Anna Oxenstierna

Anna Iliana Maria Gabriella Oxenstierna (born 13 June 1963) is a former Swedish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and won the 1989 TEC Players Championship.[1]

Anna Oxenstierna
Personal information
Born (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1987
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Other2

Early life

Born into an athletic and golfing family, her father Thure Gabriel Oxenstierna is the architect of Roslagen Golf Club where her brother Alexander later were general manager. Her grandfather Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna won gold in modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2]

Amateur career

Oxenstierna joined the National Team in 1978 and represented Sweden five times at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship, winning the 1981 and 1984 editions and finishing runner-up in 1982 and 1983.[3] She finished third at the 1983 European Ladies' Team Championship in Waterloo, Belgium and fourth at the 1985 edition in Stavanger, Norway.[4] She finished seventh at the 1984 Espirito Santo Trophy in Hong Kong with Liselotte Neumann and Viveca Hoff.[5]

Individually, she won the 1983 Swedish International Stroke Play Championship and the Pierre Robert Cup in both 1981 and 1984.[6] She was semi-finalist at the Swedish Matchplay Championship in 1988 and 1994.[7]

Professional career

Oxenstierna played on the Swedish Golf Tour where she was runner-up at the 1987 Delsjö Ladies Open. She was third on the Order of Merit in 1997 and runner-up in 1988, behind Sofia Grönberg.[8] In 1989 she won the IBM Ladies Open and Ängsö Ladies Open.

Oxenstierna joined the Ladies European Tour in 1989. She won the 1989 TEC Players Championship, to become the fifth Swedish LET winner after Kärstin Ehrnlund, Marie Wennersten, Liselotte Neumann and Sofia Grönberg.[9] In 1990 she was runner-up at the WPG European Tour Classic, 2 strokes behind Tania Abitbol.[10]

Amateur wins
  • 1981 Pierre Robert Cup
  • 1983 Swedish International Stroke Play Championship (SISM)
  • 1984 Pierre Robert Cup

Professional wins (3)

Ladies European Tour (1)

Swedish Golf Tour (2)

Source:[10]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[11]

References
  1. LET Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 196.
  2. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 132. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 198. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 192. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 184. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 221. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 220. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  8. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 278. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  9. "Golf - Den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 262. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  10. "Anna Oxenstierna". Golfdata. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  11. "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
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