Nanna Koerstz Madsen

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Nanna Koerstz Madsen
Personal information
Born (1994-10-23) 23 October 1994 (age 29)
Smørum, Denmark
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
ResidenceNørrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Career
College University of South Carolina
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s) Symetra Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour3
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T3: 2021
Women's PGA C'ship T11: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T16: 2019
Women's British Open T5: 2021
Evian Championship 72nd: 2019

Nanna Koerstz Madsen (born 23 October 1994) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the American LPGA Tour and maintains membership of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand and made history becoming the first Dane to win an LPGA Tour event. She played in the 2021 Solheim Cup and represented Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished tied for 13th, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished tied for 9th. [1]

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Amateur career

Madsen had a successful amateur career and she won both the 2012 Danish Women's Match Play Championship and the 2013 Danish Women's Stroke Play Championship. She was 2013 British Ladies Amateur Championship stroke play medalist with rounds of 69 and 72. [2]

At the end of the season 2014, Madsen finished as the best European amateur player on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [3]

She played college golf with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team at the University of South Carolina, winning the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate, before turning professional after only one semester. [4] [5]

Professional career

Madsen earned her LET card by winning the Lalla Aicha Tour School Final Qualifying and was a Ladies European Tour rookie in 2015. [6] [7] On the 2015 Ladies European Tour, she finished 9th on the Order of Merit. In 2016, she won the Tipsport Golf Masters [8] [9] and finished 6th on the Order of Merit.

Madsen devoted the 2017 season to earning a membership on the LPGA Tour by playing the season on the Symetra Tour where she became a three-time winner resulting in her becoming the 12th player to earn a "Battlefield Promotion" to the LPGA Tour, playing in three events between late August and early September. She started as a rookie on the LPGA Tour from the beginning of the 2018 season.

In 2019, she was runner-up at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. She finished tied for 3rd at the 2021 ANA Inspiration. [1]

Madsen captured the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand to become the first LPGA Tour winner from Denmark. After a hard-fought battle with China's Lin Xiyu, she drained a 10-foot putt for eagle on the second playoff hole to take the title. [10] After the win, her world ranking jumped up 22 places, from #55 to #33. [11]

After her playoff loss to Atthaya Thitikul in the JTBC Classic on 27 March, her world ranking jumped up 13 places, to #19. [12]

Amateur wins

Source: [7]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner-up
113 Mar 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand 65-64-66-67=262−26Playoff Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Xiyu

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Xiyu Won with eagle on second extra hole
22022 JTBC Classic Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul Lost to bogey on second extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runners-up
119 Jun 2016 Tipsport Golf Masters 68-65-65=198−155 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Pamela Pretswell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stacey Keating

Symetra Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
130 Apr 2017 Symetra Classic 65-72-68=205−112 strokes Flag of Ecuador.svg Daniela Darquea
Flag of the United States.svg Mariah Stackhouse
24 Jun 2017 Fuccillo Kia Championship 68-71-66=205−81 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Daniela Iacobelli
Flag of the United States.svg Kim Welch
323 Jul 2017 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic 66-67-67-66=266−227 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Laura Wearn

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runners-up
113 Mar 2013 A6 Ladies Open (as an amateur)73-71-66=210−63 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Bjärvall
Flag of Sweden.svg Josephine Janson

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201520162017201820192020
Chevron Championship CUTT66T51
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUTT13
U.S. Women's Open CUTT16CUT
The Evian Championship ^CUTCUT72NT
Women's British Open T21T37CUTCUTCUT
Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron Championship T3T8T28T17
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUT70
Women's PGA Championship T15CUTT11
The Evian Championship CUTCUTCUT
Women's British Open T5CUTCUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00112376
U.S. Women's Open 00000162
Women's PGA Championship 00000363
The Evian Championship 00000061
Women's British Open 00011283
Totals0012393315

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2015 110000T210n/a72.25n/a
2016 320000T370n/a72.50n/a
2017 63010120n/a73.18n/a
2018 2290000T1591,42410672.1894
2019 252001022552,0723871.4866
2020 1280001T5162,1086872.0871
2021 20160012T3635,9483170.7738
2022 231211031632,1064970.8942
2023 25160001T4445,7226471.6279
Totals^137871311012,519,380168

^ Official as of 2023 season [13] [14] [15]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

YearWorld
ranking
Source
2015159 [16]
2016103 [17]
2017134 [18]
2018246 [19]
201967 [20]
202076 [21]
202150 [22]
202253 [23]
2023117 [24]

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
%
Career31–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–01.550.0
2021 31–1–10–0–1 halved w/ A. Ernst 0–0–01–1–0 lost w/ M. Sagström 1 dn
won w/ C. Ciganda 1 up
1.550.0

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