Tonje Daffinrud

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Tonje Daffinrud
Personal information
Full nameTonje Frydenberg Daffinrud
Born (1991-09-19) 19 September 1991 (age 32)
Tønsberg, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Residence Østerås, Oslo, Norway
Career
College University of Denver
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2015)
LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins5
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open CUT: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit 		2019

Tonje Frydenberg Daffinrud (born 19 September 1991) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour between 2015 and 2021, and represented Norway at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [1]

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Amateur career

As a junior, Daffinrud represented Europe at the 2009 Junior Solheim Cup. [2] She also represented the Norwegian National Team at the European Ladies' Team Championship and Espirito Santo Trophy. She played collegiate golf with the Denver Pioneers, like her compatriot Espen Kofstad, and graduated from the University of Denver in 2014 with a degree in International Business and Economics. [1] [3]

In 2016, she won the Norwegian National Golf Championship and was awarded the Kongepokal. [4] [5]

Professional career

Daffinrud joined the LET Access Series midway through the 2014 season and won two tournaments back-to-back in October, the Azores Ladies Open in Azores, Portugal and the Grecotel Amirandes Ladies Open in Crete, Greece. After three further top-five finishes, she finished fifth on the 2014 LETAS Order of Merit and earned LET membership for the 2015 Ladies European Tour. [6] [7]

Her rookie season on the LET in 2015 was affected by injury. She played in eight tournaments with a season best T13 at the Lalla Meryem Cup. In 2017, she earned her first top-10 finish with a T6 in the Oates Vic Open and in 2019 posted two top-10s, T10 in La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational and her career best finish of T4 in the Ladies European Thailand Championship along with Marianne Skarpnord. [1] She qualified for the 2017, 2019 and 2020 Women's British Open as one of the top 25 from the current LET Order of Merit, and was successful in the local qualifiers in 2018.

In 2019, she won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit [8] and finished a career-best 18th on the LET Order of Merit. [9]

Plagued by injuries, Daffinrud announced her retirement from tour following the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, just days before her 30th birthday. [10]

Professional wins (5)

LET Access Series wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		To parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
13 Oct 2014 Azores Ladies Open 71-68-73=212−43 strokes Flag of Croatia.svg Daniela Prorokova
210 Oct 2014 Grecotel Amirandes Ladies Open 66-67-70=203−103 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Daisy Nielsen
329 Aug 2019 Scandic PGA Championship 166-70-66=202−142 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Gustavsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Stark

1Co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour

Swedish Golf Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		To parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
14 Jul 2019 Moss & Rygge Open 70-64-67=201−158 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Michaela Finn
229 Aug 2019 Scandic PGA Championship 166-70-66=202−142 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Johanna Gustavsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Stark

1Co-sanctioned by the LET Access Series

Other wins

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2017201820192020
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship NT
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut.
NT = no tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tonje Daffinrud – Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tonje Daffinrud". WAGR. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Daffinrud nærmer seg verdens amatør-elite" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Norgesmesterskapene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Golf Federation. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Power Rankings: NM i golf" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "2014 Order of Merit". LET Access Series.
  7. ↑ "Former Pioneer Tonje Daffinrud added to LET". University of Denver Athletics. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule, Orders of Merit 2013-2019" (in Swedish). Svenska Golfförbundet, Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Tonje Daffinrud legger opp: – Tiden var inne" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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