| Caroline Hedwall | |||||||||
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.jpg) Hedwall at the2010 Women's British Open | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Full name | Caroline Ingrid Hedwall | ||||||||
| Born | (1989-05-13)13 May 1989 (age 36) | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||||||||
| Residence | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||
| Partner | Fredrika Winqvist | ||||||||
| Career | |||||||||
| College | Oklahoma State University | ||||||||
| Turned professional | 2010 | ||||||||
| Current tours | LPGA Tour (joined 2011) LET (joined 2011) | ||||||||
| Professional wins | 18 | ||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
| Ladies European Tour | 7 | ||||||||
| ALPG Tour | 3 | ||||||||
| Other | 8 | ||||||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||||||
| Chevron Championship | T3:2013 | ||||||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T37: 2013 | ||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T31: 2013 | ||||||||
| Women's British Open | T27: 2010 | ||||||||
| Evian Championship | T17: 2019 | ||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Caroline Ingrid Hedwall (born 13 May 1989) is aSwedish professional golfer who plays on theLadies European Tour (LET) and theLPGA Tour. In2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a singleSolheim Cup event. As an amateur she was a dominating player, winning theEuropean Ladies Amateur Championship as well as the individual titles at theEspirito Santo Trophy and theNCAA Championship.
Hedwall started to play golf at age eight, living inTäby outside Stockholm, Sweden, and moved with her family toLöddeköpinge at 15 years of age, coming to representBarsebäck Golf & Country Club. She is the daughter of Yvonne and Claes Hedwall and has a twin sister,Jacqueline, who, just as Caroline, also played collegiate golf in the United States, atLouisiana State University, represented Sweden as an amateur and turned professional.[1]
Hedwall's amateur career was very successful. In 2006, 17 years old, she became the second girl to win theSwedish Junior Stroke-play Championship as well as theSwedish Junior Match-play Championship, both championships for players up to 21, during the same season.
As an 18-year-old, she finished lone 7th at her Ladies European Tour debut, the2007Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, at her home course Barsebäck, two strokes better than tournament hostAnnika Sörenstam.[1] In 2006–2008, Hedwall won six times on the professionalSwedish Golf Tour, being an amateur without the possibility to receive any prize money. At the 2008 Telenor Masters at Barsebäck, the two amateur Hedwall twins finished first and second and the SEK 60,000 first prize check went to third placed Sarah Heath,England.
At the 2007Junior Solheim Cup, the two Hedwall sisters both played on the winning European team. The Hedwall twins were also part of the winning Swedish teams at theEuropean Ladies' Team Championship in 2008 and 2010.[2]
Hedwall won the individualEuropean Ladies Amateur Championship in 2007 and 2009, and both the team and individual title at the amateur worlds, theEspirito Santo Trophy in2008.[3]
She accepted a golfscholarship toOklahoma State University in 2008. While at Oklahoma State she was the 2010NCAA Individual Champion, 2010NGCA Player of the Year, 2010 Golfstat Cup Winner, 2009 and 2010 First-Team All-American, and Big 12 Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010.[4] In 2010, she also won theHonda Sports Award as the best female collegiate golfer in the nation.[5][6]
She was tied 27th, best Swedish player and low amateur at the2010 Women's British Open. Before turning professional, Hedwall represented Sweden a last time at theEspirito Santo Trophy at the end of 2010, earning a bronze medal with her team.
Hedwall was the medalist at the final stage of LET Qualifying School, a nine-stroke victory on 19 December 2010 to earn her LET card for2011. In her first tournament as a professional, she won the 2011 New South Wales Open in Australia on theALPG Tour in January. On the LET, she won theAllianz Ladies Slovak Open in May,Finnair Masters in July,UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in September, and theHero Women's Indian Open in December.[7] She was a captain's selection to the European team for the2011 Solheim Cup inIreland. She ended the year by winning theLET Player of the Year andLET Rookie of the Year awards.
Hedwall was again a captain's pick for Team Europe at the2013 Solheim Cup at theColorado Golf Club in theDenver area. In that event, she became the first player in Solheim Cup history to win five matches in a single competition, helping lead Team Europe to a surprising 18–10 win. It was the Europeans' first successful defense of the Cup, and also the first win for Team Europe on American soil.[8]
In September 2018, Hedwall won theLacoste Ladies Open de France, with a score of 12-under-par over 72 holes, recording her first professional victory in three years. The following year, she qualified for her fourth Solheim Cup appearance for the European team.
