Marie Wennersten-From

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Marie Wennersten-From
Personal information
Full nameMarie Louise Inger Wennersten From
Born (1958-03-17) 17 March 1958 (age 64)
Uddevalla, Sweden
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Lund, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1982
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Other7
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit
1990, 1991

Marie Louise Inger Wennersten From (born 17 March 1958) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Wennersten was born in Uddevalla on the west-coast of Sweden and played golf from age 10. As an amateur, representing Lyckorna Golf Club in Ljungskile south of Uddevalla, she won the Swedish Junior Match-play Championship in 1977 and the Swedish Match-play Championship in 1981, successfully defending the title in 1982. She represented Sweden at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship four times and was part of the Swedish team winning the 1978 event. [2]

Professional career

In 1984, Wennersten enjoyed a spell on the LPGA Tour, with a best finish of T38 at the MasterCard International Pro-Am. [2] The following year she became the second Swedish golfer to win on the Ladies European Tour, after Kärstin Ehrnlund, when she won the Mitsubishi Colt Cars Jersey Open. She returned to Jersey two years later to win the Hong Kong Bank Jersey Classic, a non-tour event. [3] She finished third at the 1985 British Women's Open at Moor Park Golf Club, 4 strokes behind Betsy King, and ended the season ranked 10th on the LET Order of Merit. [2]

Wennersten won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 1990 and 1991. [2] She retired from tour in 1992 to become a PGA Club Professional, and has served as head pro at Örkelljunga Golfklubb, Lunds Akademiska Golfklubb and Örestads Golfklubb.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (8)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

YearTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1985 Mitsubishi Colt Cars Jersey Open 72-69-70=211−22 strokes Flag of England.svg Kitrina Douglas

Swedish Golf Tour wins (6)

Other wins (1)

YearTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1987 Hong Kong Bank Jersey Classic 148+41 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Peggy Conley
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. "2013 LET Tour Guide: Past Winners". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Golf – Den stora sporten" [Golf – The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. "Ladies Jersey Open". Where2golf. Retrieved 15 July 2020.