Cecilia Ekelundh
| Cecilia Ekelundh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 19 February 1978 Karlskrona, Sweden | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||||
| Residence | Sweden | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | University of Tulsa University of South Carolina | ||||
| Turned professional | 2000 | ||||
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (2006) Ladies European Tour (2002-2009) | ||||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| Ladies European Tour | 3 | ||||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
| Chevron Championship | CUT: 2006 | ||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||||
| Women's British Open | T22: 2005 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Cecilia Ekelundh (born 19 February 1978) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Career
[edit]She turned professional in 2000 and was a Ladies European Tour (LET) rookie in 2002.
She finished runner-up at the 2003 Gefle Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour.[1]
She won on the LET for the first time at the 2004 Ladies Open of Portugal. In 2005, she successfully defended that title[2] and also won the inaugural 2005 Volvo Cross Country Challenge, a separate dedicated order of merit containing four events in the Nordic region on the Ladies European Tour.[3] In 2006, she captured her third professional title at the Ladies' English Open.[4]
Professional wins (5)
[edit]Ladies European Tour wins (3)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 May 2004 | Ladies Open of Portugal | −10 (67-72-67=206) | 3 strokes | Linda Wessberg
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| 2 | 26 Jun 2005 | Algarve Ladies Open of Portugal | −6 (77-66-67=210) | 3 strokes |  Ludivine Kreutz
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| 3 | 8 Oct 2006 | Ladies English Open | −6 (71-69-70=210) | 1 stroke |  Martina Eberl
|
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
[edit]- 2006 Ekerum Ladies Masters
Other wins (1)
[edit]- 2012 Sportlife Open +18 Tour Allerum GC (SGF Golf Ranking)
References
[edit]- ^ "Results 2003 Gefle Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Ekelundh mot Solheim Cup" [Ekelundh on the way to the Solheim Cup]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 2005. p. 111. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Ekelundh rullar mot toppen" [Ekelundh rolls to the top]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 2005. p. 113. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Cecilia Ekelundh". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- LPGA Tour profile
- Cecilia Ekelundh at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)