Marita Engzelius (born 9 February 1988) is a retired

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professional golfer, who played on the Symetra Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She won the Symetra Tour Championship and was runner-up at the

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Amateur career

Engzelius won the

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three times (2007, 2010 and 2012) and was awarded the ''Kongepokal''. She represented Norway at the

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in 2010 and

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. Playing golf at the University of Tulsa between 2009 and 2012, she was a three-time All- Conference USA selection.

Professional career

Engzelius turned professional after finishing 24th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2012, where she earned a place on the Symetra Tour and limited category for the

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. She played on the Symetra Tour from 2013 to 2017. In

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she eagled the first playoff hole to win the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship, to finish 15th on the money list. Engzelius was successful at the Ladies European Tour's qualifying school in 2017, and played on the LET 2018 and 2019. She won the season opener in the

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, the Terre Blanche Ladies Open held in France, in April 2018. Her best finish on the LET was runner-up at the 2018

in Australia, two strokes behind

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. After 7 years on tour she announced her retirement at the

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in December 2019.

Amateur wins

*2007

*2010

*2012

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour (1)

LET Access Series wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Norway):

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, 2009, 2010, 2011 *

(representing Norway): 2010,

Professional * European Championships (representing Norway):

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