From 2021, Hedwall focused on the Ladies European Tour instead of the LPGA. In November 2022, she won the tour finalAndalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, moving her to eighth on the2022 final Order of Merit and advancing 82 positions to 137th on theworld rankings. Despite being ranked 121st, she was picked for the2023 Solheim Cup by captainSuzann Pettersen. In the Sunday singles, Hedwall delivered one of the best stretches of golf in Solheim Cup history, going from 3 down after 12 holes to flip her match to a 2 up victory overAlly Ewing after birdieing five of the last six holes, preventing the United States from winning.[9]
In 2011, Hedwall received Elit Sign number 137 by theSwedish Golf Federation based onworld ranking achievements.[10]
For the 2011 season, she was elected Swedish Golfer of the Year, male or female, amateur or professional.
In 2012, she was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.[11]
As receipant number 47, Hedwall was in 2015 awarded the Golden Club by the Swedish Golf Federation for outstanding contributions to Swedish golf.[12]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 May2011 | Allianz Ladies Slovak Open | 71-67-67=205 | −11 | 2 strokes |  Christel Boeljon | 52,500 |
| 2 | 2 Jul 2011 | Finnair Masters | 69-65-68=202 | −11 | 2 strokes | Christel Boeljon | 30,000 |
| 3 | 4 Sep 2011 | UNIQA Ladies Golf Open | 73-67-64=204 | −12 | 4 strokes |  Caroline Afonso | 30,000 |
| 4 | 11 Dec 2011 | Hero Women's Indian Open | 67-68-69=204 | −12 | 2 strokes |  Pornanong Phatlum | 33,000 |
| 5 | 9 Sep2012 | UNIQA Ladies Golf Open | 67-66-70=203 | −13 | 4 strokes |  Laura DaviesMikaela Parmlid | 30,000 |
| 6 | 9 Sep2018 | Lacoste Ladies Open de France | 69-71-70-62=272 | −12 | 2 strokes |  Stacy Lee Bregman | 41,250 |
| 7 | 27 Nov2022 | Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España | 70-68-69-67=274 | −18 | Playoff |  Morgane Métraux | 97,500 |
Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España | Morgane Métraux | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Winner's share (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Jan2011 | Bing Lee Samsung NSW Women's Open | 67-68-70=205 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Lydia Ko (a) | 18,750 |
| 2 | 20 Jan2013 | Mount Broughton Classic | 67-65=132 | −12 | 4 strokes |  Emma de Groot | 4,500 |
| 3 | 27 Jan 2013 | Bing Lee Samsung Women's New South Wales Open | 66-69-68=203 | −13 | 2 strokes | Lydia Ko (a) | 18,750 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Winner's share (SEK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Aug2006 | Swedish Match-play Championship (as an amateur) | 7 and 5 | Johanna Lundberg | 27,000[a] | ||
| 2 | 10 Jun2007 | Isover Ladies Open (as an amateur) | 67-70-72=209 | −4 | 3 strokes |  Sohvi Härkönen | 27,000[a] |
| 3 | 4 Aug 2007 | SI · Gefle Ladies Open (as an amateur) | 73-70-72=215 | −1 | Playoff | Florence Lüscher | 36,000[a] |
| 4 | 18 Aug 2007 | Hotel Falköping Ladies Cup (as an amateur) | 72-71=143 | −1 | 1 stroke |  Nuria Clau | 20,000[a] |
| 5 | 22 Sep 2007 | PGA Gibson Open (as an amateur) | 73-71-69=213 | −3 | 5 strokes |  Marianne Skarpnord | 27,000[a] |
| 6 | 10 May2008 | Telenor Masters (as an amateur) | 72-68-71=211 | −2 | 3 strokes | Jacqueline Hedwall (a) | 60,000[a] |
| 7 | 14 Jun2014 | St Ibb Ladies Open | 71-69-66=206 | +2 | 1 stroke | Natalie Wille | 32,000 |
| 8 | 11 Oct 2014 | Svedala Ladies Open | 67-69-72=208 | −5 | 1 stroke | Johanna Björk | 60,000 |
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T56 | T3 | T64 | T46 | CUT | T66 | CUT | |||||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T37 | CUT | 71 | CUT | 67 | CUT | T53 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T31 | T38 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||||
| The Evian Championship ^ | T19 | T50 | CUT | CUT | T40 | T54 | T17 | NT | ||||||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | T27LA | T30 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T28 | CUT | CUT | T44 | CUT | T66 | |||
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = no tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 21 |
