List of Swedish professional golfers
This is a list of Swedish professional golfers with one or more professional tour wins or holding a PGA, LPGA, Ladies European Tour (LET) or European Tour card.
Updated as of 25 April 2016.
Male golfers
Female golfers
| Player | Birth | Main Tour wins | Other wins | WWGR[3] | Order of Merit | Awards and Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAJ | M.E.1 | LPGA | LET | First-Last | JPN | AUS | KOR | ASA | SYM | LEG | ||||||
| Annika Sörenstam | 1970 | 10 | 2 | 72 | 17 | 1995–2008 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2006 | LPGA #1 1995 · 1997 · 1998 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 LET #1 1995 | 8 LPGA Player of the Year (record) 6 Vare Trophies (lowest avg. score) World Golf Hall of Fame 2003 3rd most LPGA Tour wins | ||||
| Helen Alfredsson | 1965 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1990–2008 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2008 | LET #1 1998 · #2 2008 LPGA #5 2008 | LET Rookie of the Year 1989 LPGA Rookie of the Year 1992 LET Life Membership Solheim Cup Captain 2007 | ||||
| Liselotte Neumann | 1966 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1985–2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2005 | LET #1 1994 | LET Life Membership LPGA Rookie of the Year 1988 First Swedish LPGA win (1988) Solheim Cup Captain 2013 | ||
| Sophie Gustafson | 1973 | (2xRU) | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1996–2011 | 1 | 17 | 2003 | LET #1 2000 · 2003 · 2007 · 2009 | LET Player of the Year 1998 · 2000 · 2003 | |||||
| Anna Nordqvist | 1987 | 1 | 5 | 2009–2015 | 7 | 2009 | LPGA #7 2014 · #10 2015 | LET Rookie of the Year 2009 | ||||||||
| Maria Hjorth/McBride | 1973 | (2xRU) | 5 | 2 | 1999–2011 | 16 | 2008 | LPGA #5 2001 · LET #5 2007 | ||||||||
| Caroline Hedwall | 1989 | (T3) | (RU) | 5 | 2011–2012 | 3 | 23 | 2013 | LET #3 2011 | LET Player of the Year 2011 LET Rookie of the Year 2011 | ||||||
| Catrin Nilsmark | 1967 | (T4) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1994–1999 | 81 | 2002 | Solheim Cup Captain 2003 · 2005 | |||||||
| Carin Koch | 1971 | (T5) | 2 | 1 | 2000–2005 | 9 | 2002 | LPGA #8 2002 | Solheim Cup Captain 2015 | |||||||
| Cecilia Ekelundh | 1978 | 3 | 2004–2006 | |||||||||||||
| Linda Wessberg | 1980 | 3 | 2006–2009 | 71 | 2007 | LET #6 2006 · LET #8 2007 | ||||||||||
| Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore | 1965 | 3 | 1989–1999 | |||||||||||||
| Karstin Ehrnlund | 1958 | 2 | 1980–1984 | First Swedish LET win (1980) | ||||||||||||
| Lotta Wahlin | 1983 | 2 | 2008 | LET #7 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Charlotta Sörenstam | 1973 | (5) | 1 | 2000 | 1 | 79 | 2002 | |||||||||
| Louise Friberg | 1980 | 1 | 2008 | 72 | 2008 | |||||||||||
| Åsa Gottmo | 1971 | 1 | 2002 | 52 | 2002 | |||||||||||
| Marlene Hedblom | 1972 | 1 | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Camilla Lennarth | 1988 | 1 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Anna Oxenstierna | 1963 | 1 | 1989 | |||||||||||||
| Marie Wennersten-From | 1958 | 1 | 1985 | |||||||||||||
| Johanna Johansson/Westerberg | 1977 | 1 | 2009 | Name changed to Johanna Johansson | ||||||||||||
| Emma Zackrisson | 1979 | 1 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Mikaela Parmlid | 1980 | (2xRU) | LET #12 2013 | Runner up 2014 International Crown. | ||||||||||||
| Louise Stahle | 1985 | (2xRU) | LET Rookie of the Year 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Pernilla Lindberg | 1986 | (T5) | (2xRU) | 87 | 2015 | LET #18 2011 · 2012 · 2013 | Runner up 2014 International Crown. | |||||||||
| Nina Reis | 1980 | (RU) | ||||||||||||||
| Anna Berg | 1973 | (RU) | LET Rookie of the Year 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Karin Sjödin | 1983 | (T4) | 72 | 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Daniela Holmqvist | 1988 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Madelene Sagström | 1992 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pia Nilsson | 1954 | Solheim Cup Captain 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 13 | 9 | 112 | 85 | 1980–2015 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
