Maria Hjorth
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Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth (born 15 October 1973 in Falun
) is a Swedish
professional golf
er. She attended the University of Stirling
in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour
(LET) that year and in 1997. Since 1998 she has played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, while continuing to play in Europe several times each year. She has won two individual titles on the LET and five on the LPGA, and has finished sole or tied second in the prestigious Evian Masters
three times. She was a member of the European Solheim Cup
team in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009 and played on three winning teams in the Praia d'El Rey European Cup, a team competition sanctioned by the LET. She has also played top division curling
in Sweden.
LPGA Tour playoff record (0-2)
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Falun
Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County...
) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er. She attended the University of Stirling
University of Stirling
The University of Stirling is a campus university founded by Royal charter in 1967, on the Airthrey Estate in Stirling, Scotland.-History and campus development:...
in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship. She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...
(LET) that year and in 1997. Since 1998 she has played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, while continuing to play in Europe several times each year. She has won two individual titles on the LET and five on the LPGA, and has finished sole or tied second in the prestigious Evian Masters
Evian Masters
The Evian Masters is a women's professional golf tournament played at the Evian Masters Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France each July.Founded in 1994 on the Ladies European Tour, it is one of two major championships on the LET. Not a major on the LPGA Tour, it became an LPGA co-sanctioned event in...
three times. She was a member of the European Solheim Cup
Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...
team in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009 and played on three winning teams in the Praia d'El Rey European Cup, a team competition sanctioned by the LET. She has also played top division curling
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
in Sweden.
LPGA Tour (5)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
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1 | 19 Sep 1999 1999 LPGA Tour The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,591,959.The season saw the... |
Safeco Classic Safeco Classic The Safeco Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in the Seattle area, sponsored by Safeco Insurance. It was played 18 times, from 1982 to 1999, at in Kent, Washington, usually in mid-September, the week following the Safeway Classic in Portland... |
69-68-70-64=271 | –17 | 2 strokes | Catriona Matthew Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
97,500 |
2 | 7 Nov 1999 1999 LPGA Tour The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,591,959.The season saw the... |
Mizuno Classic Mizuno Classic The Mizuno Classic is an annual women's professional golf tournament, jointly sanctioned by the two richest women's professional tours: the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was an unofficial money event on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1975... |
70-64-67=201 | –15 | 5 strokes | Ok-Hee Ku Ok-Hee Ku Ok-Hee Ku is a South Korean professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Ku won 23 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1985 and 2005... Aki Nakano Fumiko Moriguchi Laura Davies Laura Davies Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list... |
120,000 |
3 | 30 Sep 2007 2007 LPGA Tour The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association... |
Navistar LPGA Classic Navistar LPGA Classic The Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. The 72-hole event made its debut in September 2007 at the Capitol Hill location on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Prattville, Alabama. Maria Hjorth won the inaugural event on the... |
70-67-70-67=274 | –14 | 1 stroke | Stacy Prammanasudh Stacy Prammanasudh Stacy Prammanasudh is a Thai American golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Stacy was born in Enid, Oklahoma to an American mother and a native Thai father who immigrated to the United States from Thailand... |
195,000 |
4 | 5 Dec 2010 2010 LPGA Tour The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010... |
LPGA Tour Championship | 72-68-71-72=283 | –5 | 1 stroke | Amy Yang Amy Yang Amy Yang, also known as Yang Hee-Young is a Korean professional golfer, currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour .-Amateur career:... |
225,000 |
5 | 1 May 2011 2011 LPGA Tour The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida... |
Avnet LPGA Classic | 70-74-67-67=278 | -10 | 2 strokes | Song-Hee Kim Song-Hee Kim Song-Hee Kim is a Korean female professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour.-Futures Tour :*2006 Louisiana Pelican Classic, IOS Golf Classic, Aurora Health Care Championship, CIGNA Chip in For A Cure FUTURES Golf Classic, The Gettysburg Championship-Results in LPGA... |
195,000 |
LPGA Tour playoff record (0-2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2000 | Subaru Memorial of Naples Subaru Memorial of Naples The Subaru Memorial of Naples was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1999 to 2001. It was played at The Club at The Strand in Naples, Florida.-Winners:Subaru Memorial of Naples*2001 Sophie Gustafson*2000 Nancy ScrantonNaples LPGA Memorial... |
Nancy Scranton Nancy Scranton Nancy Scranton is an American professional golfer.Scranton was born in Centralia, Illinois. She attended Florida State University and the University of Kentucky. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1985. She has three tournament victories on the tour, including one major championship, the 1991... |
Lost to par on second extra hole |
2 | 2008 | McDonald's LPGA Championship | Yani Tseng Yani Tseng Yani Tseng is a Taiwanese professional golfer currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships and is currently ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.... |
Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole |
Ladies European Tour (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (€ Euro The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,... ) |
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1 | 11 Jul 2004 | Ladies English Open Ladies English Open The Ladies English Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. It was first held between 1991 and 1996, when it was dominated by Laura Davies who won four of the five tournaments played... |
66-67-64=197 | -19 | 6 strokes | Joanne Mills Joanne Mills Joanne Nicole Mills is an Australian golfer, who currently plays on the Ladies' European Tour.Mills was born in Sydney, New South Wales. As an amateur, she won the 1991 New South Wales Strokeplay Championship, the 1992 Tasmanian Strokeplay Championship, and the 1993 Victoria Strokeplay Championship... |
26,859 |
2 | 10 Jul 2005 | Ladies English Open Ladies English Open The Ladies English Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. It was first held between 1991 and 1996, when it was dominated by Laura Davies who won four of the five tournaments played... |
