Liselotte Neumann

Liselotte Neumann
Personal information
Full name	Liselotte Maria Neumann
Nickname	Lotta
Born	20 May 1966 (1966-05-20) Finspång, Sweden
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Career
Turned professional	1985
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 1988) Ladies European Tour (Lifetime Member)
Professional wins	26
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	13
Ladies European Tour	8
Other	4
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	2nd: 2002
LPGA Championship	2nd/T2: 1992, 1999
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1988
du Maurier Classic	2nd: 1995, 1997
Women's British Open	T5: 2005
Achievements and awards
LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year	1988
Ladies European Tour Order of Merit	1994

Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Neumann was born in Finspång, Sweden, and had a successful amateur career. She was Swedish Amateur champion in 1982-83 and Swedish Match Play champion in 1983. She played for Sweden in the European Team Championship in 1984 and the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1982 and 1984. She turned professional at the start of 1985.

Professional career

Neumann became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1988 after she qualified by tying for fourth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She won that year's U.S. Women's Open and was declared Rookie of the Year. In total she has won thirteen times on the LPGA Tour. The 1988 U.S. Women's Open remains her only LPGA major, but she won the Women's British Open in 1994, when it was recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour, but not by the LPGA Tour. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour money list is third in 1994, and she also came in the top ten in the money list in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Throughout her career she has played on the Ladies European Tour each season, as well as in Asia. In 1994 she topped the European Order of Merit, was voted Golf World’s Most Improved Golfer and Swedish Golfer of the Year.

Neumann played for Europe in the Solheim Cup in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000. In 2006 she won the Women's World Cup of Golf for Sweden in partnership with Annika Sörenstam. She also earned Life Membership of the LET, a feat achieved by 6 other golfers.

Professional wins (25)

LPGA Tour wins (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	7 Sep 1988	U.S. Women's Open	-7 (67-72-69-69=277)	3 strokes	Patty Sheehan
2	10 Nov 1991	Mazda Japan Classic	-5 (70-72-69=211)	2 strokes	Caroline Keggi, Dottie Pepper
3	12 Jun 1994	Minnesota LPGA Classic	-11 (68-71-66=205)	2 strokes	Hiromi Kobayashi
4	12 Aug 1994	Weetabix Women's British Open	-14 (71-67-70-72=280)	3 strokes	Dottie Pepper, Annika Sörenstam
5	2 Oct 1994	GHP Heartland Classic	-10 (70-71-67-70=278)	3 strokes	Elaine Crosby, Pearl Sinn
6	14 Jan 1996	Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions	-13 (67-66-72-70=275)	11 strokes	Karrie Webb
7	17 Mar 1996	PING/Welch's Championship (Tucson)	-12 (68-71-69-68=276)	1 stroke	Cathy Johnston-Forbes
8	6 Jun 1996	Edina Realty LPGA Classic	-9 (67-73-67=207)	Playoff	Brandie Burton, Carin Koch, Suzanne Strudwick
9	21 Sep 1997	Welch's Championship	-12 (67-70-69-70=276)	3 strokes	Nancy Harvey
10	9 Nov 1997	Toray Japan Queens Cup	-11 (68-70-67=205)	1 sttroke	Lorie Kane
11	22 Mar 1998	Standard Register PING	-13 (69-67-69-74=279)	Playoff	Rosie Jones
12	26 Apr 1998	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	-14 (67-65-70=202)	2 strokes	Lori Kane, Dottie Pepper
13	10 Oct 2004	Asahi Ryokuken International Championship	-15 (68-68-69-68=273)	3 strokes	Grace Park

LPGA Tour playoff record (2-2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1988	Mazda Japan Classic	Patty Sheehan	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2	1996	Oldsmobile Classic	Michelle McGann	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
3	1996	Edina Realty LPGA Classic	Brandie Burton, Carin Koch, Suzanne Strudwick	Won with birdie on third extra hole
4	1998	Standard Register PING	Rosie Jones	Won with birdie on third extra hole

LPGA major is shown in bold.

