Eva Dahllöf

Eva Dahllöf (born 4 July 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer that played seventeen seasons on the LPGA Tour.

Eva Dahllöf
Personal information
Born (1965-07-04) 4 July 1965
Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality Sweden
ResidencePortland, Oregon
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional1990
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 1993)
Ladies European Tour (joined 1991)
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT57: 2000
Women's PGA C'shipT33: 2002
U.S. Women's OpenT52: 2005
du Maurier ClassicT67: 2000

Dahllöf started playing golf at the age of 9 and was a member of the Swedish National Team 1981 to 1988. She competed in the 1986 and 1988 amateur team worlds Esporito Santo Trophy for Sweden, where her team finished runner-up in 1988.[1] She played for MoDo Hockey before dropping ice hockey to focus on golf, moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma.[2] While playing for Oklahoma State University 1985 to 1989, she captured six individual titles and was awarded All-America honors on three occasions.[3]

Dahllöf turned professional 1990 and competed for two years on the Ladies European Tour prior to joining the 1993 LPGA Tour on her fourth LPGA qualification attempt, finishing the 1992 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament tied for 29th. She returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status in 1996 (tied for 33rd) and exempt status in 1993 (tied for 20th), 1995 (tied for 14th), 1997 (tied for eighth), 2000 (won a six-way playoff for the final exempt spot) and 2004 (tied for seventh).[1]

Her LPGA career-best was a tie for fifth at the 2008 MasterCard Classic in Morelia, Mexico, three strokes behind winner Louise Friberg, followed by four ties for sixth, in 1998 at the Mercury Titleholders Championship and in 1999 at the Australian Ladies Masters, Standard Register PING and State Farm Rail Classic. She carded eight rounds of 66, at the first round of the 1998 Mercury Titleholders Championship, at the second round of the 1999 Philips Invitational, the first round of the 2001 Subaru Memorial of Naples, the second round of the 2001 Kathy Ireland Championship, the first and final rounds of te 2004 Welch's/Fry's Championship, the third round of the 2007 Navistar LPGA Classic, and in the first round of the 2008 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.[1]

Dahllöf recorded a hole-in-one during the third round of the 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic and another during the second round of the 2009 CN Canadian Women's Open.[1]

LPGA Tour career summary
Year Tournaments
played		 Money
list rank		 Earnings
($)		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank		 Top 10s Best finish
19931614010,37074.28131–T30
19942313316,40373.90113–T26
19952112126,93974.24127–T11
19962213618,82974.53138–T35
19972112635,73873.1395–T15
1998247985,22572.71811T6
19992852169,05272.01494T6×3
20002610869,04673.481121T10
20011511942,56772.7985–T17
20022010852,70473.68111–T21
2003199665,59073.22100–T14
20042111649,25373.0795–T12
20051911840,66774.45125–T23
20061510367,64272.5865–T19
2007179480,91873.2775–T11
20082199103,26073.301041T5
20091711253,55173.22104–T14
Total345987,7547T5

Source:[4]

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and references
  1. "Eva Dahllof Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. "Swedish Star on the Hot List" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. "All-Americans". Oklahoma State. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. "Eva Dahllöf stats". LPGA. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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