Renate Hjelle Grimstad | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Bergen, Norway | 24 January 1997||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Stavanger, Norway | ||
Career | |||
College | University of Miami | ||
Turned professional | 2022 | ||
Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2023) | ||
Professional wins | 1 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Renate Hjelle Grimstad (born 24 January 1997) is a Norwegian professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2020 Dinah Shore Trophy Award as a top female collegiate golfer and the 2024 Norwegian National Golf Championship. [1]
Grimstad started to play golf at age 7, and became a member of the Norway National Team at age 12. She represented Norway at the European Girls' Team Championship and World Junior Girls Championship as a junior, and later at the European Ladies' Team Championship and the World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. In 2019, she finished runner-up at the Spirit International in Texas, both individually and with the Norwegian team. [2]
She played in the 2015 Larvik Ladies Open, an LET Access Series event, and finished 3 strokes behind winner Johanna Gustavsson. Grimstad finished tied 4th at the 2016 European Ladies Amateur in Sweden, 4 strokes behind champion Bronte Law. She finished runner-up at the Norwegian National Golf Championship in 2015, 2017 and 2018, and lost the final of the 2017 Norwegian National Match Play Championship to Tina Mazarino. [3]
Grimstad spent five years at University of Miami between 2016 and 2021. Playing with the Miami Hurricanes women's golf team, she won the 2020 UCF Challenge by a record 7 shots with rounds of 66, 67 and 69 for a total 14 under par. [4] In her penultimate year, she set a new overall school scoring record at 71.00 and was awarded the Dinah Shore Trophy Award for her collegiate performance. [5]
Grimstad turned professional in 2022 after taking some time off after graduating from college. She was invited to play a few events on the LET Access Series and finished third at her second event as a professional at the Elite Hotels Open in Sweden, after she shot an opening day 63 to hold the lead. [6] [7]
She joined the 2023 Ladies European Tour after finishing tied 34th at Q-School. In her rookie season, she made her first cut at the Jabra Ladies Open and recorded her first top-10 at the Helsingborg Open. [8]
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Amateur
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