Ladies European Tour wins (8)

• 1985 (2) IBM European Open, Hoganas Open
• 1986 (1) BMW Ladies' German Open
• 1987 (1) Letting French Open
• 1988 (1) BMW Ladies' German Open
• 1991 (1) IBM Ladies Open
• 1994 (1) Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open
• 1995 (1) Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open

Other wins (4)

• 1987 (1) Singapore Open (Asian Tour)
• 1995 (1) Holden Women's Australian Open (ALPG Tour)
• 1997 (1) Takara World Invitational (LPGA of Japan Tour)
• 2006 (1) Women's World Cup of Golf (team event with Annika Sörenstam; recognised by all the main women's tours, but not an official money event)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1988	U.S. Women's Open	-7 (67-72-69-69=277)	3 strokes	Patty Sheehan

Results timeline

Tournament	1987	1988	1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	DNP	T28
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T10
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	1	T20
du Maurier Classic	DNP	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	T30	T26	T40	T11	T32	T10	T16	T5	T58	72
LPGA Championship	T27	T11	T2	T25	T3	T38	T41	CUT	T37	2	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T54	T15	15	62	3	T21	T8	T14	3	T17	CUT
du Maurier Classic	4	T19	T20	CUT	3	2	T6	2	T48	T34	CUT

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T18	2	T42	DNP	T55	T45	T61	T15	CUT	DNP
LPGA Championship	T12	T52	T67	CUT	T31	T29	68	T29	CUT	WD
U.S. Women's Open	T39	T37	CUT	T20	T19	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open ^	55	T35	CUT	CUT	T5	T31	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

^ 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.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1982, 1984

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners)
• Women's World Cup of Golf (representing Sweden): 2006 (winners)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Majors	Other wins	LPGA wins	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Average
1988	1	0	1	188,729	12	72.44
1989	0	0	0	119,915	30	72.66
1990	0	0	0	82,323	51	73.74
1991	0	1	1	151,367	27	72.91
1992	0	0	0	225,667	21	72.00
1993	0	0	0	90,776	57	72.54
1994	0	3	3	505,701	3	71.46
1995	0	0	0	305,157	16	71.79
1996	0	3	3	625,633	4	70.94
1997	0	2	2	497,841	7	71.28
1998	0	2	2	665,069	5	71.15
1999	0	0	0	405,142	20	71.70
2000	0	0	0	185,309	48	72.96
2001	0	0	0	159,719	61	72.40
2002	0	0	0	295,225	32	72.37
2003	0	0	0	108,379	71	72.39
2004	0	1	1	275,352	43	72.13
2005	0	0	0	607,474	22	71.47
2006	0	0	0	197,785	64	72.44

Solheim Cup Record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	4somes W-L-H	4balls W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	21	6-10-5	2-2-2	1-6-1	3-2-2	8.5	40.5%
1990	3	1-2-0	0-1-0 lost to B. Daniel 7&6	0-1-0 lost w/P. Wright 6&5	1-0-0 won w/P. Wright 4&2	1	33.3%
1992	3	2-0-1	1-0-0 def B. King 2&1	1-0-0 won w/H. Alfredsson 2&1	0-0-1 halved H. Alfredsson	2.5	83.3%
1994	3	1-2-0	0-1-0 lost to D. Andrews 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 3&2	1-0-0 won w/H. Alfredsson 1up	1	33.3%
1996	5	1-2-2	0-0-1 halved w/B. Daniel	0-1-1 lost w/H. Alfredsson 2&1, halved w/K. Marshall	1-1-0 lost w/C. Nilsmark 1dn, won w/C. Nilsmark 3&1	2	40%
1998	4	1-3-0	1-0-0 def B. Burton 1up	0-2-0 lost w/L. Hackney 1dn, lost w/C. Nilsmark 3&1	0-1-0 lost w/C. Sörenstam 2&1	1	25%
2000	3	0-1-2	0-0-1 halved w P. Hurst	0-1-0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 1dn	0-0-1 halved w/P. Meunier-Lebouc	1	33.3%

See also

• Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

External links

• Liselotte Neumann at the LPGA Tour official site
• Liselotte Neumann at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Liselotte Neumann bio