Helen Alfredsson

Helen Alfredsson
— Golfer —
Alfredsson 2014.
Personal information
Full name	Helen Christine Alfredsson
Nickname	Alfie
Born	(1965-04-09) 9 April 1965 Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Kent Nilsson (since 2005)
Career
College	U.S. International University (graduated 1988)
Turned professional	1989
Retired	2013
Current tour(s)	LET (1989–2013) LPGA Tour (1992–2013)
Professional wins	23
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	7
Ladies European Tour	11
LPGA of Japan Tour	3
ALPG Tour	1
Other	2
Best results in LPGA major championships (Wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration	Won: 1993
Women's PGA C'ship	T5: 1992
U.S. Women's Open	2nd/T2: 1993, 2008
du Maurier Classic	T8: 1993
Women's British Open	T40: 2002
Evian Championship	CUT: 2013
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year	1989
LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year	1992
Ladies European Tour Order of Merit	1998

Helen Christine Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish retired professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Alfredsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She represented Sweden in European Junior and Senior Team championships. She was a member of the Swedish team in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1986 and 1988^[1] and is a six-time Swedish national champion winning from 1981 through 1984, in 1986 and 1988.^[2]

She attended United States International University, graduating in 1988 with a degree in International Business^[3] and then tried a career in Paris as a model.^[4] During 1986-1988 she played five times on the Swedish Telia Tour, winning at least once a year.^[5]^[6]^[7] She turned professional on 1 January 1989.^[2]

Professional career

Alfredsson began her professional career on the Ladies European Tour where she was rookie of the year in 1989. The next year, in 1990, she claimed her maiden professional win at the Women's British Open. She won twice on the LET in 1991 and won once each on the ALPG and Japanese tours.^[2] She earned exempt status for the 1992 LPGA Tour season by tying for 17th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.^[3]

She earned Rookie of the Year honors on the LPGA Tour in 1992 and has won seven LPGA Tour events, including one LPGA major: the 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore. A little over three months after her Dinah Shore victory, Alfredsson nearly won the U.S. Women's Open at Crooked Stick Golf Club. Alfredsson finished tied for 2nd, one shot behind winner Lauri Merten.^[8]

Alfredsson has continued to play a limited number of events in Europe, where she has won eleven events. She finished at the top of the European money list in 1998. She has been a member of the European team in the Solheim Cup 8 times: in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2009. She was captain of the European Solheim Cup team in the 2007 Solheim Cup, in which Europe lost to the USA 12-16.

While playing golf, Alfredsson has been known to curse long and loud in Swedish.^[9] The Financial Times of London once editorialized, "They can be louder and more richly worded than many of Lenny Bruce's best performances." Alfredsson said about cursing "You have to stay so focused on the tour," she said. "You work so hard, you don't want anything to interfere. But then all of a sudden this little devil comes crawling out, saying, 'It's time to do something. You've been good too long.'"^[10]

In September 2013, Alfredsson officially announced her retirement.^[11]

Personal life

Alfredsson is married to former National Hockey League player Kent Nilsson and is stepmother of his son, hockey player Robert Nilsson.

Professional wins (23)

LPGA Tour wins (7)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Mar 1993	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−4 (69-71-72-72=284)	2 strokes	Tina Barrett Amy Benz Betsy King
2	31 Jul 1994	PING/Welch's Championship	−14 (70-68-70-66=274)	4 strokes	Pat Bradley Juli Inkster
3	25 Jan 1998	The Office Depot	−11 (68-71-67-71=277)	2 strokes	Liselotte Neumann
4	15 Mar 1998	Welch's/Circle K Championship	−14 (68-64-70-72=274)	1 stroke	Dana Dormann Liselotte Neumann
5	5 Oct 2003	Longs Drugs Challenge	−13 (72-69-64-70=275)	1 stroke	Pat Hurst Jung Yeon Lee Se Ri Pak Grace Park Rachel Teske
6	27 Jul 2008	Evian Masters^	−15 (71-63-71-67=273)	Playoff	Na Yeon Choi Angela Park
7	26 Oct 2008	Grand China Air LPGA	−12 (70-69-65=204)	3 strokes	Yani Tseng

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1992	Mazda Japan Classic	Betsy King	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
2	1997	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	Juli Inkster Kelly Robbins	Inkster won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2008	Evian Masters	Na Yeon Choi Angela Park	Won with birdie on third extra hole Park eliminated with birdie on first hole
4	2008	Safeway Classic	Sophie Gustafson Cristie Kerr	Kerr won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (11)

1990 Women's British Open
1991 Hennessy Ladies Cup, Trophee Coconut Skol
1992 Hennessy Ladies Cup, IBM Ladies' Open
1994 Evian Masters
1996 Hennessy Cup
1997 McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe
1998 Evian Masters
2001 WPGA Championship of Europe
2008 Evian Masters^

Note: The Women's British Open was not co-sanctioned by the LPGA until 1994, and did not become an LPGA major until 2001.
^The Evian Masters has been co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour since 2000.

