Suzann pettersen
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Suzann Pettersen, born April 7, 1981 in Oslo (Norway), is a Norwegian golfer. Professional since 2000, she started on the European circuit in 2001 then competed on the American circuit since 2003. She has eleven victories on these two circuits including two major tournaments: the LPGA championship in 2007 and the Evian Masters in 2013. She has was named best beginner on the European circuit in 2001.

Biography

After an amateur career which is crowned by five national titles and a victory in the championship of Great Britain, she passes professional in 2000. She obtains her card to participate in the European circuit women since 2001. For her first season on this circuit, she plays ten consecutive tournaments where she passes the cut but above all she wins her first victory during her second tournament at the French Open.

Good results at the start of 2002 gave him a place in the European Solheim Cup team.

For the 2003 season, she made her debut on the LPGA circuit. She obtained her second selection for the Solheim Cup due to the choice of the captain. During this competition, she won four victories, the four doubles, for a single defeat. It is thus one of the major elements in the European victory during this edition.

During the 2004 and 2005 seasons, she played little tournament due to injuries. Cele does not prevent her from being again in the European team, always by choice of the captain, for the 2005 edition of the Solheim Cup where she disputed four meetings for a balance sheet of two victories and two shared games.

In 2007, she is close to winning her first Major tournament at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. On the last lap, she is still three strokes ahead from the 15th hole. The results of the last holes, bogey, double bogey, bogey deprived her of the victory in favor of the American Morgan Pressel.

For the second major of the season, she is once again at the head of the tournament but, this time, she manages to keep the lead despite the pressure of the Australian Karrie Webb on the last holes. With four more wins on the LPGA tour, she ends the season in second place in the LPGA winners' ranking behind Mexican Lorena Ochoa for the 2007 season.

In May 2011, she won the Sybase Match Play Championship. In August, she won the Ladies Irish Open and the Portland tournament1.

Winners

Suzann Pettersen currently holds two major titles with the LPGA championship in 2007. and the 1st Evian Championship (ex Evian Masters) in 2013. She has a total of twelve professional titles, seven on the LPGA circuit (North American) , five on the European circuit (the major ones counting for the two circuits) and an unofficial tournament (the "Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge" with Natalie Gulbis and Cristie Kerr).

2016 results