Helen Alfredsson

Helen Alfredsson
Helen Alfreddson at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Nickname	Alfie
Born	April 9, 1965 (1965-04-09) (age 44) Gothenberg, Sweden
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
Spouse	Kent Nilsson (since 2005)
Career
College	United States International University (graduated 1988)
Turned professional	1989
Current tour(s)	LET (joined 1989) LPGA Tour (joined 1992)
Professional wins	23
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	7
Ladies European Tour	11
ALPG Tour	1
Other	5
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	Won 1993
LPGA Championship	9th: 2001
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 1993, 2008
Women's British Open	8th: 1993
Achievements and awards
LET Rookie of the Year	1989
LPGA Rookie of the Year	1992

Helen Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Alfredsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She represented Sweden in European Junior and Senior Team championships. She was a member of the Swedish team in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1986 and 1988^[1] and is a six-time Swedish national champion winning from 1981-1984, in 1986 and 1998.^[2]

She attended United States International University and graduated in 1988 with a degree in International Business^[3] and then tried a career in Paris as a model whilst flying with the Blue Angels^{[citation needed]} and learning to ride a motorcycle.^[4] During 1986-1988 she played five times on the Swedish Telia Tour, winning at least once a year.^[5][6][7] She turned professional on 1 January 1989.^[2]

Professional career

Alfredsson began her professional career on the Ladies European Tour where she was rookie of the year in 1989. The next year, in 1990, she claimed her maiden professional win at the Women's British Open. She won twice on the LET in 1991 and won once each on the ALPG and Japanese tours.^[2] She earned exempt status for the 1992 LPGA Tour season by tying for 17th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.^[3]

She earned Rookie of the Year honors on the LPGA Tour in 1992 and has won seven LPGA Tour events, including one LPGA major: the 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore.

Alfredsson has continued to play a limited number of events in Europe, where she has won eleven events. She finished at the top of the European money list in 1998. She has been a member of the European team in the Solheim Cup five times: in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002. She was captain of the European Solheim Cup team in the 2007 Solheim Cup, in which Europe lost to the USA 12-16.

Personal life

Alfredsson is married to former National Hockey League player Kent Nilsson and stepmother of his son, hockey player Robert Nilsson.

Professional wins (23)

Ladies European Tour (11)

• 1990 Women's British Open
• 1991 Hennessy Ladies Cup, Trophee Coconut Skol,
• 1992 Hennessy Ladies Cup, IBM Ladies Open
• 1994 Evian Masters
• 1996 Hennessy Cup
• 1997 WPGA Championship of Europe
• 1998 Evian Masters
• 2001 WPGA Championship of Europe
• 2008 Evian Masters

Note: The Women's British Open was not co-sanctioned by the LPGA until 1994, and did not become an LPGA major until 2001.

LPGA Tour (7)

• 1993 (1) Nabisco Dinah Shore
• 1994 (1) PING/Welch's Championship
• 1998 (2) The Office Depot, Welch's/Circle K Championship
• 2003 (1) Longs Drugs Challenge
• 2008 (2) Evian Masters, Grand China Air LPGA

LPGA Majors are shown in bold. Her win in the 2008 Evian Masters is repeated here because the LPGA has co-sanctioned the event since 2000.

Other tours (6)

• 1991 Queensland Open (ALPG), Ellair Open (Japan), Benson & Hedges Trophy with Anders Forsbrand
• 1992 Itoki Classic (Japan), Sunrise Cup World Team Championship with Liselotte Neumann
• 1997 Itoen Tournament (Japan)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Notes and references

External links

• Profile on the LET's official site
• Profile on the LPGA's official site