Emily Kristine Pedersen Explained

Emily Kristine Pedersen
Fullname:	Emily Kristine Pedersen
Birth Date:	7 March 1996
Birth Place:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Yearpro:	2015
Tour:	Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour
Prowins:	6
Letwins:	5
Otherwins:	1
Nabisco:	CUT: 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024
Lpga:	T36: 2017
Wusopen:	T23: 2021
Wbritopen:	T11: 2020
Evian:	T14: 2016
Award1:	Den Gyldne Golfbold (PoY in Denmark)
Year1:	2013, 2020
Award2:	Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year
Year2:	2015
Year3:	2020
Award4:	Ladies European Tour Player of the Year
Year4:	2020

Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour.^[1] She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2014 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Turning professional in early 2015 she had a successful first season, finishing runner-up in the Deloitte Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France before winning the Hero Women's Indian Open. She was named LET Rookie of the Year for 2015.

Pedersen earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.^[2]

She made only the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history in 2023 on the 12th hole in the afternoon four-ball on 22 September 2023.^[3]

Amateur wins

• 2010 Mølleån Open, Danish Match Play, Royal Tour Damer III
• 2011 Doral Publix Junior Classic (14–15)
• 2012 Furesøpokalen, DGU Elite Tour Damer III, Doral-Publix Junior Classic
• 2013 Spanish Ladies Amateur, German Girls Open, International European Ladies Amateur Championship, DGU Elite Tour Damer Finale, Doral-Publix Junior Classic (16–18)
• 2014 British Ladies Amateur

Source:^[4]

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1		Hero Women's Indian Open^1	70-73-73=216	E	1 stroke	Malene Jørgensen Becky Morgan Cheyenne Woods
2			63-65-71=199	−17	4 strokes	Christine Wolf
3			67-68-71-72=278	−10	Playoff	Georgia Hall
4		Saudi Ladies Team International (individual event)	69-66-67=202	−14	2 strokes	Anne van Dam Stephanie Kyriacou Luna Sobrón
5			68-71-68-66=273	−15	4 strokes	Nuria Iturrioz

¹ Co-sanctioned by Ladies Asian Golf Tour

LET playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2015	Open de France Dames	Céline Herbin	Herbin won with a par on the third extra hole^[5]
2	2020	ASI Ladies Scottish Open	Cheyenne Knight Stacy Lewis Azahara Muñoz	Lewis won with a birdie on the first extra hole
2	2020	Saudi Ladies International	Georgia Hall	Pedersen won with a birdie on the first extra hole

Danish Golf Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Chevron Championship					CUT				CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open					T41		CUT	T23			T58
Women's PGA Championship				T36	CUT	CUT		CUT	T50	T52	CUT
The Evian Championship	T47	T25	T14	CUT			NT	T19		CUT	54
Women's British Open	CUT	CUT	T40	CUT			T11	T42	T22	T30

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3
	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	5
	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	5
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	6	30	16

• Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 0

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year	Ranking	Source
2014	460	^[6]
2015	118	^[7]
2016	100	^[8]
2017	153	^[9]
2018	323	^[10]
2019	509	^[11]
2020	71	^[12]
2021	74	^[13]
2022	126	^[14]
2023	110	^[15]

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Girls' Team Championship (representing the Denmark): 2011, 2012^[16]
• Junior Vagliano Trophy

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2011 (winners)

• Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2012, 2014
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2013
• Junior Solheim Cup

(representing Europe): 2013

• Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2013 (winners)
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Denmark): 2014

Professional

• The Queens (representing Europe): 2015
• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2017, 2021 (winners), 2023 (tie, cup retained)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points won	Points %
Career	12	5–6–1	1–2–0	2–3–0	2–1–1	5.5	45.8
2017	3	0–3–0	0–1–0 lost to D. Kang 3&1	0–1–0 lost w/ M. Reid 5&3	0–1–0 lost w/ C. Ciganda 6&5	0	0.0
2021	4	3–1–0	1–0–0 def. D. Kang 1 up	1–1–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&1<br>lost w/ C. Hull 2&1	1–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&2	3	75.0
2023	5	2–2–1	0–1–0 lost to L. Thompson 2&1	1–1–0 lost w/ C. Hull 5&4<br>won w/ C. Ciganda 2&1	1–0–1 halved w/ M. Stark won w/ M. Sagström 2&1	2.5	50.0

Notes and References

1. http://ladieseuropeantour.com/player/?player=200565 Profile on Ladies European Tour's official site
2. Web site: Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series . LPGA . 13 December 2021.
3. Web site: Solheim Cup Ace . twitter.com . September 22, 2023.
4. Web site: Emily Kristine Pedersen . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 8 August 2017.
5. Web site: Céline Herbin wins play-off to claim Lacoste Ladies Open de France . LET . 31 January 2020.
6. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 29, 2014.
7. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 28, 2015.
8. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 26, 2016.
9. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 25, 2017.
10. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 31, 2018.
11. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 30, 2019.
12. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 28, 2020.
13. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 27, 2021.
14. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 26 December 2022.
15. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 25 December 2023.
16. Web site: European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association . 19 October 2015 . 8 February 2023.