Caroline Hedwall

Caroline Hedwall (born 13 May 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Caroline Hedwall
Personal information
Born (1989-05-13) 13 May 1989
Täby, Sweden
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
PartnerFredrika Winqvist
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
LET (joined 2011)
Professional wins15
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour6
ALPG Tour3
Other6
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT3: 2013
Women's PGA C'shipT37: 2013
U.S. Women's OpenT31: 2013
Women's British OpenT27: 2010
Evian ChampionshipT17: 2019
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year
2011
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
2011
Swedish Golfer of the Year2011
Honda Sports Award2010

Early years

Hedwall started to play golf at age eight, living in Täby outside Stockholm, Sweden and moved with her family to Löddeköpinge at 15 years of age, coming to represent Barsebäck Golf & Country Club. She is the daughter of Yvonne and Claes Hedwall and has a twin sister, Jacqueline, who, just as Caroline, also played collegiate golf in the United States, at Louisiana State University, represented Sweden as an amateur and turned professional.[1]

Amateur career

Hedwall's amateur career was very successful. As an 18-year-old, she finished lone 7th at her Ladies European Tour debut, the 2007 Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, at her home course Barsebäck, two strokes better than tournament host Annika Sörenstam.[1] In 2006-2008, Hedwall won six times on the professional Swedish Golf Tour, being an amateur without the possibility to receive any prize money. At the 2008 Telenor Masters at Barsebäck, the two amateur Hedwall twins finished first and second and the SEK 60,000 first prize check went to third placed Sarah Heath, England.

At the 2007 Junior Solheim Cup, the two Hedwall sisters both played on the winning European team. The Hedwall twins were also part of the winning Swedish teams at the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2008 and 2010.[2]

Hedwall won the individual European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2007 and 2009, and both the team and individual title at the amateur worlds, the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2008.[3]

She accepted a golf scholarship to Oklahoma State University in 2008. While at Oklahoma State she was the 2010 NCAA Individual Champion, 2010 NGCA Player of the Year, 2010 Golfstat Cup Winner, 2009 and 2010 First-Team All-American, and Big 12 Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010.[4] In 2010, she also won the Honda Sports Award as the best female collegiate golfer in the nation.[5][6]

She was tied 27th, best Swedish player and low amateur at the 2010 Women's British Open and represented Sweden a last time at the Espirito Santo Trophy at the end of 2010, before turning professional.

Professional career

She was the medalist at the final stage of LET Qualifying School, a nine-stroke victory on 19 December 2010 to earn her LET card for 2011. In her first tournament as a professional, she won the 2011 New South Wales Open in Australia on the ALPG Tour in January. On the LET, she won the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open in May, Finnair Masters in July, UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in September, and the Hero Women's Indian Open in December.[7] She was a captain's selection to the European team for the 2011 Solheim Cup in Ireland. She ended the year by winning the LET Player of the Year and LET Rookie of the Year awards. She was also named 2011 Swedish Golfer of the Year, male and female.

Hedwall was again a captain's pick for Team Europe at the 2013 Solheim Cup at the Colorado Golf Club in the Denver area. In that event, she became the first player in Solheim Cup history to win five matches in a single competition, helping lead Team Europe to a surprising 18–10 win. It was the Europeans' first successful defense of the Cup, and also the first win for Team Europe on American soil.[8]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (15)

Ladies European Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ()
128 May 2011Allianz Ladies Slovak Open71-67-67=205−112 strokes Christel Boeljon52,500
22 Jul 2011Finnair Masters69-65-68=202−112 strokes Christel Boeljon30,000
34 Sep 2011UNIQA Ladies Golf Open73-67-64=204−124 strokes Caroline Afonso30,000
411 Dec 2011Hero Women's Indian Open67-68-69=204−122 strokes Pornanong Phatlum33,000
59 Sep 2012UNIQA Ladies Golf Open67-66-70=203−134 strokes Laura Davies
Mikaela Parmlid
30,000
69 Sep 2018Lacoste Ladies Open de France69-71-70-62=272−122 strokes Stacy Lee Bregman41,250

Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Winner's
share (AUD)
123 Jan 2011Bing Lee Samsung NSW Women's Open67-68-70=205−111 stroke Lydia Ko (a)18,750
220 Jan 2013Mount Broughton Classic67-65=132−124 strokes Emma De Groot4,500
327 Jan 2013Bing Lee Samsung Women's New South Wales Open66-69-68=203−132 strokes Lydia Ko (a)18,750

