2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour
2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour
2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour
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Carin Koch<br />
Country<br />
Sweden<br />
Born<br />
23 February 1971 – Kungalv<br />
Turned Professional 1992<br />
Joined <strong>Tour</strong> 1992<br />
<strong>LET</strong> Victories (Last) 1 (2000)<br />
Worldwide Victories (Last) 2 (2005 – LPGA)<br />
Career Earnings <strong>LET</strong> (Euro) 1,115,096.16<br />
<strong>Tour</strong>naments Played 129<br />
Top Ten Finishes 35<br />
Lowest Round 64<br />
PROFESSIONAL<br />
n In 2012, played 14 events and recorded four top 10s:<br />
T3rd at the Turkish Airlines <strong>Ladies</strong> Open, T4th at the<br />
Deloitte <strong>Ladies</strong> Open, T7th at the Allianz <strong>Ladies</strong> Slovak<br />
Open and 8th at the Lalla Meryem Cup. Season’s<br />
earnings: €78,895.07 (30). Appointed assistant captain<br />
to Liselotte Neumann for The <strong>2013</strong> Solheim Cup.<br />
n In 2011, recorded three top-10 finishes with a season<br />
best of 3rd at the Finnair Masters in Helsinki. Also tied<br />
for 7th at the Deutsche Bank <strong>Ladies</strong> Swiss Open and<br />
tied for 8th at the Open de Espana Femenino.<br />
n In 2010, posted five top-10 finishes from 14<br />
tournament starts with a season best finish of 2nd at<br />
the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco.<br />
n In 2009, acted as the <strong>European</strong> Captain at the<br />
PING Junior Solheim Cup.<br />
n In 2005, claimed second LPGA title at the Corona<br />
Morelia Championship. Won 2 points at The 2005<br />
Solheim Cup at Crooked Stick GC.<br />
n In 2002, recorded 13 top-10 finishes in America,<br />
including three runner-up finishes: second at the Sports<br />
Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic and tied for second at<br />
the ShopRite LPGA Classic and Mobile LPGA<br />
<strong>Tour</strong>nament of Champions Presented by Ultimate<br />
Software, where she recorded a career-low 62 during<br />
the first round and crossed the $2 million mark in career<br />
earnings; finished with a 4-0-1 record as a member<br />
of the <strong>European</strong> Solheim Cup Team.<br />
n In 2001, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the<br />
LPGA Corning Classic by posting four consecutive<br />
rounds in the 60s.<br />
n In 2000, was runner-up at the Los Angeles Women’s<br />
Championship; crossed the $1 million mark in career<br />
earnings after tying for 14th at the Evian Masters; was a<br />
member of the victorious <strong>European</strong> Solheim Cup Team<br />
at Loch Lomond, where she won three points as a<br />
“rookie” and sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the 17th<br />
hole to win her match against Michele Redman and<br />
clinch the <strong>European</strong> Team’s victory; came from three<br />
down to Redman after 10 holes; won the Chrysler Open<br />
on the <strong>LET</strong>, her first professional victory, as well as the<br />
Team World Cup with Sophie Gustafson in Ireland.<br />
n In 1999, best finish was tie for second at the Jamie Farr<br />
Kroger Classic, where she lost in a six-way, sudden-death<br />
playoff to Se Ri Pak; recorded her first LPGA career holein-one<br />
during the second round of the du Maurier Classic.<br />
n In 1996, tied for second at the First Bank Presents<br />
the Edina Realty Classic, where she lost to Liselotte<br />
Neumann in a sudden-death playoff. Best finish on<br />
<strong>LET</strong> was 2nd in 1996 Evian Masters.<br />
n In 1995, her rookie season on the LPGA, best finish<br />
was a tie for second at the JAL Big Apple Classic.<br />
n In 1994, ranked fourth on the Asian Order of Merit;<br />
qualified for the LPGA <strong>Tour</strong> by tying for fifth at the LPGA<br />
Final Qualifying <strong>Tour</strong>nament to earn exempt status for the<br />
1995 LPGA season.<br />
n In 1992-93, ranked 15th on the Women Professional<br />
Golfers’ <strong>European</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> (WPGET) Order of Merit.<br />
n In 1992, turned professional and competed on the<br />
WPGET and the Asian <strong>Tour</strong>; was the Swedish Match<br />
Play champion.<br />
AMATEUR<br />
Represented Sweden in Senior and Junior <strong>European</strong><br />
Team Championships. Swedish Girl Champion,<br />
Swedish Matchplay Champion 1988.<br />
PERSONAL<br />
167cm with blond hair and blue eyes. Started playing golf<br />
aged nine. Credits father Owe Hjalmarsson, husband<br />
Stefan Koch and Pia Nilsson as individuals most influencing<br />
her career. Married Stefan in 1995. Gave birth to son Oliver<br />
Michael Ture in 1998. Gave birth to second son, Simzon, in<br />
2003. Enjoys movies, reading, languages and music.<br />
TOUR VICTORIES<br />
(1) 2000 Chrysler Open.<br />
WORLDWIDE VICTORIES<br />
(2) 2001 LPGA Corning Classic, 2005 Corona Morelia<br />
Championship<br />
OTHER VICTORIES<br />
(1) 2000 TSN <strong>Ladies</strong> World Cup of Golf (partnering<br />
Sophie Gustafson)<br />
SOLHEIM CUP<br />
(4) 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005<br />
2009 <strong>European</strong> PING Junior Solheim Cup Captain<br />
<strong>2013</strong> <strong>European</strong> Assistant Captain.<br />
TOUR RECORD:<br />
(Year, earnings/points, ranking)<br />
1992 £20,015.00 15<br />
1993 £19,309.00 15<br />
1994 £14,675.00 35<br />
1995 £20,733.00 –<br />
1996 £50,718.00 –<br />
1997 £19,889.00 –<br />
1998 £22,679.00 19<br />
1999 £27,594.00 –<br />
2000 1,978.00 –<br />
2001 – –<br />
2002 – –<br />
2003 183.53 29<br />
2004 - -<br />
2005 €121,105.72<br />
2006 €18,769.32 87<br />
2007 €3,937.50 143<br />
2008 €20,271.48 94<br />
2009 €21,120.00 75<br />
2010 €93,037.87 21<br />
2011 €53,057.50 44<br />
2012 €78,895.07 30<br />
87 <strong>Ladies</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> <strong>2013</strong>
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