Liv Wollin

Liv Wollin
Personal information
Born (1945-04-17) 17 April 1945
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Falsterbo, Sweden
Career
Turned professional 1983
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golfer of the Year 1966, 1968

Liv Wollin (née Forsell) (born 17 April 1945) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Wollin started out as a caddie at Lidingö GK. She became the first Swedish golfer with international success and had a long amateur career before turning professional in 1983, working as an English and social science teacher.[1]

Wollin represented Sweden in ten consecutive World Amateur Team Golf Championships, the Espirito Santo Trophy, between 1964 and 1982, a record shared only with Marina Ragher from Italy. In 1981 she won the European Ladies' Team Championship, organized by the European Golf Association in Portugal, together with Hillewi Hagström, Viveca Hoff, Gisela Linnér, Charlotte Montgomery and Pia Nilsson.[2]

Wollin reached the final of the 1980 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Woodhall Spa Golf Club, where she lost 3&1 to the American Anne Sander, becoming the first Swedish golfer to reach the final.[3]

Wins

Amateur

Team appearances

Amateur

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Modie Peter, Janson Anders, Lorichs Bengt (1995). Golflexikon: svensk och internationell golf från A till Ö. Höganäs: Bra böcker. ISBN 91-7119-683-8. (in Swedish)
  2. 1 2 Swedish Golf Federation: European Ladies' Team Championship
  3. ↑ "4 titles – 4 names". Glasgow Herald. 23 June 1980. p. 17.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Swedish Golf Federation: Espirito Santo Trophy
  • Liv Wollin at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
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