Swedish Golf Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Winner's
share (SEK)
1 25 Aug 2006 Swedish Match-play Championship (as an amateur) 7 and 5 Johanna Lundberg27,000[lower-alpha 1]
210 Jun 2007Isover Ladies Open (as an amateur)67-70-72=209−43 strokes Sohvi Härkönen27,000[lower-alpha 1]
34 Aug 2007Gavle Ladies Open (as an amateur)73-70-72=215−1Playoff Florence Lüscher36,000[lower-alpha 1]
418 Aug 2007Hotel Falköping Ladies Cup (as an amateur)72-71=143−11 stroke Nuria Clau20,000[lower-alpha 1]
522 Sep 2007PGA Gibson Open (as an amateur)73-71-69=213−35 strokes Marianne Skarpnord27,000[lower-alpha 1]
610 May 2008Telenor Masters (as an amateur)72-68-71=211−23 strokes Jacqueline Hedwall (a)60,000[lower-alpha 1]
  1. As Hedwell was an amateur, she received no prize money. The winner's share was received by the best placed professional.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration T56 T3 T64 T46 CUT T66 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT T31 T38 CUT CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T37 CUT 71 CUT 67 CUT T53 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T19 T50 CUT CUT T40 T54 T17 NT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T27 T30 CUT CUT CUT T28 CUT CUT T44 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00111175
U.S. Women's Open00000072
Women's PGA Championship00000094
The Evian Championship00000275
Women's British Open000000124
Totals0011134220
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (four times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Ladies European Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
()
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2006 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 n/a 71.25
2007 1 1 0 0 0 1 7 71.50
2008 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 73.20
2009 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUT 77.00
2010 2 2 0 0 0 1 T8 71.28
2011 20 19 4 1 0 8 1 278,528 3 70.97 14
2012 6 5 1 1 0 3 1 80,780 29 70.55 3
2013 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 57,441 34 71.47 11
2014 6 5 0 0 0 1 T5 44,883 43 71.59
2015 5 3 0 0 0 1 T8 39,332 50 72.75
  • Official as of the end of the 2015 season

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2008 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUT n/a n/a 77.50 n/a
2009 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUT 77.00
2010 1 1 0 0 0 0 T27 72.75
2011 6 6 0 0 0 0 T12 126,801 64 71.70 n/a
2012 18 13 0 0 0 2 T5 216,074 57 72.27 44
2013 23 21 0 0 3 6 3 763,104 14 71.08 20
2014 18 14 0 1 0 1 2 359,016 46 72.23 68
2015 18 11 0 0 0 0 T26 98,117 93 72.98 103
2016 18 6 0 0 0 1 5 94,733 99 72.57 95
2017 19 11 0 0 0 0 T11 125,240 92 71.81 81
2018 17 7 0 0 0 1 T9 96,188 104 71.45 51
2019 13 11 0 0 0 0 T12 154,094 88 71.50 68
2020 10 1 0 0 0 0 T15 28,249 123 73.57 121
  • official through the end of the 2020 season.[9]

World ranking

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

YearWorld
ranking
Source
2006456[10]
2007380[11]
2008409[12]
2009625[13]
2010352[14]
201137[15]
201240[16]
201323[17]
201455[18]
2015141[19]
2016171[20]
2017170[21]
2018123[22]
2019125[23]
2020139[24]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career 15 8–6–1 1–2–1 3–1–0 4–3–0 8.5 56.7
2011 4 2–1–1 0–0–1 halved w/ R. O'Toole 1–0–0 won w/ S. Gustafson 6&5 1–1–0 won w/ S. Gustafson 5&4
lost w/ S. Pettersen 1 up
2.5 62.5
2013 5 5–0–0 1–0–0 defeated M. Wie 1 up 2–0–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 4 & 2
won w/ A. Nordqvist 2 & 1
2–0–0 won w/ C. Masson 2 & 1
won w/ C. Masson 2 & 1
5 100.0
2015 4 1–3–0 0–1–0 lost to M. Wie 6&4 0–1–0 lost w/ A. Nordqvist 5&4 1–1–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 4&3,
lost w/ C. Masson 1 dn
1.0 25.0
2019 2 0–2–0 0–1–0 lost to N. Korda 2 dn 0–1-0 lost w/ A. Nordqvist 7&5 0 0.0

References

  1. "Sveriges nya supertvillingar" [Sweden's new super twins]. Svensk Golf. No. 10. September 2007. pp. 106–110.
  2. Swedish Golf Federation: European Ladies' Team Championship
  3. Swedish Golf Federation: Espirito Santo Trophy
  4. http://www.lpga.com/content/2011PlayerBiosPDF/Hedwall,Caroline-11.pdf%5B%5D
  5. "OSU's Caroline Hedwall Receives Honda Award". GTR Newspapers. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. "Golf". CWSA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/130080.htm
  8. "Euros win Solheim on U.S. soil". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  9. "Caroline Hedwall results". LPGA. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  10. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2006.
  11. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2007.
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  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2009.
  14. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2010.
  15. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2011.
  16. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2012.
  17. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.
  18. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  19. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  20. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  21. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  22. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  23. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  24. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
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  26. "International matches". European Golf Association.
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