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Emma Zackrisson (born 26 January 1979) is a former Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour 2003–2011. She won the 2008 Open de España Femenino.
Amateur career
Zackrisson attended Oklahoma State University 1998–2002 where she played with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team and majored in broadcast journalism and public relations. She won twice as a senior, including the Big 12 Championship.
In 2002, she received the Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award, an award presented by the National Golf Coaches Association to the student-athlete who is both an All-American Scholar and an All-American who excels in academics.
Professional career
Zackrisson turned professional after she graduated in 2002 and finished 16th at the LET Qualifying School to secure a card for the 2003 season. In 2004, she finished runner-up at the Ladies Central European Open in Hungary, four strokes behind Minea Blomqvist. In 2006, she finished 5th at the Acer SA Women's Open in Durban.
2008 was her best season, she won the season opener Open de España Femenino and finished top-6 at the SAS Masters in Norway, UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Austria, and the Madrid Ladies Masters, to finish 18th in the rankings.
In 2009, she secured the second largest prize check in her career with a 4th place at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, and made the cut at the 2009 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.
After nine seasons on the Ladies European Tour she retired from tour in 2011 at age 32.
Amateur wins
2002 Rainbow Wahine Invitational, Big 12 Championship
Professional wins (1)
= Ladies European Tour (1)
=Results in LPGA majors
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
References
External links
Emma Zackrisson at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Emma Zackrisson
- Zackrisson
- List of female golfers
- Golf in Sweden
- Open de España Femenino
- The Long Shadow (TV series)
- Swedish Golf Tour Final (women)
- Minea Blomqvist
- Zuzana Kamasová
- Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award