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

1991 Ellair Open
1992 Itoki Classic
1997 Itoen Tournament

ALPG Tour wins (1)

1991 Queensland Open

Other wins (2)

1991 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Anders Forsbrand)
1992 Sunrise Cup World Team Championship (with Liselotte Neumann)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1993	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−4 (69-71-72-72=284)	2 strokes	Tina Barrett, Amy Benz, Betsy King

Results timeline

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T49	DNP	1	T48	CUT	T48	T54	T3	T10	T57
LPGA Championship	DNP	T5	CUT	T35	T38	CUT	T67	T51	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T13	T2	T9	T40	CUT	T48	T13	T12	CUT
du Maurier Classic	DNP	T28	T8	T31	T9	CUT	T14	T34	CUT	T40

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T46	T45	T64	T40	T35	T8	T37	T21	T12
LPGA Championship	9	CUT	CUT	T61	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T57
U.S. Women's Open	T26	DNP	DQ	CUT	T23	CUT	DNP	2	WD
Women's British Open ^	T64	T40	T61	T60	T42	CUT	CUT	T56	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT
LPGA Championship	T42	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Evian Championship ^^				CUT

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
T = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship	1	0	1	2	4	6	20	17
LPGA Championship	0	0	0	1	2	2	18	9
U.S. Women's Open	0	2	0	2	3	7	19	10
du Maurier Classic	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	7
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1	2	1	5	11	18	78	49

Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1997 Kraft Nabisco Championship – 1999 Kraft Nabisco Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1993 U.S. Open – 1993 du Maurier Classic)

Team appearances

Amateur

Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1986, 1988

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners), 2002, 2009
World Cup (representing Sweden): 2007
Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2008 (winners)
Handa Cup (representing World team): 2012 (tie), 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015

References

↑ "Notable Past Players". IGF. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
1 2 3 "Helen Alfredsson Player Profile". LET. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
1 2 "Helen Alfredsson Full Career Bio" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
↑ "Dialogue: Helen Alfredsson". Golf Digest. Archived from the original on 2001-10-04. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
↑ "1986 Telia Tour Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
↑ "1987 Telia Tour Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
↑ "1988 Telia Tour Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
↑ Charge lifts Merten to U.S. Open victory
↑ Tantrums on tour
↑ Positively Pessimistic
↑ Alfredssons karriär är över (Alfredsson retires) (Swedish)

External links

Helen Alfredsson at the Ladies European Tour official site
Helen Alfredsson at the LPGA Tour official site
Helen Alfredsson at the Legends Tour official site

Dinah Shore/Kraft Nabisco Championship/ANA Inspiration champions

1983 Amy Alcott 1984 Juli Inkster† 1985 Alice Miller 1986‡ Pat Bradley 1987‡ Betsy King 1988 Amy Alcott 1989‡ Juli Inkster 1990 Betsy King† 1991‡ Amy Alcott 1992 Dottie Mochrie† 1993 Helen Alfredsson 1994 Donna Andrews 1995 Nanci Bowen 1996 Patty Sheehan 1997 Betsy King 1998‡ Pat Hurst 1999 Dottie Pepper 2000‡ Karrie Webb 2001 Annika Sörenstam 2002 Annika Sörenstam 2003 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 2004 Grace Park 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Karrie Webb† 2007 Morgan Pressel 2008 Lorena Ochoa 2009 Brittany Lincicome 2010 Yani Tseng 2011 Stacy Lewis 2012 Yoo Sun-young† 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Lexi Thompson 2015 Brittany Lincicome 2016 Lydia Ko

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

Helen Alfredsson at the Solheim Cup

European Solheim Cup team – 1990

Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Dale Reid Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain)

Lost: 4.5 – 11.5

European Solheim Cup team – 1992

Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Florence Descampe Kitrina Douglas Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Dale Reid Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain)

Won: 11.5 – 6.5

European Solheim Cup team – 1994

Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Lora Fairclough Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Dale Reid Annika Sörenstam Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain)

Lost: 7 – 13

European Solheim Cup team – 1996

Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Lisa Hackney Trish Johnson Kathryn Marshall Joanne Morley Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Dale Reid Annika Sörenstam Mickey Walker (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11 – 17

European Solheim Cup team – 1998

Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Sophie Gustafson Lisa Hackney Trish Johnson Catriona Matthew Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Annika Sörenstam Charlotta Sörenstam Pia Nilsson (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12 – 16

European Solheim Cup team – 2000

Helen Alfredsson Raquel Carriedo Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Trish Johnson Carin Koch Patricia Meunier-Lebouc Janice Moodie Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Annika Sörenstam Dale Reid (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 11.5

European Solheim Cup team – 2002

Helen Alfredsson Raquel Carriedo Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Maria Hjorth Karine Icher Carin Koch Paula Marti Mhairi McKay Suzann Pettersen Annika Sörenstam Iben Tinning Dale Reid (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12.5 – 15.5

European Solheim Cup team – 2007

Becky Brewerton Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Bettina Hauert Maria Hjorth Trish Johnson Catriona Matthew Gwladys Nocera Suzann Pettersen Annika Sörenstam Iben Tinning Linda Wessberg Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (non-playing assistant captain) Helen Alfredsson (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12 – 16

European Solheim Cup team – 2009

Helen Alfredsson Becky Brewerton Laura Davies Tania Elosegui Sophie Gustafson Maria Hjorth Diana Luna Catriona Matthew Janice Moodie Gwladys Nocera Anna Nordqvist Suzann Pettersen Alison Nicholas (non-playing captain) Joanne Morley (non-playing assistant captain) Liselotte Neumann (non-playing assistant captain)

Lost: 12 – 16

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