Helena Svensson (golfer) explained

Helena Svensson
Birth Date:21 March 1979
Birth Place:Lagan, Sweden
Yearpro:2002
Extour:Ladies European Tour (joined 2003)
Prowins:3
Award1:Sweden PGA Future Fund Award
Year1:2003

Helena Svensson (born 21 March 1979) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2001 European Ladies' Team Championship and the 2003 Acer South African Women's Open.

Career

As an amateur, Svensson was part of the National Team and represented Sweden at the 1999 European Ladies' Team Championship where her team finished fifth, and again in 2001 when she won together with teammates Kristina Engström, Anna Gertsson, Mikaela Parmlid, Nina Reis and Linda Wessberg. She again represented her country at the 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy, together with Karin Sjödin and Mikaela Parmlid.[1]

Svensson finished runner-up at the 2002 Kalmar Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour, after losing a playoff to Australian Susie Mathews. Mathews won after eight playoff holes, while home player Åsa Gottmo was eliminated after four.[2] Svensson won the 2002 Skandia PGA Open a few weeks later, a tournament she came close to winning again in 2004, finishing a stroke behind winner Linda Wessberg.

Svensson finished fourth at the LET Q-School in 2002, turned professional, and joined the 2003 Ladies European Tour.[3]

In January 2003, she received the PGA Future Fund Award from the Swedish Golf Federation as that year's most promising Swedish international tour rookie alongside Fredrik Widmark.[4]

In March 2003, she won the Acer SA Women's Open at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club.[5] She finished 94th on the LET Order of Merit both in 2003 and 2004.[6]

Professional wins (3)

Sunshine Ladies Tour (1)

Swedish Golf Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef
1 24 Aug 2002 Skandia PGA Open (as an amateur) 71-73-74=218 +2 1 stroke Pia Koivuranta
Nina Reis
[7]
2 15 Jul 2006 71-76-73=220 +1 1 stroke Eva Bjärvall
Golda Johansson
[8]

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golf - den stora sporten . Swedish Golf Federation . 12 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Kalmar Ladies Open Playoff . Sveriges Radio . 12 November 2020 . sv.
  3. Web site: Results LET Qualifying School 2002 . Golfdata . 12 November 2020.
  4. Web site: PGA Future Fund . Swedish Golf Federation . 12 November 2020.
  5. Web site: All systems go for Acer Women's SA Open challenge . ITWeb . 12 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Order of Merit . Ladies European Tour . 12 November 2020.
  7. Web site: 2002 Skandia PGA Open . 12 November 2020.
  8. Web site: 2006 IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open . Golfdata . 12 November 2020.