68-69-67=204 | -12 | 1 stroke | Minea Blomqvist Minea Blomqvist Minea "Minni" Blomqvist, is a professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... |
24,750 |
Other wins (4)
- Delsjo Ladies Open, Toyota Ladies Open, Aspeboda Ladies Open (Swedish Professional Ladies Tour)
- A.V. Rubbish Classic (Players West Tour)
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983... |
DNP | T10 | CUT |
LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour... |
T16 | T63 | CUT |
U.S. Women's Open | DNP | T8 | CUT |
du Maurier Classic | T41 | T17 | CUT |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983... |
T24 | T36 | T5 | CUT | DNP | CUT | 9 | 4 | DNP |
LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour... |
T3 | T22 | CUT | CUT | 71 | T39 | T33 | 2 | T23 |
U.S. Women's Open | T19 | CUT | CUT | DNP | CUT | T41 | CUT | T51 | CUT |
Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons... ^ |
T25 | CUT | CUT | 69 | CUT | T45 | T2 | T69 | T11 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983... |
DNP | T19 |
LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour... |
CUT | T8 |
U.S. Women's Open | T28 | T34 |
Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons... |
CUT | 13 |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
LPGA Tour career summary
Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
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1998 1998 LPGA Tour The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each... |
25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | T5 | 133,943 | 72.08 | ||
1999 1999 LPGA Tour The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,591,959.The season saw the... |
31 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 572,940 | 71.09 | ||
2000 2000 LPGA Tour The 2000 LPGA Tour was the 51st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 19. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,876,853.The U.S... |
28 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 181,939 | 50 | 73.05 | |
2001 2001 LPGA Tour The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.This was... |
29 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 848,195 | 5 | 71.46 | |
2002 2002 LPGA Tour The 2002 LPGA Tour was the 53rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 28 to November 24. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, 11. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,863,904.The season... |
22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | T2 | 359,194 | 26 | 72.14 | |
2003 2003 LPGA Tour The 2003 LPGA Tour was the 54th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 13 to November 23. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six... |
22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T5 | T2 | 108,512 | 70 | 73.08 | |
2004 2004 LPGA Tour The 2004 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from March through December 2004. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association . This was the 55th season since the LPGA Tour... |
22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T17 | 44,074 | 123 | 73.08 | 154 |
2005 2005 LPGA Tour The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association... |
23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | T3 | 242,371 | 51 | 71.36 | 35 |
2006 2006 LPGA Tour The 2006 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association... |
26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | T3 | 299,634 | 44 | 72.20 | 48 |
2007 2007 LPGA Tour The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association... |
28 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 949,055 | 11 | 71.88 | 19 |
2008 2008 LPGA Tour The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association... |
22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 588,396 | 31 | 71.76 | 24 |
2009 2009 LPGA Tour The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association .... |
18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T2 | 428,935 | 32 | 71.02 | 14 |
2010 2010 LPGA Tour The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010... |
22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 568,914 | 20 | 71.97 | 31 |
2011 2011 LPGA Tour The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida... |
20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 630,320 | 17 | 71.51 | 16 |
- official as of 21 November 2011
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 % |
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Career | 17 | 8-4-5 | 2-1-1 | 3-2-1 | 3-1-3 | 10.5 | 61.8% |
2002 2002 Solheim Cup The 7th Solheim Cup Match was held between September 20 and September 22, 2002 at Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minnesota, USA. Team USA won the trophy for the fifth time by a score of 15½ to 12½ points... |
3 | 3-0-0 | 1-0-0 defeated K. Robbins 5&3 | 0-0-0 | 2-0-0 won w/ A. Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer... 2&1, won w/ I. Tinning 1 up |
3.0 | 100% |
2005 2005 Solheim Cup The 9th Solheim Cup Match was held between September 9 and September 11, 2005 at Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana, USA. Team USA won the trophy for the sixth time by a score of 15½ to 12½ points... |
4 | 2-2-0 | 1-0-0 defeated N. Gulbis Natalie Gulbis Natalie Anne Gulbis is an American professional golfer of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Golf career:... 2&1 |
1-1-0 won w/ L. Davies Laura Davies Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list... 2&1, lost w/ L. Davies 3&2 |
0-1-0 lost w/ I. Tinning 3&2 | 2.0 | 50% |
2007 2007 Solheim Cup The 2007 Solheim Cup, the tenth edition of the tournament, was held between Friday, 14 September and Sunday, 16 September, at Halmstad GK, Halmstad, Sweden. It was a three-day contest for professional female golfers, pitting the 12 best players born in the United States against the 12 best players... |
5 | 1-1-3 | 0-1-0 lost to P. Creamer Paula Creamer Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 11 tournaments, including 9 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S... 2&1 |
1-0-1 won w/ G. Nocera Gwladys Nocera Gwladys Nocera is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.- Amateur career :Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career... 3&2, halved w/ G. Nocera |
0-0-2 halved w/ A. Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer... , halved w/ L. Wessberg Linda Wessberg Linda Maria Wessberg is a Swedish professional golfer who divides her time between the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She played college golf in the United States and was the 2001 Swedish Junior Champion. She turned professional in 2003 and was the year's player of the year on her home... |
2.5 | 50% |
2009 2009 Solheim Cup The 11th Solheim Cup Matches were held between August 21 and August 23, 2009 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois in the United States... |
5 | 2-1-2 | 0-0-1 halved w/ C. Kerr Cristie Kerr Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 14 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings... |
1-1-0 won w/ A. Nordqvist Anna Nordqvist Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... 3&2, lost w/ A. Nordqvist 1 dn |
1-0-1 halved w/ C. Matthew Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... , won w/ G. Nocera 1 up |
3.0 | 60% |