| Tonje Daffinrud | |
| Fullname: | Tonje Frydenberg Daffinrud |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Tønsberg, Norway |
| Height: | 1.78m |
| Residence: | Østerås, Oslo, Norway |
| College: | University of Denver |
| Yearpro: | 2014 |
| Tour: | Ladies European Tour (joined 2015) LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour |
| Prowins: | 5 |
| Nabisco: | DNP |
| Lpga: | DNP |
| Wusopen: | DNP |
| Wbritopen: | CUT: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Evian: | DNP |
| Award1: | Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit |
| Year1: | 2019 |
Tonje Frydenberg Daffinrud (born 19 September 1991) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour between 2015 and 2021, and represented Norway at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
As a junior, Daffinrud represented Europe at the 2009 Junior Solheim Cup.[1] She also represented the Norwegian National Team at the European Ladies' Team Championship and Espirito Santo Trophy. She played collegiate golf with the Denver Pioneers, like her compatriot Espen Kofstad, and graduated from the University of Denver in 2014 with a degree in International Business and Economics.[2] [3]
In 2016, she won the Norwegian National Golf Championship and was awarded the Kongepokal.[4] [5]
Daffinrud joined the LET Access Series midway through the 2014 season and won two tournaments back-to-back in October, the Azores Ladies Open in Azores, Portugal and the Grecotel Amirandes Ladies Open in Crete, Greece. After three further top-five finishes, she finished fifth on the 2014 LETAS Order of Merit and earned LET membership for the 2015 Ladies European Tour.[6] [7]
Her rookie season on the LET in 2015 was affected by injury. She played in eight tournaments with a season best T13 at the Lalla Meryem Cup. In 2017, she earned her first top-10 finish with a T6 in the Oates Vic Open and in 2019 posted two top-10s, T10 in La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational and her career best finish of T4 in the Ladies European Thailand Championship along with Marianne Skarpnord.[2] She qualified for the 2017, 2019 and 2020 Women's British Open as one of the top 25 from the current LET Order of Merit, and was successful in the local qualifiers in 2018.
In 2019, she won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit[8] and finished a career-best 18th on the LET Order of Merit.[9]
Plagued by injuries, Daffinrud announced her retirement from tour following the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, just days before her 30th birthday.[10]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71-68-73=212 | −4 | 3 strokes | Daniela Prorokova | |||
| 2 | 66-67-70=203 | −10 | 3 strokes | Daisy Nielsen | |||
| 3 | Scandic PGA Championship1 | 66-70-66=202 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Johanna Gustavsson Maja Stark |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Jul 2019 | 70-64-67=201 | −15 | 8 strokes | Michaela Finn | ||
| 2 | 29 Aug 2019 | Scandic PGA Championship1 | 66-70-66=202 | −14 | 2 strokes | Johanna Gustavsson Maja Stark |
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | |||||
| Women's PGA Championship | |||||
| The Evian Championship | NT | ||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Amateur
(representing Europe): 2009