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'''Suzann Pettersen''', born in [[Oslo]] on [[April 7]] [[1981]] is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[professional golfer]] who plays mainly on the U.S. based [[LPGA Tour]] and is also a member of the [[Ladies European Tour]].
'''Suzann Pettersen''', born in [[Oslo]] on [[April 7]] [[1981]] is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[professional golfer]] who plays mainly on the U.S. based [[LPGA Tour]] and is also a member of the [[Ladies European Tour]]. Her career best [[Women's World Golf Rankings|world ranking]] is second.


==Amateur career==
==Amateur career==

Revision as of 14:18, 7 January 2008

Suzann Pettersen
File:Suzann Pettersen 2.jpg
Personal Information
Birth (1981-04-07) April 7, 1981 (age 43)
Oslo, Norway
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.75 m)
Nationality  Norway
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
College None
Career
Turned Pro 2000
Current tours LPGA Tour (joined 2003)
LET (joined 2001)
Professional wins 7 (LPGA Tour: 5, LET Tour: 2)
Major Championship results
Kraft Nabisco T2: 2007
LPGA Championship Won 2007
U.S. Women's Open T10: 2003
Women's British Open 24: 2002
Awards
LET Rookie of the Year 2001

Suzann Pettersen, born in Oslo on April 7 1981 is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second.

Amateur career

Suzann Pettersen was a successful amateur golfer. She is a five-time Norwegian Amateur Champion (1996-2000) and won the British Girls Championship in 1999.[1][2] She represented Norway in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1998 and 2000, becomng World Amateur Champion in her second appearance.[3] She also represented Europe in the 1997 and 1999 Junior Ryder Cup Matches.[4]

Professional career

Pettersen turned professional in September 2000 and gained her LET Tour card with an 11th place finish at the 2001 LET Qualifying School.[1] In her 2001 Ladies European Tour rookie season she played in ten events without missing a cut and won the French Open in only her second start as a professional after beating Becky Morgan in a playoff.[5] She finished second on the Order of Merit and was named LET Rookie of the Year.[6]

Pettersen started 2002 with a playoff loss to Karrie Webb in the AAMI Australian Women’s Open and two more top ten finishes led to her winning a place on the European team for the 2002 Solheim Cup.[7][8][9] In the singles, Suzann was five down with five to play and rescued a half point for Europe against Michelle Redman, who performed one of the most dramatic collapses in Matchplay history.[10] On the 18th green on live TV after her comeback, she accidentally offered a four-letter swear word while being interviewed by NBC's Roger Maltbie.[11] She tied for 10th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2003 LPGA season.[12]

In 2003 Pettersen played in 5 events on the LET missing no cuts and finished runner-up to Sophie Gustafson at the HP Open.[13] She played a full rookie season on the LPGA, her best finish being a third at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship.[2] She was a captain's pick for the 2003 Solheim Cup and recorded an impressive 4-1-0 record as a member of the victorious European Team.[14]

In 2004 Pettersen played in just four events on the LET with a best finish of T9 at the Evian Masters. On the LPGA, Suzann began her season late after recuperating from elbow surgery. She recorded four top-10 finishes including a season-best tie for fifth at the State Farm Classic.[1]

In 2005 Suzann played in only three events on the LET and nine events on the LPGA due to a debilitating back injury. When she came back her best LPGA finish was a sixth at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic and she finished tied for second at the Ladies Finnish Masters.[2][1] She registered a 2-0-2 record as a captain’s pick on the European Solheim Cup Team and played for the International team at the inaugural Lexus Cup.[15][16][17]

In 2006 Pettersen played 5 times on the LET recording two top ten finishes including a third place at the Scandanavian TPC.[18] On the LPGA tour she had 3 top ten finishes with a season's best of fifth at the Florida’s Natural Charity Championship.[2]

At the start of 2007, Pettersen was selected to represent Norway at the Women's World Cup of Golf but withdrew due to illness before the event started.[19] At the Safeway International she recorded her then best finish on the LPGA Tour, a 2nd place, two strokes behind Lorena Ochoa and a late meltdown at the Kraft Nabisco saw her equal that finish, her second best at a major.[6][20] Pettersen became the first Norwegian LPGA winner at the 2007 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, beating Jee Young Lee in a playoff.[21] Pettersen followed up this win by capturing the second major championship of 2007, the LPGA Championship, by one stroke over Karrie Webb which moved her up to fourth in the Women's World Golf Rankings. On the Ladies European Tour she won the SAS Masters in her native Norway.[22] October 2007 was a very successful month for Pettersen. At the Longs Drugs Challenge she won her third LPGA victory, beating Lorena Ochoa in a playoff, whilst her Asian trip saw her collect wins number four and five in Korea and Thailand.[23][24] On December 31, 2007, Pettersen reached the number two position in the Women's World Golf Rankings, surpassing Karrie Webb and Annika Sörenstam.

