Charlotta Sörenstam

Charlotta Petra Sörenstam (born 16 April 1973) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. As an amateur, she won the NCAA Division I Championship individual title. As a professional she won one tournament on the LPGA Tour and represented Europe in the Solheim Cup. Her three years elder sister, Annika, is a Hall of Fame golfer.

Charlotta Sörenstam
Personal information
Full nameCharlotta Petra Sörenstam
NicknameLotta
Born (1973-04-16) 16 April 1973
Stockholm, Sweden
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceNorth Port, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
(one year)
Turned professional1994
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 1997)
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (1995–2008)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration5th: 1999
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2004
U.S. Women's OpenT27: 2000
du Maurier ClassicT14: 1998
Women's British OpenT61: 2002
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Mary Bea Porter Award2004
Honda Broderick Award1993

Early years

Sörenstam' was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden.[1] Her father Tom was an IBM executive and her mother Gunilla worked in a bank.[1][2][3][4]

The Sörenstam family began playing golf at Viksjö Golf Club in Jakobsberg, north of Stockholm and later switched to nearby Bro-Bålsta Golf Club, opened in 1980, initially with a 9-hole course. At the age of 9, she shared her first set of golf clubs with her sister. Annika got the odd numbered clubs and Charlotta the even.[1]

At the European Tour tournament Scandinavian Enterprise Open in Stockholm in July 1986, the Sörenstam sisters tried to be volunteer caddies and was asked to stand in a line with all other candidates. When all male volunteer caddies finally had been chosen by the tournament professionals, three teen-age girls were left without a bag yet. It was Charlotta, Annika and Fanny Sunesson.[5]

Amateur career

As an amateur, Sörenstam won the 1992 Ängsö Ladies Open on the professional Swedish Golf Tour, at the time named the Lancome Tour. She represented Sweden at the 1993 European Ladies' Team Championship in The Hague, Netherlands. She finished 5th at the 1993 individual European Ladies Amateur Championship in Torino, Italy.[6][7]

In 1993, Sörenstam competed for the University of Texas at Austin in the United States. She won the 1993 individual NCAA Division I Championship title, two years after her elder sister won the same tournament. She also earned All-America honors. While at Texas, Sörenstam was named the winner of the Honda Sports Award for golf.[8][9]

In 1994, Sörenstam was part of the winning Swedish team at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Gutenhof Golf Club, Austria. She also finished second, losing in the final to Maria Hjorth, at the Swedish Match-play Championship at Uppsala Golf Club on the Swedish Golf Tour.[7]

Professional career

Sörenstam turned professional at the end of the 1994 season and played on the Ladies European Tour in 1995 and 1996. At the end of 1996, she finished second at the LPGA Tour Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for 1997. She moved to the United States to play on the LPGA Tour, while continuing to play occasionally in Europe.

She has one LPGA Tour win, the 2000 Standard Register PING, and two runner-up finishes, the 1998 Friendly's Classic and 1999 The Philips Invitational. Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam became the first two sisters to both win $1 million on the LPGA Tour.

Her best finish in Europe is second, which she achieved at the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters and consecutively at the McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe at Gleneagles in 1996 and 1997.

Sörenstam received the 2004 Mary Bea Porter Award from the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association for saving Donna Caponi from choking during the 2003 LPGA Championship.

Sörenstam represented Europe in the Solheim Cup in 1998 and served as non-playing European captain for the European girls' team in the Junior Solheim Cup in 2005.[10]

Teaching

Since 2007, Sörenstam was Director of Golf Operations and Head Teaching Professional at The Annika Academy, a luxury golf school located south of Orlando, Florida, run by Sörenstam's sister, Annika. Her students included several Symetra Tour, collegiate and LPGA players. The Annika Academy closed on 31 May 2016.

Sörenstam is also a recognized instructor for persons with lower back injuries. She now has the Sorenstam Academy at Charlotte Harbor National Golf Club in North Port, Florida.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 19 Mar 2000 Standard Register PING −12 (72-64-72-68=276) 2 strokes Karrie Webb

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (1)
  • 2001 Hyundai Securities Ladies Open

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearWinsEarnings ($)Money list rankScoring average
1997 0 118,195 60 72.32
1998 0 261,207 31 71.51
1999 0 233,954 36 71.62
2000 1 421,687 20 72.23
2001 0 132,917 69 72.80
2002 0 172,942 53 72.85
2003 0 62,920 103 73.17
2004 0 29,643 139 74.31
2005 0 55,125 107 74.29
2006 0 20,421 145 73.87

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Source: [7]

Solheim Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 4 1–2–1 0–1–0 1–0–0 0–1–1 1.5 37.5%
1998 4 1–2–1 0–1–0 lost to K. Robbins 2&1 1–0–0 won w/ L. Davies 3&2 0–1–1 halved w/ L. Davies
lost w/ L. Neumann 2&1		 1.5 37.5%

References
  1. Annika Sörenstam with the editors of Golf Magazine: Golf Annika's Way, Gotham Books, 2004, ISBN 1-59240-076-0
  2. "Charlotta Sörenstam Profile". LPGA. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  3. Claes Lind with Annika Sörenstam, Våga bli bäst or Dare to be the Best, Sportförlaget i Europa AB, 2003, ISBN 91-88541-56-8
  4. "Sorenstam designs new mountain golf course". LPGA. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  5. "After 20 years, it's definitely her bag". Irish Times. Dublin, Ireland. 30 May 2006.
  6. Kindred, Dave (2000). "Finally, sisters in arms- Charlotta Sorenstam and Annika Sorenstam". Golf Digest. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
  7. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf – Den stora sporten [Golf - The Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 192–193, 195, 198–199, 202, 209, 248–249, 252–255, 263, 264, 266, 278. ISBN 91-86818007.
  8. "Charlotta Sorenstam (2015) - Hall of Honor". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  9. "Golf". CWSA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  10. Cutler, Bethan (22 August 2005). "Captain announced for PING Junior Solheim Cup". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
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