Line Vedel Hansen

Line Vedel Hansen (born 4 March 1989) is a Danish professional golfer.

Line Vedel
Personal information
Full nameLine Vedel Hansen
Born (1989-03-04) 4 March 1989
Varde, Denmark
Nationality Denmark
ResidenceTinglev, Denmark
Career
Turned professional2011
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2014)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationCUT: 2014
Women's PGA C'shipCUT: 2014
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2015
Women's British OpenT33: 2012
Evian ChampionshipT61: 2014

Amateur career

Vedel Hansen started playing golf at Haderslev Golfklub as a nine year old, as her parents had a house adjoining the golf course. She was girl club champion 2001, 2003 and 2004, and ladies club champion 2003, 2005 and 2006.[1] She enjoyed a successful amateur career, including a runner-up position at the 2010 European Ladies Amateur Championship, the best performance by a Danish golfer in the European Championships until Emily Kristine Pedersen won the tournament in 2013.[2]

Professional career

Vedel Hansen qualified for the 2011 Ladies European Tour (LET) by finishing 16th at Q-School in December 2010, and turned professional in January 2011. After three years on the LET, she finished ninth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2013 to qualify for the 2014 LPGA Tour.[3] In April 2014, she finished fourth at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in San Francisco and followed up with fifth place at the Meijer LPGA Classic and the Portland Classic.[4]

In early 2015, after finishing 45th on the 2014 LPGA Money List and reaching 59th place on the Women's World Golf Rankings, the highest ranked Danish golfer to date,[5] she took an indefinite break from tour, and forfeited her start at the 2015 Women's PGA Championship.[6] By the end of the year she announced she would not be seeking a medical extension, and instead retire from pro golf due to spinal disc herniation, only 26 years old.[5]

Professional wins

Ladies European Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-up
1 10 Jun 2012 Allianz Ladies Slovak Open 71-69-69=209 −7 2 strokes Caroline Masson

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. Haderslev Golfklub | Klubmester (in Danish)
  2. EM-sølv til Line Vedel Hansen | Golf.dk (in Danish)
  3. "Final Round Results - LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament". LPGA.
  4. "2014 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic". Golfdata. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. "Line Vedel indstiller karrieren". 19hul.dk. Retrieved 23 March 2020. (in Danish)
  6. "Pause til Line Vedel". Golfavisen. Retrieved 22 March 2020. (in Danish)
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