2012 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

PROFESSIONAL
n In 2011, began an incredible rookie season by winning
the New South Wales Open on the Australian Ladies
Professional Golf tour on her pro debut in January. She
then won four titles on the Ladies European Tour, firstly
at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open at Gray Bear Golf Club,
followed by the Finnair Masters at Helsinki Golf Club,
the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open at Golfclub Föhrenwaldh in
Austria and the Hero Women’s Indian Open at DLF Golf
and Country Club in Gurgaon, near New Delhi. Recorded
four additional top-10 finishes: a tie for 2nd at the Deloitte
Dutch Ladies Open; tied 7th at the DeutscheBank Ladies
Swiss Open; tied 9th at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open
and tied 9th at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. She
then collected the Players’ Player of the Year Award, as
voted for by her fellow competitors, having ended the
year ranked third on the LET’s official Henderson Money
List, behind Ai Miyazato and Melissa Reid, with season’s
earnings of €278,529 from 20 tournaments played. This
award was launched in 1995 and Hedwall became the
first player in LET history to win both this award and be
named the Rolex Rookie of the Year in the same season.
She also played a starring role on Europe’s winning
Solheim Cup team winning 2½ points at Killeen Castle
in Ireland with a 2-1-1 record. Caroline formed a strong
partnership with Sophie Gustafson, defeating Vicky Hurst
and Brittany Lincicome by 5 and 4 in the Friday fourballs
and beating Angela Stanford and Stacy Lewis by 6 and
5 in the Saturday foursomes. Earned a vital halve against
Ryann O’Toole in the penultimate singles match on
Sunday to help bring the overall score to 15-13.
Ladies European Tour 2012
Caroline Hedwall
Country Sweden
Born 13/5/1989 – Taby
Turned professional 29th October 2010
Joined LET January 2011
Tournaments Played 19
Career Earnings (Euro) 268,395.54
Career Victories (Last) 4 (2011)
Top ten finishes 4
Lowest Round 64 (2 times)
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AMATEUR
Tied for 27th at the 2010 Ricoh Women’s British Open
at Royal Birkdale and won the Smyth Salver as the
leading amateur. Tied for eighth place at the 2010 Finnair
Masters at Helsinki GC. Competed at the 2009 and 2008
Ricoh Women’s British Opens. Tied for 13th at the 2008
Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika in Sweden. Was the
2010 NCGA champion and Player of the Year. Led
Sweden to victory at the European Team Championships
in 2008 and 2010. Won the 2007 and 2009 European
Amateur Championship. Was named to the Swedish
squad for the 2008 World Amateur Team Championship
where she teamed with former Cowgirl Pernilla Lindberg
and Anna Nordqvist to win the team title. World Amateur
Champion in 2008. Won the LET’s Final Qualifying School
for the 2011 season at La Manga Club by nine strokes.
PERSONAL
Caroline started to play golf aged eight. She is the
daughter of Yvonne and Claes Hedwall. She has a twin
sister, Jacqueline, who was a member of the golf team
at LSU. She was also recruited by Duke, Arizona, LSU,
New Mexico and Purdue but chose to attend Oklahoma
State University. She lives in Loddekopinge, Sweden.
Her hobbies include skiing and snowboarding.
TOUR VICTORIES
(4) 2011 Allianz Ladies Slovak Open, Finnair Masters,
UNIQA Ladies Golf Open, Hero Women’s Indian Open.
SOLHEIM CUP
(1) 2011
TOUR RECORD:
(Year, earnings/points, ranking)
2011 €278,528.87 3