Carin Koch
| Carin Koch | |
|---|---|
 Koch at the 2009 LPGA Championship | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1971-02-23) 23 February 1971 Kungälv, Sweden |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | University of Tulsa |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1995) Ladies European Tour (joined 1992) |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 2 |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| ANA Inspiration | T5: 2002 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T6: 2002 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T5: 1999 |
| du Maurier Classic | T9: 1999 |
| Women's British Open | T8: 2002 |
Carin Koch (née Hjalmarsson) (born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Contents
1 Amateur career
2 Professional career
3 Professional wins (4)
3.1 LPGA Tour wins (2)
3.2 Ladies European Tour wins (1)
3.3 Other wins (1)
4 Results in LPGA majors
4.1 Summary
5 LPGA Tour career summary
6 Team appearances
6.1 Solheim Cup record
7 Notes and references
8 External links
Amateur career
Carin Koch had a successful amateur career. She was Swedish Girl Champion in 1988 and played in the Junior and Senior European Amateur Team Championships as a member of the 1985-91 Swedish national amateur team. She was also 1990 European Team Junior Champion.[1] Koch enrolled at the University of Tulsa and was named Second-Team All-American in 1990 and Scholar All-American in 1991.[2] Between 1987 and 1991 she played eight times on the Swedish Telia Tour as an amateur, never finishing outside the top ten.[3][4][5][6][7] She turned professional in 1992.[8]
Professional career
1992 was her rookie year on the Ladies European Tour. She gained three wins on the Swedish Telia Tour in both 1992 (including the Swedish Matchplay Championship)[9] and 1993.[10] In 1994, she finished fourth on the Asian Order of Merit and tied for fifth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1995 LPGA season.[1]
In 1995, her rookie season, her best LPGA finish was a tie for second at the JAL Big Apple Classic. She also gained two top ten finishes on the Ladies European Tour. In 1996 she almost gained her maiden LPGA victory losing the Edina Realty Classic to Liselotte Neumann in a playoff. In 1998 she gave birth to her first son, Oliver Michael Ture.[1]
In the 1999 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Koch had a two shot lead with just the final hole to play. Her caddie gave her the wrong club and she made double bogey to drop into a six-way sudden death playoff which was won by Se Ri Pak.[11] In 2000, Koch won her maiden European title at the 2000 Chrysler Open.[12] She was a member of the victorious European Solheim Cup Team, where she went 3-0 as a "rookie" and sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to win her match against Michele Redman to clinch the European Team's victory.[13] She also teamed with Sophie Gustafson to win the inaugural TSN Ladies' World Cup of Golf.[14]
In 2001, she became an LPGA maiden winner at the LPGA Corning Classic.[15] At the start of 2002, Carin topped a Playboy internet poll as the sexiest women on the LPGA but declined to pose for them nude.[16] This was the year Koch recorded a career-best 13 top-10 finishes, including three runner-up finishes and was a captain's pick for the European Solheim Cup team.[17] In 2003, Koch gave birth to her second child, Simzon Michael but still played well enough to be a captain's pick for the 2003 Solheim Cup won by the Europeans in her native Sweden.[18]
In 2005, she won her second career LPGA event at the Corona Morelia Championship.[19] and was again a captain's pick for the 2005 Solheim Cup.[20] She teamed up with Sophie Gustafson to represent Sweden at the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf[21] and was also a member of the International team at the inaugural Lexus Cup.[22] She also played in the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf with Helen Alfredsson.[23]
Koch was named European team captain for the 2015 Solheim Cup in April 2014.[24]
Professional wins (4)
LPGA Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 May 2001 | LPGA Corning Classic | −18 (68-67-69-66=270) | 2 strokes | Maria Hjorth Mhairi McKay |
| 2 | 24 April 2005 | Corona Morelia Championship | −9 (68-69-71-71=279) | 6 strokes |  Karine Icher |
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Edina Realty LPGA Classic |  Brandie Burton Liselotte Neumann Suzanne Strudwick | Neumann won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 2 | 1999 | Jamie Farr Kroger Classic | Kelli Kuehne Mardi Lunn Se-Ri Pak Sherri Steinhauer Karrie Webb | Pak won with birdie on first extra hole |
Ladies European Tour wins (1)
2000 Chrysler Open
Other wins (1)
- 2000 TSN Ladies World Cup Golf (with Sophie Gustafson)
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP | CUT | T17 |
LPGA Championship | CUT | T18 | T53 | T18 | T36 | T40 |
U.S. Women's Open | T40 | CUT | DNP | T13 | T5 | T31 |
du Maurier Classic | CUT | CUT | CUT | T63 | T9 | 12 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kraft Nabisco Championship | T15 | T5 | DNP | T16 | T30 | T24 | T61 | T63 | CUT | T64 |
LPGA Championship | T17 | T6 | DNP | T11 | T7 | T49 | CUT | CUT | T69 | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T37 | CUT | T10 | CUT | T28 | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP |
