Cecilie Lundgreen

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Cecilie Lundgreen
Personal information
NicknameCC
Born (1973-02-06) 6 February 1973 (age 51)
Sarpsborg, Norway
Sporting nationalityFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Residence Sarpsborg, Norway
Career
College Florida Atlantic University
Turned professional1998
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 1999)
LET Access Series (joined 2012)
Sunshine Ladies Tour (joined 2014)
Swedish Golf Tour (joined 1998)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open CUT: 2001, 2002
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit 2012
Atlantic Sun Conference Golfer of the Year1994
FAU Female Student-Athlete of the Year1997
FAU Sports Hall of Fame2007

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]

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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)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		To parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
112 May 2012 Kristianstad Åhus Ladies Open 174-71-77=222+61 stroke Flag of France.svg Marion Ricordeau
211 Aug 2012 Women's Bank Open 68-69-69=206−73 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Nina Holleder (a)

1Co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament20012002
Kraft Nabisco Championship
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
Women's British Open CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut.
NT = no tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player Profile Cecilie Lundgreen". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Hall of Fame: Cecilie Lundgreen". FAU Sports. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "2001 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cecilie Lundgreen 2006 Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cecilie Lundgreen slår følge med Skarpnord på Ladies European Tour 2013" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cecilie Lundgreen nest best i Sør-Afrika" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cecilie Lundgreen blir ny daglig leder på Borregaard Golfklubb" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "'Why I'm a Mormon': Cecilie 'CC' Lundgreen". Deseret Book Company. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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