Helen Alfredsson

Helen Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Alfredsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She represented Sweden in European Junior and Senior Team championships. She was a member of the Swedish team in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1986 and 1988 cite web
title = Notable Past Players
publisher = IGF
url = http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html
accessdate = 2007-04-01] and is a six-time Swedish national champion winning from 1981-1984, in 1986 and 1998. cite web
title = Helen Alfredsson Player Profile
publisher = LET
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/011067.htm
accessdate = 2007-04-01]

She attended United States International University and graduated in 1988 with a degree in International Business cite web
title = Helen Alfredsson Full Career Bio
publisher = LPGA
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Alfredsson-07.pdf
accessdate = 2007-04-01] and then tried a career in Paris as a model whilst flying with the Blue AngelsFact|date=July 2008 and learning to ride a motorcycle. cite web
title = Dialogue: Helen Alfredsson
publisher = Golf Digest
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20011004235625/http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/dialogue_icpusk7c.html
accessdate = 2007-04-01] During 1986-1988 she played five times on the Swedish Telia Tour, winning at least once a year. cite web
title = 1986 Telia Tour Results
publisher = Golfdata
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3001&year=1986
accessdate = 2007-04-01] cite web
title = 1987 Telia Tour Results
publisher = Golfdata
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3001&year=1987
accessdate = 2007-04-01] cite web
title = 1988 Telia Tour Results
publisher = Golfdata
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3001&year=1988
accessdate = 2007-04-01] She turned professional on 1 January 1989.

Professional career

Alfredsson began her professional career on the Ladies European Tour where she was rookie of the year in 1989. The next year, in 1990, she claimed her maiden professional win at the Women's British Open. She won twice on the LET in 1991 and won once each on the ALPG and Japanese tours. She earned exempt status for the 1992 LPGA Tour season by tying for 17th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

She earned Rookie of the Year honors on the LPGA Tour in 1992 and has won six LPGA Tour events, including one LPGA major: the 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore.

Alfredsson has continued to play a limited number of events in Europe, where she has won eleven events. She finished at the top of the European money list in 1998. She has been a member of the European team in the Solheim Cup five times: in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002. She was captain of the European Solheim Cup team in the 2007 Solheim Cup, in which Europe lost to the USA 12-16.

Personal life

Alfredsson is married to former National Hockey League player Kent Nilsson and stepmother of his son, hockey player Robert Nilsson.

Professional wins (22)

Ladies European Tour (11)

*1990 Women's British Open
*1991 Hennessy Ladies Cup, Trophee Coconut Skol,
*1992 Hennessy Ladies Cup, IBM Ladies Open
*1994 Evian Masters
*1996 Hennessy Cup
*1997 WPGA Championship of Europe
*1998 Evian Masters
*2001 WPGA Championship of Europe
*2008 Evian Masters

Note: The Women's British Open was not co-sanctioned by the LPGA until 1994, and did not become an LPGA major until 2001.

LPGA Tour (6)

*1993 (1) Nabisco Dinah Shore
*1994 (1) PING/Welch's Championship
*1998 (2) The Office Depot, Welch's/Circle K Championship
*2003 (1) Longs Drugs Challenge
*2008 (1) Evian Masters

LPGA Majors are shown in bold. Her win in the 2008 Evian Masters is repeated here because the LPGA has co-sanctioned the event since 2000.

Other tours (6)

*1991 Queensland Open (ALPG), Ellair Open (Japan), Benson & Hedges Trophy with Anders Forsbrand
*1992 Itoki Classic (Japan), Sunrise Cup World Team Championship with Liselotte Neumann
*1997 Itoen Tournament (Japan)

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/011067.htm Profile on the LET's official site]
* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=393 Profile on the LPGA's official site]

Persondata
NAME=Alfredsson, Helen
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH= April 9, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH= Gothenburg, Sweden