Transcript Helen Alfredsson Helen ALFREDSSON PROFILE Date of Birth: April 9th, 1965 Hometown: Gothenburg, Sweden Residence: Orlando, Florida, USA Turned Pro: Family: Husband, Kent Nilsson Stepson, Robert Nilsson Interests: All sports, keeping fit and.

Helen Alfredsson
Helen ALFREDSSON
PROFILE
Date of Birth:
April 9th, 1965
Hometown:
Gothenburg, Sweden
Residence:
Orlando, Florida, USA
Turned Pro:
1989
Family:
Husband, Kent Nilsson
Stepson, Robert Nilsson
Interests:
All sports, keeping fit and reading
Professional Wins:
23 (Majors,1; LPGA, 7; LET, 11; Other, 6)
Achievements:
Has played in the Solheim Cup 9 times
Solheim Cup record (11-15-2)
Captain of the 2007 Solheim Cup team
LET Rookie of the Year 1989
LPGA Rookie of the Year 1992
Current World Ranking:
30th (as of 15.03.10)
CAREER WINS
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1996
1997
1998
(LPGA)
2001
2003
2008
Women’s British Open (LET)
Hennessy Ladies Cup (LET)
Trophee Cocunut Skol (LET)
Hennessy Ladies Cup (LET)
IBM Ladies Open (LET)
Kraft Nabisco Championship (Major)
Evian Masters (LET)
PING/Welch’s Championship (LPGA)
Hennessy Cup (LET)
WPGA Championship of Europe (LET)
Evian Masters (LET)
The Office Depot (LPGA)
Welch’s/Circke K Championship
WPGA Championship of Europe (LET)
Longs Drugs Challenge (LPGA)
Evian Masters (LET & LPGA)
Grand China Air LPGA (LPGA)
Helen ALFREDSSON
PERSONAL
» Swedish sensation Helen Alfredsson started playing golf at the age of
11 in her home City of Gothenburg, Sweden.
» Graduated from United States International University in San Diego in
1988 with a degree in International Business, Alfredsson also worked
briefly as a model before turning her attentions to golf.
» Married to Kent Nilsson, a former NHL Ice Hockey player, now coach.
AMATEUR
» Represented Sweden in European Team Championship, European
Junior Championship and World Team Championship.
» Alfredsson was the Swedish national champion from 1981-84, in 1986
and 1988.
» She won the 1984 Belgium Junior International Championship and
finished third at the 1988 European Individual Championship.
CAREER HIGLIGHTS
» First win as a professional came in 1990 Weetabix Women's British
Open.
» Played for Europe in nine Solheim Cup matches
1990/92/94/96/98/2000/2002/2007/2009
» Won 1992 LPGA Rookie of the Year.
» Partnered Liselotte Neumann to victory in 1992 Sunrise Cup World
Team Championship in Taiwan.
» Produced albatross two at the 18th hole on her way to a third
Hennessy Cup victory in 1994.
» In 1993, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Nabisco Dinah
Shore, one of the Tour’s four major championships.
» Her second LPGA title was the 1994 PING/Welch's Championship.
» In 1997 underwent hip surgery and missed early part of the season
but later finished second in World Championship of Women's Golf,
losing in playoff to Juli Inkster.
» Inspired Europe to victory in 2000 Solheim Cup, winning two out of
three points, including a vital 4&3 Singles triumph on Sunday against
Beth Daniel.
» Won the 2003 Longs Drugs Challenge on the LPGA Tour after five
years without a win in America.
» Selected as The 2007 European Solheim Cup captain at Halmstad
Golfklubb in her native Sweden
» Had a wonderful resurgence in her career in 2008, winning the Evian
Masters, where she defeated Angela Park and Na Yeon Choi in a
threehole, sudden-death playoff; and the Grand China Air LPGA,
where she crossed the $5 million mark in career earnings.