Helene Koch

Heléne Elisabeth Koch (née Andersson) (born 9 May 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and was runner-up at the 1996 Costa Azul Ladies Open.

Heléne Koch
Personal information
Full nameHeléne Elisabeth Koch
Born (1967-05-09) 9 May 1967
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceGothenburg, Sweden
SpouseMagnus Koch
Career
Turned professional1989
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins3

Amateur career

Koch was a member of the winning Swedish team at the European Ladies' Team Championship at Turnberry in 1987, together with Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahllöf, Pia Nilsson, Sofia Grönberg, Malin Landehag and Margareta Bjurö. She teamed up with Helen Alfredsson and Eva Dahllöf again for the 1988 Espirito Santo Trophy, held at Drottningholm in Stockholm, where they finished second after the United States, the best Swedish finish to date. In 1987, she represented the Continent of Europe in the Vagliano Trophy.[1]

In 1986, Koch won the Finnish International Ladies Amateur Championship, and also the IBM Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour (SGT), while still an amateur. Playing on the SGT, she was runner-up at the 1987 SI Trygg-Hansa Open behind Michiko Hattori and at the 1988 Ängsö Ladies Open, behind Pia Nilsson. In 1988, she won the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship.[1]

Professional career

Koch turned professional in 1989 and joined the Ladies European Tour, where she finished third at the Godiva Ladies European Masters in Belgium, just missing out on the playoff between Kitrina Douglas and Marie-Laure de Lorenzi. On the 1992 SGT, she was runner-up at the Aspeboda Ladies Open and Conor Ladies Open, both behind Carin Koch.[2]

On the 1996 Ladies European Tour, she was runner-up at the Costa Azul Ladies Open in Portugal, two strokes behind Shani Waugh,[3] and finished 56th on the Order of Merit.[4]

Amateur wins

Source:[1]

Professional wins (3)

Swedish Golf Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up ref
125 May 1986IBM Ladies Open (as an amateur)76-79-76=231+151 strokeSweden Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore [5]
229 May 1994Esab Ladies Open219+66 strokesSweden Carin Koch [6]
36 Sep 1998Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay3 and 2Sweden Josefin Stålvant [7]

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Golf - den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 186, 195, 211, 226. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. "Results Helene Koch". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "Results Ladies Open Costa Azul". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  5. "Results IBM Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. "Results Esab Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. "Results Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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