Liselotte Neumann

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Liselotte Neumann
Personal Information
Birth May 20, 1966 (1966-05-20) (age 42)
Finspång, Sweden
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.68 m)
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Residence Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1985
Current tours LPGA Tour (joined 1988)
LET (Life Member)
Professional wins 26 (LPGA Tour: 13, LET Tour: 12, two-woman team: 1)
Major Championship results
Wins: 1
Kraft Nabisco 2nd: 2002
LPGA Championship T2/2nd: 1992, 1999
U.S. Women's Open Won 1988
Du Maurier Classic 2nd: 1995, 1997
Women's British Open T5: 2005
Awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year 1988

Liselotte "Lotta" Neumann (born May 20, 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.

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[edit] Amateur career

Neumann was born in Finspång, Sweden, and had a successful amateur career. She was Swedish Amateur champion in 1982-83 and Swedish Match Play champion in 1983. She played for Sweden in the European Team Championship in 1984 and the World Team Amateur Championships in 1982 and 1984. She turned professional at the start of 1985.

[edit] Professional career

Neumann became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1988 after she qualified by tying for fourth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She won that year's U.S. Women's Open and was declared Rookie of the Year. In total she has won thirteen times on the LPGA Tour. The 1988 U.S. Women's Open remains her only LPGA major, but she won the Women's British Open in 1994, when it was recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour, but not by the LPGA Tour. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour money list is third in 1994, and she also came in the top ten in the money list in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Throughout her career she has played on the Ladies European Tour each season, as well as in Asia. In 1994 she topped the European Order of Merit, was voted Golf World’s Most Improved Golfer and Swedish Golfer of the Year.

Neumann played for Europe in the Solheim Cup in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000. In 2006 she won the Women's World Cup of Golf for Sweden in partnership with Annika Sörenstam. She also earned Life Membership of the LET, a feat achieved by 6 other golfers.

[edit] Professional wins (25)

[edit] LPGA Tour (13)

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Other (12)

  • 1985 (2) IBM European Open, Hoganas Open (both on LET)
  • 1986 (1) BMW German Open (LET)
  • 1987 (1) France Open (LET)
  • 1988 (1) BMW German Open (LET)
  • 1987 (1) Singapore Open (Asian Tour)
  • 1991 (1) IBM Ladies Open (LET)
  • 1994 (1) Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open (LET)
  • 1995 (1) Australian Women's Open (ALPG Tour)
  • 1995 (1) Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open (LET)
  • 1997 (1) Takara World Invitational (JLPGA)
  • 2006 (1) Women's World Cup of Golf (team event with Annika Sörenstam; recognised by all the main women's tours, but not an official money event)

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1987 1988 1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT DNP T28
LPGA Championship DNP DNP T10
U.S. Women's Open CUT 1 T20
du Maurier Classic DNP CUT CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT T30 T26 T40 T11 T32 T10 T16 T5 T58 72
LPGA Championship T27 T11 T2 T25 T3 T38 T41 CUT T37 2 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T54 T15 15 62 3 T21 T8 T14 3 T17 CUT
du Maurier Classic 4 T19 T20 CUT 3 2 T6 2 T48 T34 CUT
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship T18 2 T42 DNP T55 T45 T61
LPGA Championship T12 T52 T67 CUT T31 T29 68
U.S. Women's Open T39 T37 CUT T20 T19 CUT CUT
Women's British Open ^ 55 T35 CUT CUT T5 T31

^ 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.
"T" tied.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

[edit] LPGA Tour career summary

Year Majors Other wins LPGA wins Earnings ($) Money list rank Average
1988 1 0 1 188,729 12 72.44
1989 0 0 0 119,915 30 72.66
1990 0 0 0 82,323 51 73.74
1991 0 1 1 151,367 27 72.91
1992 0 0 0 225,667 21 72.00
1993 0 0 0 90,776 57 72.54
1994 0 3 3 505,701 3 71.46
1995 0 0 0 305,157 16 71.79
1996 0 3 3 625,633 4 70.94
1997 0 2 2 497,841 7 71.28
1998 0 2 2 665,069 5 71.15
1999 0 0 0 405,142 20 71.70
2000 0 0 0 185,309 48 72.96
2001 0 0 0 159,719 61 72.40
2002 0 0 0 295,225 32 72.37
2003 0 0 0 108,379 71 72.39
2004 0 1 1 275,352 43 72.13
2005 0 0 0 607,474 22 71.47
2006 0 0 0 197,785 64 72.44

[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 21 6-10-5 2-2-2 1-6-1 3-2-2 8.5 40.5%
1990 3 1-2-0 0-1-0 lost to B. Daniel 7&6 0-1-0 lost w/P. Wright 6&5 1-0-0 won w/P. Wright 4&2 1 33.3%
1992 3 2-0-1 1-0-0 def B. King 2&1 1-0-0 won w/H. Alfredsson 2&1 0-0-1 halved H. Alfredsson 2.5 83.3%
1994 3 1-2-0 0-1-0 lost to D. Andrews 3&2 0-1-0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 3&2 1-0-0 won w/H. Alfredsson 1up 1 33.3%
1996 5 1-2-2 0-0-1 halved w/B. Daniel 0-1-1 lost w/H. Alfredsson 2&1, halved w/K. Marshall 1-1-0 lost w/C. Nilsmark 1dn, won w/C. Nilsmark 3&1 2 40%
1998 4 1-3-0 1-0-0 def B. Burton 1up 0-2-0 lost w/L. Hackney 1dn, lost w/C. Nilsmark 3&1 0-1-0 lost w/C. Sörenstam 2&1 1 25%
2000 3 0-1-2 0-0-1 halved w P. Hurst 0-1-0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 1dn 0-0-1 halved w/P. Meunier-Lebouc 1 33.3%

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