2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

Linda Wessberg
Country
Sweden
Born
13 June 1980 – Gothenburg
Turned Professional 2003
Joined Tour 2003
Career Victories (Last) 3 (2009)
Playoff Record 1/1
LET Career Earnings (Euro) 822,571.53
LET Tournaments Played 142
Top Ten Finishes 29
Lowest Round 63
PROFESSIONAL
n In 2012, Linda played in 22 events, 17 cuts
made including 2 top 10 finishes: T4th at the UNIQA
Ladies Golf Open in Austria and T7th at the World
Ladies Championship in China. Season’s earnings:
€65,368.61 (43).
n In 2011, Linda played in 20 events on the LET and
had seven top 10 finishes including a tie for 3rd place
at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Austria and a 3rd place
at Raiffeisenbank Prague Masters. She also tied for 4th
at the Hero Women’s Indian Open and tied for 5th place
at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. Linda ended the
season ranked 14th on the Money List, which was her
third best-career season.
n In 2010, Linda played in 20 events on the LET. Her
best finish of the season coming at the Unicredit Ladies
German Open where she finished in a tie for 5th place.
Wessberg recorded a further 6 top tens to finish 23rd
on the Henderson Money List with season earnings of
€84,089.88.
n In 2009, Linda earned her third LET title at the UNIQA
Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen in Austria,
defeating England’s Laura Davies at the second sudden
death play-off hole at Golfclub Föhrenwald in Wiener
Neustadt.
n In 2008, after working on some technical swing
changes, Linda struggled to find her previous form in
2008. She played in eight LET events all year and her
best finish was T19th at the Scandinavian TPC Hosted
by Annika. She was 96th on the New Star Money List
with season's earnings of €19,201.04. In America, she
competed in 22 events with her best finishes T8th at
both the LPGA Corning Classic and Kapalua LPGA
Classic. She earned $165,111 throughout the
season to finish 75th on the US money list.
n In 2007, Linda played in 11 LET events in 2007 and
earned €158,960.38, finishing 8th on the New Star
Money List. She secured her second LET victory at the
Vediorbis Open de France Dames in Arras, northern
France. With some impressive putting, she carded a
final round 65 in heavy rain to finish a shot ahead of
Trish Johnson. She posted two further top ten finishes:
T2nd at the Ladies English Open and T7th at the Ricoh
Women's British Open at St Andrews, where she played
with eventual winner Lorena Ochoa in the last group in
the final round. She also finished in the top 20 on three
further occasions with the following results: T12 at the
S4C Wales Ladies Championship, T13 at the ANZ Ladies
Masters and T15 at the Dubai Ladies Masters. Her
impressive performance caught the eye of European
Solheim Cup skipper Helen Alfredsson, who selected
her as one of three Captain's picks for The 2007
Solheim Cup at Halmstad, Sweden. Linda made an
impressive debut and scored 1.5 points from two
matches. She earned her first full point by defeating
Cristie Kerr 1up in the singles. Wessberg also played
in 13 LPGA tournaments with conditional status and
recorded three top-tens, finishing the US season
ranked 65th in earnings.
n In 2006, Linda secured her first Ladies European Tour
title and a first prize of EUR 77,070 at the Wales Ladies
Championship of Europe at Machynys Peninsula G&CC.
She defeated Laura Davies by a shot, winning with a
birdie at the 72nd hole. She entered the final round with
a two shot lead and posted a 71 to win on 14-under-par
274 in her third year on Tour. She admitted that she had
been aided by the hire of local caddy and club member,
James Graham. Linda posted three further top tens and
three top 20s throughout the season. Finished T3 in the
BMW Ladies Italian Open, T6 in the SAS Masters and
T10 in the ANZ Ladies Masters. She closed the year at
6th on the New Star Money List with €142,414.47.
n In 2005, Linda, who played in 18 events on the LET.
Her best finish was 2nd at the Spanish Open, where
she posted a low round 66 on day one. Posted T6 at
both the ANZ Ladies Masters and the Ladies English
Opens. Recorded five further top 20 finishes and
finished the season 16th in the Money list and 11th
on the Exemption Money List.
n In 2004, Linda made a fabulous start to her
professional career finishing at 9th on the Order of
Merit in her rookie season. Narrowly beaten to the
Rookie of the Year title by Minea Blomqvist but Linda
showed excellent consistency and talent in 2004.
Finished second at the Ladies Open of Portugal,
T3 at the French Open, T5 at the KLM Ladies Open.
Linda has a swing and tempo not dissimilar to the
World number one Annika Sorenstam.
AMATEUR
European Team Champion 2001, Swedish Junior
Champion 2001, 6th NCAA National Championship
2003, Winner Road Runner Invitational on Collegiate
circuit.
PERSONAL
174cm tall with blonde hair and blue eyes. Interested in
all sports, especially ice hockey and soccer. Also enjoys
shopping and spending time with friends and family.
Spent four years at Oklahoma State University and
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