Norwegian professional golfer
Cecilie Lundgreen (born 6 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour between 1999 and 2013, where her best finish was runner-up at the South African Women's Masters in 2001.[1]
Amateur career
Lundgreen won the 1991 Norwegian Junior Championship and the 1994 Norwegian National Golf Championship. She represented Norway at the 1994 Espirito Santo Trophy, together with Line Berg and Vibeke Stensrud.
Lundgreen attended Florida Atlantic University on a golf scholarship 1994–1997. She made an immediate impact, capturing Atlantic Sun Conference Golfer of the Year honors in 1994 after winning the conference tournament as a freshman. She was all-conference selection four times and was named FAU Female Student-Athlete of the Year in 1997, and inducted into the FAU Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]
Professional career
Lundgreen turned professional in 1998 and played a year on the Swedish Golf Tour where her best finish was solo third at the 1998 Felix Finnish Ladies Open, before joining the Ladies European Tour in 1999. Her standout LET season was 2001, where she finished T6 at the Ladies French Open and runner-up at the South African Women's Masters, one stroke behind Samantha Head, and finished ranked 27th in the Order of Merit.[3]
In 2006 Lundgreen played on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa, where she was runner-up at the Pam Golding Ladies International and the South African Women's Open.[4]
Struggling to keep her card, Lundgreen played intermittently on the Swedish Golf Tour, where she was runner-up at the 2009 Felix Finnish Ladies Open, the 2010 Swedish PGA Championship, and the VW Söderbergs Ladies Masters and Norrporten Ladies Open in 2011. In 2012 Lundgreen played in the LET Access Series, winning the Kristianstad Åhus Ladies Open and Women's Bank Open, finishing third in the Order of Merit and re-capturing her LET card for 2013.[5] She also won the 2012 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in the process.[1]
In 2014 she was again runner-up at the Norrporten Ladies Open. Playing on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in South Africa, she was runner-up in several events including the 2014 Ladies Tshwane Open and the 2017 Sun International Ladies Challenge.[6]
Private life
Lundgreen retired from tour in 2017 and became General Manager and Head Pro of Borregaard Golf Club.[7] She is co-author of a book titled "Why I am a Mormon", published in 2012 by Deseret Book Company, describing her conversion into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[8]
Amateur wins (5)
Professional wins (2)
LET Access Series wins (2)
1Co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour
Results in LPGA majors
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
NT = no tournament
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional
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