Hometown/Resides: Eskilstuna, Sweden/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: June 10, 1987 – currently 30 years 3 months 7 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T25 at the 2008 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional: 2008
VICTORIES
- LPGA: Eighth career victory (second major championship), second win this year
- Previous LPGA wins: 2017 Bank of Hope Founders Cup, 2016 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, 2015 ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, 2014 Kia Classic, 2014 Honda LPGA Thailand, 2009 LPGA Tour Championship, 2009 McDonald’s LPGA Championship
RACE TO CME GLOBE
- Earns 625 points and is projected to move up from 19th to 8th in the Race to CME Globe with 1,993 points
MONEY
- With her win, earns $547,500; has earned $1,182,411 this season and $8,000,446 in her career, and is the 26th LPGA player to reach $8 million in her career
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
- Posted the largest comeback in tournament history coming from five strokes behind heading into the final round
- Previous finishes: 2016 - T22; 2015 - T50; 2014 - T10; 2013 - T44
2017 IN A NUTSHELL
- 15 events played, 12 cuts made, 2 victories, 3 additional top-10s, $1,182,411
OF NOTE
- Joins Suzann Pettersen as the only European winners of The Evian Championship, and is the first European to win a major championship since Pettersen won this event in 2013
- Is one of five players with multiple wins on Tour this season (In-Kyung Kim (3), Sung Hyun Park (2), So Yeon Ryu (2), Lexi Thompson (2))
- Is the only European player to win on Tour this season
- Made 11 starts between her last victory (2017 Bank of Hope Founders Cup) and this week
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