Emma Zackrisson
| Emma Zackrisson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Zackrisson in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Hanna Emma Erika Zackrisson | ||
| Born | 26 January 1979 Holmsund, Umeå, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Holmsund, Umeå, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Oklahoma State University | ||
| Turned professional | 2002 | ||
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (2003–2011) Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Ladies European Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | T60: 2009 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Emma Zackrisson (born 26 January 1979) is a former Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour 2003–2011. She won the 2008 Open de España Femenino.
Amateur career
[edit]Zackrisson attended Oklahoma State University 1998–2002 where she played with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team and majored in broadcast journalism and public relations. She won twice as a senior, including the Big 12 Championship.[1]
In 2002, she received the Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award, an award presented by the National Golf Coaches Association to the student-athlete who is both an All-American Scholar and an All-American who excels in academics.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Zackrisson turned professional after she graduated in 2002 and finished 16th at the LET Qualifying School to secure a card for the 2003 season. In 2004, she finished runner-up at the Ladies Central European Open in Hungary, four strokes behind Minea Blomqvist. In 2006, she finished 5th at the Acer SA Women's Open in Durban.
2008 was her best season, she won the season opener Open de España Femenino and finished top-6 at the SAS Masters in Norway, UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Austria, and the Madrid Ladies Masters, to finish 18th in the rankings.[3]
In 2009, she secured the second largest prize check in her career with a 4th place at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, and made the cut at the 2009 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.[4]
After nine seasons on the Ladies European Tour she retired from tour in 2011 at age 32.[5]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2002 Rainbow Wahine Invitational, Big 12 Championship
Professional wins (1)
[edit]Ladies European Tour (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Apr 2008 | Open de España Femenino | 72-67-71-71=281 | −7 | 4 strokes |  Nikki Garrett Diana Luna Joanne Mills
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Results in LPGA majors
[edit]| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | ||
| Women's PGA Championship | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT | T60 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
References
[edit]- ^ "Cowgirl Golf Wins Big 12 Championship". Oklahoma State University Athletics. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Lonardi Wins Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award". Baylor University Athletics. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Framgången har fått Emma på grön kvist". Folkbladet (in Swedish). 10 October 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Emma Zackrisson" (in Swedish). Golfdata. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Golfproffset Emma Zackrisson lägger av" (in Swedish). Folkbladet. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Emma Zackrisson at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)