, ...

. Bertilsköld retired from tour after the 1996 season and became a coach for the national team. She coached the Swedish ladies team to gold in EGA Championships in

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and

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, and to silver in

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and

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. Since 2007, she has worked for Team Annika in Europe and the U.S., and in 2013 she joined

Österåker Golf Club Österåker Golf Club (Österåkers Golfklubb) is a golf club situated in Åkersberga 20 km northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. It has hosted the Compaq Open on the Ladies European Tour. History Opened in 1988 and co-designed by Sven Tumba and ...

as a golf instructor.

Amateur wins

*1990 Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship Source:

Professional wins (3)

Swedish Golf Tour (3)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 1990 (winners) *

(representing Sweden):

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(representing Continent of Europe): 1991

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertilskold, Maria Swedish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Golfers from Stockholm 1970 births Living people