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Charlotta Sörenstam

Charlotta Sörenstam
Personal information
Born (1973-04-16) 16 April 1973 (age 43)
, Sweden
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College University of Texas
(one year)
Turned professional 1994
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 1997)
Former tour(s) LET (1995–2008)
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
LPGA of Korea Tour 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration 5th: 1999
Women's PGA C'ship T30: 2004
U.S. Women's Open T27: 2000
du Maurier Classic T14: 1998
Women's British Open T61: 2002
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Mary Bea Porter Award 2004

Charlotta Sörenstam (born 16 April 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. Her older sister, Annika, is herself a Hall of Fame golf professional.

Sörenstam was born in . She had a very successful amateur career including a runner-up finish in the Swedish national mother-daughter golf tournament and was a member of the Swedish National Team for seven years. She captured the 1993 European Team Championship title and won the 1992 Angso Ladies Open. In 1993, Sörenstam competed for the University of Texas at Austin in the United States and won the 1993 Championship title, as well as All-America honors.

Sörenstam turned professional in 1994 and played on the Ladies European Tour in 1995 and 1996. At the end of 1996, she finished second at the LPGA Tour Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for 1997. She moved to the United States to play on the LPGA Tour, while continuing to play occasionally in Europe.

She has one LPGA Tour win, the 2000 Standard Register PING. Her best finish in Europe is second, which she has achieved several times.

Sörenstam received the 2004 Mary Bea Porter Award from the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association for saving Donna Caponi from choking during the 2003 LPGA Championship.

Sörenstam represented Europe in the Solheim Cup in 1998 and served as non-playing European captain for the European girls' team in the Junior Solheim Cup in 2005.

Since 2007 Sörenstam has been Director of Golf Operations at The Annika Academy, a luxury golf school located south of Orlando, Florida, run by Sörenstam's sister, Annika Sörenstam.

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