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Maria Hjorth

Maria Hjorth
2010 Women's British Open – Maria Hjorth (6).jpg
Personal information
Full name Maria Anna Hjorth
Born (1973-10-15) 15 October 1973 (age 43)
Falun, Sweden
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse Shaun McBride
Children Emily (b. 2009)
Career
College University of Stirling
Turned professional 1996
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 1998)
LET (joined 1996)
Professional wins 12
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 5
Ladies European Tour 2
Other 5
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration 4th: 2008
Women's PGA C'ship 2nd: 2008
U.S. Women's Open T8: 1999
du Maurier Classic T17: 1999
Women's British Open T2: 2007
Evian Championship DNP

Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth (born 15 October 1973 in Falun) is a Swedish professional golfer.

She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship.

She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour (LET) that year and in 1997. Since 1998 she has played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, while continuing to play in Europe several times each year. She has won two individual titles on the LET and five on the LPGA, and has finished sole or tied second in the prestigious Evian Masters three times. She was a member of five European Solheim Cup teams in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 and played three times in the Praia D'el Rey European Cup, a team competition sanctioned by the LET.

She also played under her married name, Maria McBride.

She has also played top division curling in Sweden.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

^ 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
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Yellow background for top-10.

Amateur

Professional


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