Professional career
Wessberg turned professional after graduating in June 2003 and joined the Swedish Golf Tour, where she was Player of the Year after winning the Ladies Finnish Open and the Swedish Matchplay Championship. In 2004 she won the Swedish PGA Championship and the tour championship, the Telia Ladies Finale.
LET and Solheim Cup
Wessberg joined the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 2004. She was runner-up at the Ladies Open of Portugal, three strokes behind Cecilia Ekelundh, and T3 at the Open de France Dames, to finish ninth on Order of Merit and close runner-up to Minea Blomqvist for the LET Rookie of the Year title.
In 2005, Wessberg was runner-up at the Open de España Femenino, before securing her first LET title at the 2006 Wales Ladies Championship of Europe at Machynys Peninsula G&CC. She defeated Laura Davies by one stroke, winning with a birdie at the 72nd hole. [2]
In 2007, she was runner-up at the Ladies English Open and claimed her second LET victory at the 2007 Vediorbis Open de France Dames in Arras, northern France, where she carded a final-round 65 in heavy rain to finish a shot ahead of Trish Johnson.
Wessberg was a captain's pick for the 2007 European Solheim Cup team, where she defeated Cristie Kerr in the singles and recorded a 75% points win rate. [3]
Ladies European Tour
Wessberg earned her third LET title at the 2009 UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Austria, defeating England's Laura Davies at the second sudden-death playoff hole at Golfclub Föhrenwald in Wiener Neustadt. After this win, she returned to play in Europe full time.
In 2010, she was 23rd on the Money List and in 2011 she ended the season ranked 14th on the Money List, which was her third-best career season, after third place finishes at both the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open and the Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters. In 2012, she recorded a T4 at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open and T7 at the World Ladies Championship in China. In 2013, her best results were T4s at the UniCredit Ladies German Open and Sanya Ladies Open in China, two strokes behind winners Charley Hull and Lee-Anne Pace, respectively.
In 2015, Wessberg played only in five tournaments and took some time out due to the arrival of her first child. When she returned in 2016 she was runner-up at the Ladies Scottish Open at Dundonald Links, and finished the season 13th on the Order of Merit. She also won the Ladies Norwegian Open, an event on the LET Access Series.
Wessberg won a gold medal for Sweden in the 2018 European Golf Team Championships together with Cajsa Persson, after they beat the French team in the final at Gleneagles. [4]
In 2022, Wessberg made a hole-in-one at the Hero Women's Indian Open, to lead the tournament with a seven-under 65 after the opening round. She finished T12. [5]
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