Emily Kristine Pedersen

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Emily Kristine Pedersen
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Pedersen in 2018
Personal information
Full nameEmily Kristine Pedersen
Born (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 (age 29)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour5
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T24: 2025
Women's PGA C'ship T36: 2017
U.S. Women's Open T23: 2021
Women's British Open T11: 2020
Evian Championship T11: 2025
Achievements and awards
Den Gyldne Golfbold (PoY in Denmark)2013, 2020
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year 		2015
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2020
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year 		2020

Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. [1] She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2014 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Turning professional in early 2015 she had a successful first season, finishing runner-up in the Deloitte Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France before winning the Hero Women's Indian Open. She was named LET Rookie of the Year for 2015.

Contents

Pedersen earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school. [2]

She made only the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history in 2023 on the 12th hole in the afternoon four-ball on 22 September 2023. [3]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		To parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
125 Oct 2015 Hero Women's Indian Open 170-73-73=216E1 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Malene Jørgensen
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Morgan
Flag of the United States.svg Cheyenne Woods
230 Aug 2020 Tipsport Czech Ladies Open 63-65-71=199−174 strokes Flag of Austria.svg Christine Wolf
315 Nov 2020 Aramco Saudi Ladies International 67-68-71-72=278−10Playoff Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall
419 Nov 2020 Saudi Ladies Team International
(individual event)		69-66-67=202−142 strokes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anne van Dam
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephanie Kyriacou
Flag of Spain.svg Luna Sobrón
529 Nov 2020 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España 68-71-68-66=273−154 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Iturrioz

1 Co-sanctioned by Ladies Asian Golf Tour

LET playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12015 Open de France Dames Flag of France.svg Céline Herbin Herbin won with a par on the third extra hole [5]
22020 ASI Ladies Scottish Open Flag of the United States.svg Cheyenne Knight
Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis
Flag of Spain.svg Azahara Muñoz 		Lewis won with a birdie on the first extra hole
22020 Saudi Ladies International Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall Pedersen won with a birdie on the first extra hole

Danish Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
110 Jun 2020 Bravo Tours Open−11 (66-67=133)1 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Suhr

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Chevron Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTT24
U.S. Women's Open T41CUTT23T58
Women's PGA Championship T36CUTCUTCUTT50T52CUTCUT
The Evian Championship T47T25T14CUTNTT19CUT54T11
Women's British Open CUTCUTT40CUTT11T42T22T30CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000151
U.S. Women's Open 00000143
Women's PGA Championship 00000083
The Evian Championship 00000486
Women's British Open 00000295
Totals0000083418

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2014460 [6]
2015118 [7]
2016100 [8]
2017153 [9]
2018323 [10]
2019509 [11]
202071 [12]
202174 [13]
2022126 [14]
2023110 [15]
2024132 [16]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career177–9–11–3–03–4–03–2–17.544.1
2017 30–3–00–1–0 lost to D. Kang 3&10–1–0 lost w/ M. Reid 5&30–1–0 lost w/ C. Ciganda 6&500.0
2021 43–1–01–0–0 def. D. Kang 1 up1–1–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&1
lost w/ C. Hull 2&1		1–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&2375.0
2023 52–2–10–1–0 lost to L. Thompson 2&11–1–0 lost w/ C. Hull 5&4
won w/ C. Ciganda 2&1		1–0–1 halved w/ M. Stark
won w/ M. Sagström 2&1		2.550.0
2024 52–3–00–1–0 lost to M. Khang 6&51–1–0 won w/ M. Stark 2 up
lost w/ C. Ciganda 1 dn		1–1–0 lost w/ M. Stark 3&2
won w/ C. Ciganda 2&1		2.040.0

References

  1. ↑ Profile on Ladies European Tour's official site
  2. ↑ "Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 13 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Solheim Cup Ace". twitter.com. 22 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Emily Kristine Pedersen". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Céline Herbin wins play-off to claim Lacoste Ladies Open de France". LET. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2024.
  17. ↑ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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