Karin Sjödin

Karin Sjödin (born 8 August 1983) is a Swedish professional golfer. She played 10 seasons on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was in contention at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship.[1]

Karin Sjödin
Sjödin at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1983-08-08) 8 August 1983
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceGothenburg, Sweden
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional2005
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (2006–2015)
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT4: 2012
Women's PGA C'shipT15: 2012
U.S. Women's OpenT42: 2011
Women's British OpenT48: 2008
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Dinah Shore Trophy Award2005
Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award2005

Amateur career

Sjödin was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and learned golf at Delsjö Golf Club close to the city.

In 2000 she won the Swedish Junior Match-play Championship and, still as an amateur, the Öijared Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour, at the time named the Telia Tour.

She was part of the Swedish team winning the 2000 European Girls' Team Championship at home soil in Stockholm, Sweden. She was also part of the Swedish teams capturing the silver medal at the 2002 European Lady Junior's Team Championship and the bronze medal at the 2003 European Ladies' Team Championship.

Sjödin played in the 2002 and 2004 Espirito Santo Trophy (World Amateur Golf Team Championships)[2] finishing on the victorious Swedish side and as individual champion in 2004.[3]

Sjödin played college golf at Oklahoma State University where she won three events, the 2002 Topy Cup,[4] the 2004 Mercedes-Benz of Bend Women's Fall Preview[5] and 2004 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational.[6] She was named NGCA All-America Honorable Mention from 2003 to 2004,[7] First-Team All-American in 2005, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and Second-Team All-Big 12 in 2003,[8] and First-Team Academic All-American from 2003 to 2005.[9] She was the NCAA individual runner-up in 2004.[10] and named First-Team All-Big 12 in 2004 and 2005.[8]

Sjödin was awarded the 2005 Dinah Shore Trophy Award. Winners must have an overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have played in at least 50% of her team's scheduled events, maintained a scoring average of 78 or less and demonstrated leadership skills and/or extraordinary community affairs work.[11] She also received the 2005 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award which goes to the student-athlete who is both an NGCA All-American Scholar and an NGCA All-American, with the award going to the highest GPA score in the event of a tie.[12]

Professional career

She turned professional in 2005 and earned exempt status for the 2006 LPGA Tour season by finishing tied for 16th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

She led the tour in average driving distance for the 2006 season, at 284.5 yards[13] and received a special invitation to compete in the World Long Drive Championship, where she finished seventh.[14]

Sjödin played in 24 majors. She shared the lead at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship with Yani Tseng after three rounds. She finished the tournament tied fourth, two strokes behind Sun-Young Yoo.

Sjödin sustained a back injury in 2013 and retired after the 2015 LPGA Tour season. In 2016 she was appointed head pro at Borre Golfklubb in Horten, north of Tønsberg, Norway.[15]

Amateur wins

Source:[16]

Professional wins

Swedish Golf Tour wins
Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
2 Sep 2000Öijared Ladies Open (as an amateur)74-68-77=219+31 strokeSweden Isabelle Rosberg[17]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
ANA Inspiration CUT CUT CUT T4 T52
Women's PGA Championship T61 T59 CUT T57 T19 T43 T15 T37 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T49 T63 T58 T42
Women's British Open CUT CUT T48 70 CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^

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

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nds3rdsTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2005 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC 0 n/a n/a n/a
2006 20 11 0 0 0 1 T7 122,704 77 72.81 75
2007 24 18 0 0 0 1 T9 198,889 57 73.60 92
2008 23 10 0 0 0 0 T25 98,756 97 73.43 112
2009 15 10 0 0 0 0 T13 97,085 88 72.51 64
2010 14 11 0 0 0 0 T19 91,253 75 72.51 53
2011 13 8 0 0 0 0 T32 50,993 91 74.03 107
2012 23 19 0 0 0 3 T4 310,599 43 72.09 39
2013 7 3 0 0 0 0 T37 22,743 121 73.00 n/a
2014 12 5 0 0 0 1 T9 67,391 103 71.88 53
2015 11 4 0 0 0 0 T45 19,398 141 73.47 122
  • Official as of 22 November 2015[18]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[16]

References
  1. "Who is Karin Sjodin?". Golf Digest. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
  3. "Sweden Wins 2004 Women's World Amateur Team Championship". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
  4. "Topy Cup". Golfweek. 2002. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  5. "Mercedes-Benz of Bend Women's Fall Preview". Golfweek. 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  6. "Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational". Golfweek. 2004. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  7. "Division I All-American Teams 1998 - 2006" (PDF). National Golf Coaches Association. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  8. "Women's Golf Big 12 Record Book" (PDF). Big 12. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  9. "All-Time OSU Scholar-Athletes". Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  10. "UCLA Hangs on to Win Team Championship". NCAA Sports. 2004-05-22. Archived from the original on January 31, 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  11. "Dinah Shore Trophy Award". National Golf Coaches Association. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
  12. "Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award". National Golf Coaches Association. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
  13. "Karin Sjodin Full Career Biography" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  14. "Rookie Sjodin Competes in World Long Drive Championship". LPGA. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  15. "Fra LPGA Tour til Borre" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  16. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  17. "2000 Öijared Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  18. "Karin Sjodin results". LPGA. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
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