SOPHIE GUSTAFSON
Country Sweden
Born 27/12/1973 - Varberg
Turned Professional 1992
Joined Tour 1994
Career Victories LET (Last) 13 (2007)
Other Victories (Last) 9 (2003)
Career Best Finish 22 wins worldwide
Career Holes-in-One 2
Career Earnings LET (Euro) 1,988,291.27
Tournaments Played 122
Top Ten Finishes 34
Lowest Round 63 (2 times)
PROFESSIONAL Lomond. Voted 2000 LET Players’ Player of the Year.
2008 Highlights Voted Swedish Golfer of the Year 2000 by the Association
Sophie played in seven LET events in 2008 and posted of Golf Writers in Sweden. Voted Waterford Players’ Player
two top 10 finishes to end the year ranked 46th on the of the Year for 1998 after winning twice and finishing
New Star Money List with season’s earnings of second on the Order of Merit. Completed maiden
€48,796.18. Her best finishes on the LET were T5th at American Express Tour victory in 1996 Deesse Ladies
the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Austria and T7th at the Swiss Open.
Goteborg Masters in Sweden. She played 23 events on PERSONAL
the US LPGA Tour and earned US$646,303 to finish 28th 177cm with a penchant for colouring her (naturally brown)
on the US money list. Her five top 10 finishes included hair to suit her mood! Green eyes. Hobbies include
two equal second places at the Sybase Classic and motorbikes and music. Purchased a “Triumph Tiger”
Safeway Classic, but sadly there were no wins. motorbike in 2004. Credits Seve Ballesteros and Solheim
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Cup team mate Laura Davies as the individuals most
Won the 2007 Final New Star Money List, thereby finishing influencing her career. Attended a Swedish school for 15
as the official European number one for the third time. years, where she studied law, accounting and marketing.
Won 22nd career victory at the 2007 De Vere Ladies Represents Sweden. Married former LPGA Tour
Scottish Open. Represented Europe in The 2007 Solheim Commissioner Ty Votaw in Florida on June 16, 2006. Also is
Cup at Halmstad in Sweden. Won 21st worldwide victory a spokeswoman for Swedish Queen’s Charity ‘Childhood’.
at the Siemens Austrian Ladies Open and as a TOUR VICTORIES
consequence earned Life Membership of the LET. (13) 2007 De Vere Ladies Scottish Open, 2006 Siemens
Represented Europe in the 2005 Solheim Cup and won Austrian Ladies Open. 2003 Ladies Irish Open, BT Open,
2 points. Represented Sweden with Carin Koch in the HP Open. 2002 Biarritz Ladies Classic. 2001 AAMI
2005 Women’s World Cup of Golf and finished T16. Won Australian Open, 2000 Ladies Italian Open, 2000 Waterford
three times in 2003 and secured the LET Order of Merit Crystal Ladies Irish Open, 2000 Weetabix Women’s British
title. Won LET Stroke average trophy for the second Open, 1998 Donegal Irish Ladies Open, 1998 Marrakech
straight year. Won Player’s Player of the year award for the Palmeraie Open, 1996 Deese Ladies Swiss Open.
third time. Also won on the LPGA At the Samsung World OTHER VICTORIES
Championship. Represented Europe in The Solheim Cup (9) 1996 Rörstrand Open, 1997 Thailand Open, 1998
and won three points. Won her 8th event on the LET at Telia Final, 1998 Princess Lalla Meriem Cup. 2000
the Biarritz Ladies Classic, defeating her room mate for Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, TSN World Cup
the week Mhairi McKay at the first extra hole. Earned two Golf (partnering Carin Koch), 2001 Subaru Memorial
points at The 2002 Solheim Cup. of Naples. 2003 Samsung World Championship. 2003
Won LET Stroke average trophy for the second year
Catalonia World Matchplay Championship.
running in 2002. Ranked number two in eagles on the
SOLHEIM CUP
LPGA (13). Won the 2001 AAMI Australian Open when she
1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
beat the then World number one Karrie Webb into second
place. Won again on the LPGA at the Subaru Memorial of
TOUR RECORD:
Naples, firing a career best 64 on the way. Posted her first
hole-in-one during the second round of the Evian Masters
(Year, earnings/points, ranking)
and recorded her second hole-in-one during the Tyco/ADT 1994 £1,610 105 2002 5613.25 3
Championship on the LPGA. Won three times in Europe 1995 £12,394 48 2003 917.95 1
and once in USA in 2000 as she established herself as 1996 £34,733 12 2004 60.31 68
one of Europe’s leading players. Finished top of the Evian 1997 £13,522 45 2005 €168,825.26
Order of Merit and Evian Money list. Also partnered Carin
1998 £103,443 2 2006 €193,773.79 4
Koch to victory in the inaugural TSN Ladies World Cup
1999 £53,027 10 2007 €222,081.47 1
Golf at Adare Manor. Won 2 and a half out of a possible
2000 8,777 1 2008 €48,796.18 46
four points in Europe’s Solheim Cup victory at Loch
2001 5,916.57 5
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