Professional wins (7)

Ladies European Tour (2)

LPGA Tour (5)

LPGA Majors are shown in bold

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP T25 DNP DNP DNP T40 T2
LPGA Championship DNP DNP T11 CUT T49 T20 1
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP T10 T16 T52 T28 CUT
Women's British Open 32 24 CUT CUT DNP CUT T28

DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half=way cut.
"T" tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Majors Other wins LPGA wins Earnings ($) Money list rank Average
2003 0 0 0 387,920 31 71.08
2004 0 0 0 193,845 58 71.59
2005 0 0 0 81,224 92 73.03
2006 0 0 0 292,621 46 72.12
2007* 1 3 4 1,753,309 2 71.11
* Official as of October 29, 2007.

LET career summary

Year Majors Other wins LET wins Earnings (€) Money list rank Average
2000 0 0 0 2,084 n/a n/a
2001 0 0 1 211,472 2 71.25
2002 0 0 0 118,808 8 71.89
2003 0 0 0 79,622 11 70.41
2004 0 0 0 49,352 n/a 71.00
2005 0 0 0 38,924 43 72.60
2006 0 0 0 52,903 34 71.09
  • Career earnings on the LET: € 591,656 (through 2006)

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 16 8-3-5 0-2-2 4-1-2 4-0-1 10.5 65.63%
2002 3 1-1-1 0-0-1 halved w/M. Redman 1-1-0 Won w/H. Alfredsson 4&2, Lost w/H. Alfredsson 3&1 1.5 50%
2003 5 4-1-0 0-1-0 lost to C. Kerr conceded on 16 2-0-0 won w/A. Sörenstam 4&3, won w/S. Gustafson 3&1 2-0-0 won w/P. Meunier-Lebouc 3&2, won w/A. Sörenstam 1up 4 80%
2005 4 2-0-2 0-0-1 halved with R. Jones 1-0-0 won w/A.Sörenstam 1up, 1-0-1 won w/L. Davies 4&3, halved w/S. Gustafson 3 75%
2007 4 1-1-2 0-1-0 lost to S. Prammanasudh 2up 0-0-2 halved w/S. Gustafson x2 1-0-0 won w/A. Sörenstam 3&2 2 50%

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d "Suzann Pettersen Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "Suzann Pettersen Full Career Bio" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  3. ^ "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books Player Suzann Pettersen". Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  4. ^ "The Junior Match Unfolds at Cape Cod". PGA European Tour. 1999-08-25. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  5. ^ Martin Park (2002-06-19). "Pettersen defends in France". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  6. ^ a b "Love story.Pettersen has rediscovered fun,and her world-class game". GolfWeek. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  7. ^ Martin Park (2002-03-03). "Webb denies Pettersen in playoff". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  8. ^ Martin Park (2002-08-25). "Reid chooses wild cards amid controversy". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  9. ^ "Solheim Cup Player Profile: Suzann Pettersen". Ladies European Tour. 2002-09-04. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  10. ^ Martin Park (2002-09-22). "Singled out!". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  11. ^ Elspeth Burnside (2003-01-12). "2003 Quotes". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  12. ^ Martin Park (2002-10-12). "Sergas leads the European at Q-School". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  13. ^ Martin Park (2003-08-10). "Sophie snaps up HP Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  14. ^ Martin Park (2003-08-25). "European Team announced". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  15. ^ Bethan Cutler (2005-08-28). "The 2005 European Solheim Cup team announced". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  16. ^ Bethan Cutler (2005-09-07). "Pettersen off her back for The Solheim Cup". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  17. ^ "Internationals win The Lexus Cup". Ladies European Tour. 2005-12-12. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  18. ^ Bethan Cutler (2006-08-13). "Sörenstam completes brilliant Swedish title defence". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  19. ^ "Norway's Pettersen replaced by Saether". Ladies European Tour. 2007-01-19. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  20. ^ Thomas Bonk (2007-05-02). "Pressel is youngest LPGA major winner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  21. ^ Hank Kurt Jr. "Pettersen clinches first title". Canoe Slam Sports. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  22. ^ "Pettersen triumphs on home turf". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  23. ^ "Pettersen Wins Shortened Tournament". Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  24. ^ Associated Press. "Pettersen eagle on final hole gives thrilling win in Thai trophy". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
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