Carin Koch

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Carin Koch
Personal Information
Birth February 23, 1971 (age 36)
Kungalv, Sweden
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m)
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Residence Phoenix, Arizona
College University of Tulsa
Career
Turned Pro 1992
Current tour LPGA Tour (joined 1995)
Other tour LET (joined 1992)
Professional wins 4 (LPGA Tour: 2, LET Tour: 1,two-woman team: 1)

Carin Koch née Hjalmarsson (born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

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[edit] Amateur career

Carin Koch had a successful amateur career. She was Swedish Girl Champion in 1988 and played in the Junior and Senior European Amateur Team Championships as a member of the 1985-91 Swedish national amateur team. She was also 1990 European Team Junior Champion.[1] Koch enrolled at the University of Tulsa and was named Second-Team All-American in 1990 and Scholar All-American in 1991. [2] Between 1987 and 1991 she played eight times on the Swedish Telia Tour as an amateur, never finishing outside the top ten.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] She turned professional in 1992.[8]

[edit] Professional career

1992 was her rookie year on the Ladies European Tour. She gained 3 wins on the Swedish Telia Tour in both 1992 (including the Swedish Matchplay Championship)[9] and 1993.[10] In 1994, she finished fourth on the Asian Order of Merit and tied for fifth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1995 LPGA season.[1]

In 1995, her rookie season, her best LPGA finish was a tie for second at the JAL Big Apple Classic. She also gained two top ten finishes on the LET Tour. 1n 1996 she almost gained her maiden LPGA victory losing the Edina Realty Classic to Liselotte Neumann in a playoff. In 1998 she gave birth to her first son, Oliver Michael Ture.[1]

In the 1999 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Koch had a two shot lead with just the final hole to play. Her caddie gave her the wrong club and she made double bogey to drop into a sixway sudden death playoff which was won by Se Ri Pak.[11] In 2000 Koch won her maiden European title at the 2000 Chrysler Open.[12] She was a member of the victorious European Solheim Cup Team, where she went 3-0 as a “rookie” and sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to win her match against Michele Redman to clinch the European Team’s victory.[13] She also teamed with Sophie Gustafson to win the inaugural TSN Ladies' World Cup of Golf.[14]

In 2001, she became an LPGA maiden winner at the LPGA Corning Classic.[15] At the start of 2002, Carin topped a Playboy internet poll as the sexiest women on the LPGA but declined to pose for them nude.[16] This was the year Koch recorded a career-best 13 top-10 finishes, including three runner-up finishes and was a captain's pick for the European Solheim Cup team.[17] In 2003, Koch gave birth to her second child, Simzon Michael but still played well enough to be a captain's pick for the 2003 Solheim Cup won by the Europeans in her native Sweden.[18]

In 2005, she won her second career LPGA event at the Corona Morelia Championship.[19] and was again a captain's pick for the 2005 Solheim Cup.[20] She teamed up with Sophie Gustafson to represent Sweden at the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf[21] and was also a member of the International team at the inaugural Lexus Cup.[22] She also played in the 2007 Women’s World Cup of Golf with Helen Alfredsson]].[23]

[edit] Professional wins (4)

[edit] LPGA Tour (2)

[edit] Other tours (2)

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP MC MC DNP MC T17
LPGA Championship MC T18 T53 T18 T36 T40
U.S. Women's Open T40 MC DNP T13 T5 T31
du Maurier Classic MC MC MC T63 T9 12
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship T15 T5 DNP T16 T30 T24 T61
LPGA Championship T17 T6 DNP T11 T7 T49
U.S. Women's Open MC T37 MC T10 MC T28
Women's British Open ^ T56 T8 T50 T13 T15 MC

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
MC = missed the half-way cut.
"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
1995 0 0 0 129,313 48 72.54
1996 0 0 0 128,772 50 73.26
1997 0 0 0 70,802 87 73.04
1998 0 0 0 207,432 35 72.34
1999 0 0 0 260,962 33 71.98
2000 0 0 0 329,377 28 72.40
2001 0 1 1 421,329 25 71.69
2002 0 0 0 785,817 8 70.91
2003 0 0 0 155,023 58 72.20
2004 0 0 0 568,404 20 71.04
2005 0 1 1 612,036 21 71.59
2006 0 0 0 223,664 60 72.61

[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 16 10-3-3 2-1-1 10-2-1 6-5-1 71.9%
2000 3 3-0-0 1-0-0 def M. Redman 2&1 1-0-0 won w/C. Nilsmark 2&1 1-0-0 won w/C. Nilsmark 2&1 3 100%
2002 5 4-0-1 0-0-1 halved w/ B. Daniel 2-0-0 won w/A. Sörenstam 3&2, won w/A. Sörenstam 4&3 2-0-0 won w/ M. McKay 3&2, won w/A. Sörenstam 4&3 4.5 90%
2003 4 1-2-1 0-1-0 lost to J. Inkster 5&4 1-0-1 halved w/L. Davies, won w/A. Sörenstam 3&2 0-1-0 lost w/A. Sörenstam 1dn 1.5 37.5%
2005 4 2-1-1 1-0-0 def M. Redman 2&1 1-0-1 halved w/C. Matthew, won w/ S. Gustafson 5&3 0-1-0 lost w/C. Matthew 1dn 2.5 62.5%

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c Carin Koch Full Career Bio. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  2. ^ Tulsa All-Americans. University of Tulsa. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  3. ^ 1987 Results Telia Tour. Golfdata from golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
  4. ^ 1988 Results Telia Tour. Golfdata from golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
  5. ^ 1989 Results Telia Tour. Golfdata from golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
  6. ^ 1990 Results Telia Tour. Golfdata from golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
  7. ^ 1991 Results Telia Tour. Golfdata from golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
  8. ^ Carin Koch Player Profile. LET. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  9. ^ 1992 Results Telia Tour. Golfdata from golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
  10. ^ 1993 Results Telia Tour. Golfdata from golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
  11. ^ Koch vows to pay attention. LET (2002-08-10). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  12. ^ Sweden's Carin Koch wins Chrysler Open. CBC Sports (2000-06-04). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  13. ^ Solheim Cup Player Profile: Carin Koch. LET (2002-09-04). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  14. ^ Swedes hold off English pair. BBC News (2000-09-17). Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
  15. ^ Koch pips McKay to title. BBC Sport (2001-05-27). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  16. ^ Sex & the LPGA. Golf for Women. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  17. ^ Reid chooses wild cards amid controversy. LET (2002-08-25). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  18. ^ European Team announced. LET (2003-08-25). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  19. ^ Koch wins Corona Morelia Championship. LET (2005-04-25). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  20. ^ The 2005 European Solheim Cup team announced. LET (2005-08-28). Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  21. ^ Women's World Cup of Golf: Twenty teams confirmed. LET (2004-12-17). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  22. ^ Internationals win The Lexus Cup. LET (2005-12-12). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
  23. ^ Teams confirmed for Women’s World Cup of Golf. LET (2006-11-23). Retrieved on 2007-03-31.

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NAME Koch, Carin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Kungalv, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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