Women's British Open ^ | T56 | T8 | T50 | T13 | T15 | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP | T55 |
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|
Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP |
LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | DNP | DNP |
Women's British Open ^ | CUT | T43 |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
- Starts – 58
- Wins – 0
- 2nd-place finishes – 0
- 3rd-place finishes – 0
- Top 3 finishes – 0
- Top 5 finishes – 2
- Top 10 finishes – 7
- Top 25 finishes – 19
- Missed cuts – 21
- Most consecutive cuts made – 9
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)
LPGA Tour career summary
| Year | Wins | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 | 129,313 | 48 | 72.54 |
| 1996 | 0 | 128,772 | 50 | 73.26 |
| 1997 | 0 | 70,802 | 87 | 73.04 |
| 1998 | 0 | 207,432 | 35 | 72.34 |
| 1999 | 0 | 260,962 | 33 | 71.98 |
| 2000 | 0 | 329,377 | 28 | 72.40 |
| 2001 | 1 | 421,329 | 25 | 71.69 |
| 2002 | 0 | 785,817 | 8 | 70.91 |
| 2003 | 0 | 155,023 | 58 | 72.20 |
| 2004 | 0 | 568,404 | 20 | 71.04 |
| 2005 | 1 | 612,036 | 21 | 71.59 |
| 2006 | 0 | 223,664 | 60 | 72.61 |
| 2007 | 0 | 152,232 | 69 | 74.22 |
| 2008 | 0 | 313,468 | 54 | 72.58 |
| 2009 | 0 | 55,855 | 111 | 73.77 |
| 2010 | 0 | 10,882 | n/a | 74.00 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 78.50 |
| 2012 | 0 | 14,564 | 138 | 75.75 |
Team appearances
Professional
Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003 (winners), 2005, 2015 (non-playing captain)
Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2005 (winners), 2006
World Cup (representing Sweden): 2005, 2007
Solheim Cup record
| Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 16 | 10–3–3 | 2–1–1 | 5–0–2 | 3–2–0 | 11.5 | 71.9% |
2000 | 3 | 3–0–0 | 1–0–0 def M. Redman 2&1 | 1–0–0 won w/C. Nilsmark 2&1 | 1–0–0 won w/C. Nilsmark 2&1 | 3 | 100% |
2002 | 5 | 4–0–1 | 0–0–1 halved w/ B. Daniel | 2–0–0 won w/A. Sörenstam 3&2, won w/A. Sörenstam 4&3 | 2–0–0 won w/ M. McKay 3&2, won w/A. Sörenstam 4&3 | 4.5 | 90% |
2003 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 0–1–0 lost to J. Inkster 5&4 | 1–0–1 halved w/L. Davies, won w/A. Sörenstam 3&2 | 0–1–0 lost w/A. Sörenstam 1dn | 1.5 | 37.5% |
2005 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 def M. Redman 2&1 | 1–0–1 halved w/C. Matthew, won w/ S. Gustafson 5&3 | 0–1–0 lost w/C. Matthew 1dn | 2.5 | 62.5% |
Notes and references
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"Tulsa All-Americans". University of Tulsa. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"1987 Results Telia Tour". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
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"1988 Results Telia Tour". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
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"1989 Results Telia Tour". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
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"1990 Results Telia Tour". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
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"1991 Results Telia Tour". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
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"Carin Koch Player Profile". LET. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"1992 Results Telia Tour". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
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"1993 Results Telia Tour". Golfdata. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
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Park, Martin (2002-08-10). "Koch vows to pay attention". LET. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Sweden's Carin Koch wins Chrysler Open". CBC Sports. 2000-06-04. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Solheim Cup Player Profile: Carin Koch". LET. 2002-09-04. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Swedes hold off English pair". BBC News. 2000-09-17. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
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"Koch pips McKay to title". BBC Sport. 2001-05-27. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Sex & the LPGA". Golf for Women. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Reid chooses wild cards amid controversy". LET. 2002-08-25. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"European Team announced". LET. 2003-08-25. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Koch wins Corona Morelia Championship". LET. 2005-04-25. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"The 2005 European Solheim Cup team announced". LET. 2005-08-28. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
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"Women's World Cup of Golf: Twenty teams confirmed". LET. 2004-12-17. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Internationals win The Lexus Cup". LET. 2005-12-12. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
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"Teams confirmed for Women's World Cup of Golf". LET. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
^ "Carin Koch Named 2015 European Solheim Cup Team Captain". LPGA. 2004-04-11.
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