Kaisa Ruuttila

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Kaisa Ruuttila
Personal information
Born (1983-10-14) 14 October 1983 (age 39)
Tampere, Finland
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Residence Tampere, Finland
Career
Turned professional2006
Former tour(s) LET (joined 2007)
Swedish Golf Tour (joined 2006)
Professional wins9
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit 2010

Kaisa Ruuttila (born 14 October 1983) is a Finnish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour between 2007 and 2013. She won the 2007 South African Ladies Masters and the 2010 Ladies Finnish Open. [1]

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Career

Ruuttila played for the National Team and represented Finland at three successive Espirito Santo Trophies. She won the Nordic Championship in 2005 and the Finnish Matchplay Championship in 2006. She finished 9th at the 2005 Ladies Finnish Masters, an LET event.

Ruuttila turned professional in December 2006 after she earned an LET card at Q-School. In her rookie year, she tied for 6th at the Finnair Masters in her native Finland. Her best shot at a win on the LET came at the 2011 Austrian Ladies Open, where she fired seven birdies and one bogey in a second round of 66 to take a one stroke lead into the final round. [2] A disappointing 76 on the final day saw her finish third behind Caroline Hedwall and Caroline Afonso. [3] She later finished tied 4th at the 2011 Lacoste Ladies Open de France, two strokes off the lead, to end the season 54th in the Order of Merit. [1]

In 2010 Ruuttila won 4 of 14 tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour, including the Ladies Finnish Open, and won the Order of Merit.

In 2012 she sustained a back injury that ended her career in 2013. [1]

Amateur wins (2)

Source: [1]

Professional wins (9)

Ladies African Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		Margin of
victory		Runner-upRef
12 Mar 2007 WPGA Masters –7 (71-69-69=209)3 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Julie Tvede [4]

Swedish Golf Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		Margin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
12 Jun 2006 Booz Allen Nordic Classic
(as an amateur)		142 (–2)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Hanna-Sofia Leijon [5]
28 Jul 2006 Gefle Ladies Open
(as an amateur)		208 (–8)Playoff Flag of Austria.svg Katharina Werdinig [6]
329 May 2010 Fredrik Jacobson Masters 221 (+5)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Marianne Andersson [7]
413 Jun 2010 Felix Finnish Ladies Open 217 (+4)Playoff Flag of Norway.svg Cecilie Lundgreen
Flag of Sweden.svg Elena Perrone 		[8]
55 Sep 2010 Landeryd Ladies Masters 212 (–4)7 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Lotta Wahlin
Flag of Sweden.svg Sara Ardström 		[9]
610 Sep 2010 Scandic Anglais Trophy 218 (–1)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Isabella Ramsay [10]
79 Jul 2011 Körunda Ladies Open 210 (–6)2 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Ursula Wikström [11]

Spanish Women's Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		Margin of
victory		Runner-upRef
16 Nov 2010 Banesto Golf Tour Valencia 138 (–6)Playoff Flag of Spain.svg María Hernández [12]

Team appearances

Amateur

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  3. ↑ "Hedwall claims third LET title in Austria". SuperSport. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Flying Fin wins WPGA Masters". Independent Online. 2 Mar 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Results 2006 Booz Allen Nordic Classic". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Results 2006 Gefle Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Results 2010 Fredrik Jacobson Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Results 2010 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Results 2010 Landeryd Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Results 2010 Scandic Anglais Trophy". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Results 2011 Körunda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ↑ López Bachiller, María Acacia (30 October 2012). "El Banesto Tour 2012 bajará el telón en el Club de Golf Escorpión". Crónica Golf. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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