Sophie Gustafson
| Sophie Gustafson | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Gustafson in April 2011
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
27 December 1973 Varberg, Sweden |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Nationality |
 Sweden
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| Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse | Ty Votaw (2006–10) |
| Career | |
| College | Aranässkolan & Komvux University, Sweden |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Current tour(s) |
LET (joined 1994) LPGA Tour (joined 1998) |
| Professional wins | 28 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 5 |
| Ladies European Tour | 16 (6th all-time) |
| Other | 8 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | T7: 2001 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T6: 2007 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T10: 2006 |
| du Maurier Classic | T33: 2000 |
| Women's British Open | 2nd/T2: 2005, 2006 |
| Evian Championship | CUT: 2013 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Ladies European Tour Player of the Year |
1998, 2000, 2003 |
| Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner |
2000, 2003, 2007, 2009 |
| Ladies European Tour Stroke Average trophy |
2002, 2003 |
| Swedish Golfer of the Year | 2000 |
| Heather Farr Player Award | 2012 |
Sophie Gustafson (born 27 December 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is a member of U.S.-based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She has five LPGA Tour and 23 international wins in her career, including victories on five of the six continents on which golf is played: North America, Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia. She is a four-time LET Order of Merit winner and represented Europe in the Solheim Cup on each team from 1998 to 2011.
Gustafson turned professional in 1992 whilst studying marketing, economics and law at Aranasskolan & Komvux University in Sweden. In the next three years she played 12 Telia Tour and four Ladies European Tour tournaments. On the Telia tour she had six top ten finishes. Her best finish on the LET was a 22nd at her home tournament in Sweden.
1995 saw her join the Ladies European Tour gaining two top 10 finishes in 13 starts. 1996 was her first full year on the Ladies European Tour. She gained her first professional wins, winning once on the Telia Tour at the Rörstrand Ladies Open and once on the Ladies European Tour at the Déesse Ladies Swiss Open. In 1997 she earned her first win on the Ladies Asian Tour at the Thailand Ladies Open and finished T40th at LPGA Q School to earn non-exempt status for 1998.
In 1998 Gustafson won twice on the LET at the Donegal Irish Ladies' Open and at the Marrakech Palmeraie Open, finish second on the Order of Merit and was voted Waterford Players' Player of the Year. She also played four times on the LPGA tour, recording a second-place finish at the co-sanctioned Women’s British Open. She also won the Telia Tour Finale and made her debut in the Solheim Cup, replacing the injured Trish Johnson at the last minute. During 1999, Gustafson played on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tours. Her best result was a tie for 2nd at the Ladies' German Open on the Ladies European Tour.
2000 was a breakthrough year for Gustafson. She got her maiden win on the LPGA at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, and added a second LPGA title at the co-sanctioned Women’s British Open. She had two other wins in Europe at the Ladies Italian Open and at the Waterford Crystal Ladies Irish Open, and partnered with Carin Koch to win the inaugural TSN Ladies World Cup Golf. She also won 2 and a half out of a possible four points in Europe's Solheim Cup victory at Loch Lomond. The year ended with Gustafson topping the Evian Order of Merit and official Evian moneylist, being voted Swedish Player of the Year by the Association of Swedish Golf Writers and becoming Players' Player of Year'.
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