Amy Olson

Amy Olson née Anderson (born July 10, 1992)[1] is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She turned professional in 2013 after her collegiate career at North Dakota State University where she won an NCAA record 20 collegiate events.[2]

Amy Olson
Olson in 2018
Personal information
Born (1992-07-10) July 10, 1992
Oxbow, North Dakota
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality United States
Career
CollegeNorth Dakota State University
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT9: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipT18: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT2: 2020
Women's British OpenT28: 2018
Evian ChampionshipT2: 2018

Amateur career

Anderson won numerous local, state, and regional competitions with her most notable win coming in 2009 at the U.S. Girl's Junior at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.[3] In 2011 she was the first woman to compete in the KX Bank of the West Amateur Tournament.[4]

College career

Anderson competed at North Dakota State University, where she led the women's golf program in scoring each of her four years.[5] She won 20 collegiate events, which beat Juli Inkster's NCAA record of 17 events.[2] In addition to her performance on the golf course, Anderson held a 3.97 GPA in accounting and won the Elite 89 Award as a sophomore, being the student-athlete with the highest GPA (4.0) at the national championship.[5]

Professional career

After completing her senior season at NDSU, Anderson turned professional and won Stage II of LPGA Qualifying school.[6] She gained her LPGA Tour card in June 2013 to be part of the rookie class in 2014.[7] Her best finish of the year came at the LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii, where she finished tied for 7th.[1]

In 2018, Olson made the final pairing at the ANA Inspiration, and picked up her first top-10 in a major there as she tied for 9th.[8][9] At The Evian Championship, Olson came close to making her first LPGA victory a major championship, but after at least sharing the lead for most of the final day, she lost to Angela Stanford on the 18th hole with a double bogey.[8][10] By the end of 2018, she posted a career-best four top-10 finishes in 24 starts, and passed the $1 million mark in career earnings with her T10 finish at the CME Group Tour Championship.[11]

Olson started her 2019 season sharing a five-way tie for tenth in the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open,[12] and a tie for fifth in the HSBC Women's World Championship.[13]

Personal life

She was born in Oxbow, North Dakota to Mark and Twyla Anderson. She has one sibling, Nathan Anderson, who competed on North Dakota State University's men's golf team. She was home schooled through high school before attending North Dakota State University herself at the age of 17.[14] As of 2017 she competes under her married name, Amy Olson.[4]

Olson is married to Grant Olson. She is a Christian.[15]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration T67 T9 T52 T51
U.S. Women's Open 63 T52 CUT T2
Women's PGA Championship CUT 70 CUT CUT T18 CUT T37
The Evian Championship ^ CUT 63 T70 T2 T30 NT
Women's British Open CUT T28 CUT T45

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00001144
U.S. Women's Open01011143
Women's PGA Championship00000173
The Evian Championship01011154
Women's British Open00000042
Totals0102342416
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2017 Evian – 2019 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Amy Anderson". LPGA. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  2. "NDSU, Anderson sweep titles in Summit League". Golfweek. April 25, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  3. "Anderson defeats Kim to win USGA Junior Girls". Amateurgolf.com. July 25, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  4. "Par for the course, NDSU golfer follows in Amy Anderson's footsteps". Valley News Live. Fargo, North Dakota. June 14, 2017.
  5. "Amy Anderson". North Dakota State athletics. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  6. "Anderson medalist at 2nd stage of LPGA Q-School". Golfweek. October 11, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  7. "New Kids on the Block: Amy Anderson" (video). LPGA. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  8. Mell, Randall (September 16, 2018). "Olson keeps positive attitude despite tough loss". Golf Channel.
  9. "ANA Inspiration Leaderboard 2018". Golf Channel. April 1, 2018.
  10. "Stanford wins Evian after Olson 3-putts". Golf Channel. September 16, 2018.
  11. "Amy Olson – Bio". LPGA. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  12. "Nelly Korda wins Women's Australian Open 2019: Final results, leaderboard". Cleveland.com. February 17, 2019.
  13. "HSBC Women's World Championship". Golf Channel. March 3, 2019.
  14. Klongerbo, Troy (October 2, 2012). "Amy Anderson – Chasing the Dream and the Record Books". US Golf TV. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  15. Ackerman, Jon. "Golfer Amy Olson relies on Lord's strength, finishes runner-up at U.S. Open after father-in-law's death". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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