1 M.E. = LET major only. Women's British Open turned major on both tours 2001, Evian turned major on both tours 2013.
Participation in international team tournaments
Ryder Cup
| 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country |  |  |  | | | |  | |  | |  | |
| Winning team | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
| Joakim Haeggman | ||||||||||||
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | ||||||||||||
| Jesper Parnevik | ||||||||||||
| Jarmo Sandelin | ||||||||||||
| Niclas Fasth | ||||||||||||
| Pierre Fulke | ||||||||||||
| Robert Karlsson | ||||||||||||
| Henrik Stenson | ||||||||||||
| Peter Hanson | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Player – Automatic qualifier Player – Captain's pick Winner in bold
Solheim Cup
| 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | | | | | | | |  | | | | | |  |
| Winning team | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Helen Alfredsson | ||||||||||||||
| Liselotte Neumann | ||||||||||||||
| Catrin Nilsmark | ||||||||||||||
| Annika Sörenstam | ||||||||||||||
| Sophie Gustafson | ||||||||||||||
| Charlotta Sörenstam | ||||||||||||||
| Pia Nilsson | ||||||||||||||
| Carin Koch | ||||||||||||||
| Maria Hjorth | ||||||||||||||
| Linda Wessberg | ||||||||||||||
| Anna Nordqvist | ||||||||||||||
| Caroline Hedwall | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Europe Captain Non-playing assistant captain Player – Automatic qualifier Player – Captain's pick Winner in bold
Seve Trophy
| 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | | | | | |  | | |
| Winning team | |  | | | | | | |
| Robert Karlsson | ||||||||
| Jarmo Sandelin | ||||||||
| Niclas Fasth | ||||||||
| Fredrik Jacobson | ||||||||
| Peter Hanson | ||||||||
| Henrik Stenson | ||||||||
| Alexander Norén | ||||||||
| Jonas Blixt | ||||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
Player – Automatic qualifier Qualified but did not play Winner in bold
Royal Trophy and EurAsia Cup
| Royal Trophy | EurAsia Cup | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | |||||
| Host country |  | | | | |  |  |  | | ||||
| Winning team | | | Asia | | | Asia | | Tie | | ||||
| Henrik Stenson | |||||||||||||
| Niclas Fasth | |||||||||||||
| Robert Karlsson | |||||||||||||
| Johan Edfors | |||||||||||||
| Peter Hanson | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Norén | |||||||||||||
| Fredrik Andersson Hed | |||||||||||||
| Kristoffer Broberg | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||
Player Qualified but did not play Winner in bold
See also
- List of female golfers
- List of male golfers
- List of golfers with most European Tour wins
- List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
- List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
- List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
Notes
- Swedish citizens that have chosen to represent other countries (e.g. Jenny Lidbäck and Carl Suneson) are not included.
References
- ↑ Career best. Official World Golf Ranking website includes archive of weekly ranking lists of Top-200 from 1987 on.
- ↑ Race To Dubai Rankings, PGA European Tour
- ↑ Career best. Officially introduced in February 2006, calculated from 2002. Full list of all ranked players at the official WWGR site.
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