Vibeke Stensrud (born 29 September 1973) is a

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professional golfer. She won the 1993

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and played on the Ladies European Tour between 1997 and 2005, with two runner-up finishes.

Amateur career

Stensrud started playing golf at 7 and joined the National Team before she was 15. She won the

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four times (1990, 1991, 1993 and 1995) and the

in 1993. She represented Norway at the

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three times, and the Continent of Europe at the

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in 1993 and 1995, winning the latter. Stensrud attended

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on a golf scholarship, and was one of three finalists for the Honda Sports Award in 1994–95.

Professional career

Stensrud turned professional in 1996 and joined the Ladies European Tour in 1997. She finished 58th on the Order of Merit in her rookie season, and 82nd in 1998 after sustaining an injury to her right arm. She played on the 1999 Ladies Asian Golf Tour and finished fourth at the Malaysia Ladies Open and runner-up at the Philippines Ladies Open. On the 1999 Ladies European Tour she had her first top-10 finish at the

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, two strokes behind winner

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. The following year she finished in a tie for third at the

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and solo second at the Ladies British Masters, two strokes behind

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, for a career-high 17th place in the Order of Merit. In 2003 she tied for second together with

at the

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, one stroke behind

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, ending the season ranked 23rd. In 2005 Stensrud announced her retirement from tour citing persistent injuries.

Amateur wins (5)

* 1990

* 1991

* 1993

* 1995

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut.
NT = no tournament

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Norway):

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

: (representing the Continent of Europe): 1993, 1995 (winners) *

(representing Norway):

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

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References

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