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings (€) | Order of Merit rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | n/a | n/a | 71.25 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 71.50 | |||
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 73.20 | |||
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CUT | 77.00 | |||
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | 71.28 | |||
| 2011 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 278,528 | 3 | 70.97 | 14 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 80,780 | 29 | 70.55 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 57,441 | 34 | 71.47 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T5 | 44,883 | 43 | 71.28 | 12 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | 39,332 | 50 | 72.28 | 25 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 110,095 | 8 | 71.50 | 17 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 22,404 | 56 | 72.11 | 49 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 124,013 | 3 | 70.58 | 10 |
| 2019 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | T2 | 165,390 | 6 | 71.15 | 13 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 70,639 | 17 | 72.28 | 25 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 61,879 | 35 | 72.24 | 28 |
| 2022 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 213,335 | 8 | 71.20 | 14 |
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CUT | n/a | n/a | 77.50 | n/a |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CUT | 77.00 | |||
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T27 | 72.75 | |||
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 126,801 | 64 | 71.70 | n/a |
| 2012 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T5 | 216,074 | 57 | 72.27 | 44 |
| 2013 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 763,104 | 14 | 71.08 | 20 |
| 2014 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 359,016 | 46 | 72.23 | 68 |
| 2015 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T26 | 98,117 | 93 | 72.98 | 103 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 94,733 | 99 | 72.57 | 95 |
| 2017 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 125,240 | 92 | 71.81 | 81 |
| 2018 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T9 | 96,188 | 104 | 71.45 | 51 |
| 2019 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 154,094 | 88 | 71.50 | 68 |
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 28,249 | 123 | 73.57 | 121 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CUT | 0 | n/a | 75.88 | n/a |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CUT | 0 | n/a | 72.00 | n/a |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T6 | 68,984 | 144 | 71.90 | n/a |
Source:[13]
Position inWomen's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | World ranking | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 456 | [14] |
| 2007 | 380 | [15] |
| 2008 | 409 | [16] |
| 2009 | 625 | [17] |
| 2010 | 352 | [18] |
| 2011 | 37 | [19] |
| 2012 | 40 | [20] |
| 2013 | 23 | [21] |
| 2014 | 55 | [22] |
| 2015 | 141 | [23] |
| 2016 | 171 | [24] |
| 2017 | 170 | [25] |
| 2018 | 123 | [26] |
| 2019 | 125 | [27] |
| 2020 | 139 | [28] |
| 2021 | 233 | [29] |
| 2022 | 125 | [30] |
| 2023 | 118 | [31] |
| 2024 | 232 | [32] |
Amateur
Professional
| Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 17 | 9–7–1 | 2–2–1 | 3–1–0 | 4–4–0 | 9.5 | 55.8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–1 halved w/R. O'Toole | 1–0–0 won w/S. Gustafson 6&5 | 1–1–0 won w/ S. Gustafson 5&4 lost w/S. Pettersen 1 up | 2.5 | 62.5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5–0–0 | 1–0–0 defeatedM. Wie 1 up | 2–0–0 won w/A. Nordqvist 4 & 2 won w/ A. Nordqvist 2 & 1 | 2–0–0 won w/C. Masson 2 & 1 won w/ C. Masson 2 & 1 | 5 | 100.0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1–3–0 | 0–1–0 lost toM. Wie 6&4 | 0–1–0 lost w/A. Nordqvist 5&4 | 1–1–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 4&3, lost w/C. Masson 1 dn | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 lost toN. Korda 2 dn | 0–1-0 lost w/A. Nordqvist 7&5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 def.A. Ewing 2 up | 0–1-0 lost w/A. Nordqvist 2 dn | 1 | 50.0 |
