Sophie Gustafson

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Sophie Gustafson

Personal Information
Birth: 27 December 1973,
Varberg
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Nationality: Swedish
Residence: Ponte Vedra, Florida, USA
Career
College: Aranasskolan & Komvux University
Turned Professional: 1992
Current Tour: LPGA Tour (joined 1998); member of Ladies European Tour
Professional wins: 21 (LPGA Tour 4; Ladies European Tour individual 12 (including 1 co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour); other 6)
Majors:
Awards: LET Order of Merit 2000,2003; LET Stroke Average trophy 2003


Sophie Gustafson (born December 27, 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. She has four LPGA and 17 international wins in her career.

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[edit] Professional career

Sophie Gustafson turned professional in 1992. In the next three years she played 12 Telia Tour and four Ladies European Tour tournaments. 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 and once on the Ladies European Tour. In 1997 she earned her first win on the Ladies Asian Tour and finished T40th at LPGA Q School to earn non-exempt status for 1998. That year Gustafson also won twice on the LET, 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.

In 2001 Gustafson won once on both the LPGA and LET tours crossing the LPGA Tour career $1million earnings mark. She defended her Georgia title, losing in a playoff to Annika Sörenstam. In 2002 she played seven LET events, posting 4 top 10 finishes, ending the season with one victory and 3rd place in the Order of Merit. She made 15 of 20 cuts on the LPGA, her best finish being an 11th.

In 2003 Gustafson won three out of eight LET events and secured another LET Order of Merit title. She also won her third LET Players' Player of the Year award and the Vivien Saunders Stroke Average trophy. She won the Samsung World Championship on the LPGA tour, her 4th LPGA win, crossing the $2million LPGA Tour career earnings mark. She became the first woman to compete in a men's Japan Golf Tour event.

During 2004 Sophie struggled with illness due to DVT in her leg. Her best finish of the year was a tie for third on the LPGA where she led the tour in driving distance (270.2 yards). 3 LET events in 2005 yielded a second place finish at the Weetabix Women's British Open and 3rd place on the LET Money List. On the LPGA Tour she had seven top 10 finishes and tied her career low round of 64 at the Wendy's Championship.

Gustafson was a member of Europe's Solheim Cup team in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005. Gustafson is married to former LPGA commissioner Ty Votaw, who left his post following the 2005 Solheim Cup.

[edit] Professional wins

[edit] LPGA Tour

Note: The Women's British Open did not become an LPGA major until 2001

[edit] Ladies European Tour individual

  • 1996: Deesse Ladies' Swiss Open
  • 1998: Donegal Irish Ladies' Open, Marrakech Palmeraie Open
  • 2000: Ladies Italian Open, Waterford Crystal Irish Open, Women's British Open (see note 1)
  • 2001: AAMI Women's Australian Open (co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour)
  • 2002: Biarritz Ladies Classic
  • 2003: Ladies Irish Open, HP Open, BT Ladies Open
  • 2006: Austrian Ladies Open

Notes:
1: Gustafson Women's British Open win is also listed in the LPGA Tour section as it was co-sanctioned by the two tours. 2: Gustafson was also a member of winning teams in the Praia Del Rey European Cup, a team competition between members of the Ladies European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, in 1998 and 1999 and these are included in her tally on the tour's site given her a total of 15. However as it is not conventional to include wins in team events of this nature in golfer's individual wins tally they are treated separately here.

[edit] Other

  • 1996: Rörstrand Ladies Open (Telia Tour)
  • 1997: Thailand Open (Ladies Asian Tour)
  • 1998: Telia Ladies Finale (Telia Tour), Praia d'El Rey European Cup (team event)
  • 1999: Praia d'El Rey European Cup (Ladies European Tour team event)
  • 2000: TSN Ladies World Cup Golf (team event)

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP T79 DNP
LPGA Championship DNP T54 T40
U.S. Women's Open DNP T20 T31
du Maurier Classic DNP DNP T33
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Kraft Nabisco Championship T7 T25 T51 T48 T66 CUT
LPGA Championship CUT CUT CUT T74 CUT T44
U.S. Women's Open 11 CUT CUT CUT T58 T10
Women's British Open ^ T42 T11 8 CUT 2 T2

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] LPGA Tour career summary

Year Majors Other wins LPGA wins Earnings ($) Money list rank Average
1997 0 0 0 30,154 N/A 72.50
1998 0 0 0 81,915 83 74.58
1999 0 0 0 80,800 96 73.27
2000 0 2 2 544,390 13 71.93
2001 0 1 1 617,327 15 71.55
2002 0 0 0 165,093 57 72.4
2003 0 1 1 635,372 18 71.11
2004 0 0 0 167,843 65 73.48
2005 0 0 0 484,839 28 72.59
2006 0 0 0 655,548 17 71.57

[edit] Solheim Cup Record

Year Total Matches Total W-L-H Singles W-L-H 4somes W-L-H 4balls W-L-H Points Won Points %
Career 19 8-7-4 2-2-1 4-0-2 2-5-1 10 52.6%
1998 2 0-1-1 0-0-1 halved w/M. Mallon 0-1-0 lost w/L.Hackney 7&5 0.5 25%
2000 4 2-1-1 0-1-0lost to B. Burton 4&3 1-0-1won w/T. Johnson 3&2, halved w/T. Johnson 1-0-0won w/T. Johnson 3&2 2.5 62.5%
2002 3 2-1-0 1-0-0 def C. Kerr 3&2 1-1-0lost w/K. Icher 4&3, won w/L. Davies 1up 2 66.7%
2003 5 3-2-0 1-0-0def H Bowie 5&4 2-0-0won w/E. Esterl 3&2, won w/S. Pettersen 3&1 0-2-0lost w/I. Tinning 2Dn, lost w/L. Davies 2&1 3 60%
2005 5 1-2-2 0-1-0 lost to J.Inkster 2&1 1-0-1 halved w/T. Johnson, won w/C. Koch 5&3 0-1-1 lost w/K Stupples 2&1, halved w/S. Petterson 2 40%


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