Maria Hjorth

Maria Hjorth
Hjorth at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Maria Anna Hjorth
Born	15 October 1973 (1973-10-15) Falun, Sweden
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Shaun McBride
Children	Emily (born 2009)
Career
College	University of Stirling
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 1998) Ladies European Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	5
Ladies European Tour	2
Other	4
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	4th: 2008
LPGA Championship	2nd: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	T8: 1999
du Maurier Classic	T17: 1999
Women's British Open	T2: 2007

Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth (born 15 October 1973 in Falun) is a Swedish professional golfer. 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.

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	19 Sep 1999	Safeco Classic	69-68-70-64=271	–17	2 strokes	Catriona Matthew	97,500
2	7 Nov 1999	Mizuno Classic	70-64-67=201	–15	5 strokes	Ok-Hee Ku Aki Nakano Fumiko Moriguchi Laura Davies	120,000
3	30 Sep 2007	Navistar LPGA Classic	70-67-70-67=274	–14	1 stroke	Stacy Prammanasudh	195,000
4	5 Dec 2010	LPGA Tour Championship	72-68-71-72=283	–5	1 stroke	Amy Yang	225,000
5	1 May 2011	Avnet LPGA Classic	70-74-67-67=278	-10	2 strokes	Song-Hee Kim	195,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0-2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2000	Subaru Memorial of Naples	Nancy Scranton	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	2008	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Yani Tseng	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 (€)
1	11 Jul 2004	Ladies English Open	66-67-64=197	-19	6 strokes	Joanne Mills	26,859
2	10 Jul 2005	Ladies English Open	68-69-67=204	-12	1 stroke	Minea Blomqvist	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
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T10	CUT
LPGA Championship	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
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T24	T36	T5	CUT	DNP	CUT	9	4	DNP
LPGA Championship	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 ^	T25	CUT	CUT	69	CUT	T45	T2	T69	T11

Tournament	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T19
LPGA Championship	CUT	T8
U.S. Women's Open	T28	T34
Women's British Open	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 ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
1998	25	19	0	0	0	3	T5	133,943		72.08
1999	31	29	2	1	1	8	1	572,940		71.09
2000	28	15	0	1	0	2	2	181,939	50	73.05
2001	29	24	0	4	2	9	2	848,195	5	71.46
2002	22	17	0	1	0	2	T2	359,194	26	72.14
2003	22	11	0	0	0	T5	T2	108,512	70	73.08
2004	22	9	0	0	0	0	T17	44,074	123	73.08	154
2005	23	16	0	0	1	4	T3	242,371	51	71.36	35
2006	26	18	0	0	1	2	T3	299,634	44	72.20	48
2007	28	23	1	3	0	8	1	949,055	11	71.88	19
2008	22	20	0	1	0	4	2	588,396	31	71.76	24
2009	18	14	0	1	0	3	T2	428,935	32	71.02	14
2010	22	13	1	0	1	4	1	568,914	20	71.97	31
2011	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 %
Career	17	8-4-5	2-1-1	3-2-1	3-1-3	10.5	61.8%
2002	3	3-0-0	1-0-0 defeated K. Robbins 5&3	0-0-0	2-0-0 won w/ A. Sörenstam 2&1, won w/ I. Tinning 1 up	3.0	100%
2005	4	2-2-0	1-0-0 defeated N. Gulbis 2&1	1-1-0 won w/ L. Davies 2&1, lost w/ L. Davies 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ I. Tinning 3&2	2.0	50%
2007	5	1-1-3	0-1-0 lost to P. Creamer 2&1	1-0-1 won w/ G. Nocera 3&2, halved w/ G. Nocera	0-0-2 halved w/ A. Sörenstam, halved w/ L. Wessberg	2.5	50%
2009	5	2-1-2	0-0-1 halved w/ C. Kerr	1-1-0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&2, lost w/ A. Nordqvist 1 dn	1-0-1 halved w/ C. Matthew, won w/ G. Nocera 1 up	3.0	60%

External links

• Maria Hjorth at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Maria Hjorth at the LPGA Tour official site