Liselotte Neumann

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a major championship.[1]

Early years

Neumann was born and grew up in Finspång, Sweden. Her father Rune was a former football player and coach of a local girls football team. After practicing different sports and supported by her father, her mother Ingegerd and her brother Mats, Neumann began playing golf at the local 9-hole course at Finspång Golf Club. She showed early promise and won the unofficial national youth championships, Colgate Cup, at three different levels, as a 12, 14, and 16-year-old. Neumann has later given a lot of credit, for her successful career, to her local coach since her early years, Pierre Karlström. Neumann also has showed her loyalty to her first golf club by, three times during the peak of her career in the 1990s, inviting some of the female golf stars of the world, Laura Davies, Karrie Webb, Kelly Robbins and Jane Geddes among others, for exhibition matches in Finspång.[2]

Amateur career

In 1981, only 15 years of age, she sensationally won the Swedish International Amateur Stroke-Play Championship, one of three major amateur tournaments in Sweden at the time, at Jönköping Golf Club, with a record aggregate of 282 and a 9-stroke margin. She bettered her personal 72-hole best with 30 strokes and beat the whole Swedish amateur national team, some of whom had not even heard of Neumann before the tournament. At the time of her triumph, she wasn't even qualified for the Swedish national junior team, which, the same summer, won the European Lady Junior's Team Championship.[3]

The year after, she successfully defended her stroke-play title and, at 16 years old, was a member of the national team at the Espirito Santo Trophy in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1983, she finished second in Orange Bowl International Junior Championship in Coral Gables, Florida. In 1984, she was the Swedish Match Play champion (tournament for first time open for professionals), member of the winning Swedish team at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Campo de Golf El Saler, Valencia, Spain, and medalist at the 36-hole qualifying competition in the European Ladies Team Championship, in Waterloo, Belgium. After another appearance at the Espirito Santo Trophy in Hong Kong in late 1984, she turned professional at the beginning of 1985, not yet 19 years old.[4]

Professional career

She collected her first professional win at the Pierre Robert Cup, over 54 holes at Falsterbo Golf Club, in Sweden in May 1985 and played on the Ladies European Tour (at the time named the WPGA Tour) the second half of the year, where she won twice. At the Höganäs Ladies Open at Mölle Golf Club in Sweden, she became the youngest ever winner on the WPGA Tour.

She led the 1986 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit for most of the season, with eight straight top three finishes, but lost the lead to Laura Davies at the last tournament, the Spanish Open. While Davies won the tournament, Neumann finished 27th, her worst of the season. In the rankings, Neumann finished second, earning £494 less than Davies. The same year the ladies' Swedish Golf Tour get started with seven tournaments and Neumann was its first Order of Merit winner.

Neumann became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1988, after tying fourth at the LPGA Tour Final Qualifying Tournament in late 1987.

At the 1988 U.S. Women's Open at Baltimore Country Club, Five Farms, Baltimore, Maryland, July 21–24, at 22 years of age, Neumann led wire-to-wire in just her 16th LPGA Tour tournament, setting a new tournament first-round record 67 and 72-hole record 277, becoming the first Swedish major winner, male or female, as well as the first Swedish tournament winner on the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. She became the fifth non-U.S.-winner and the second youngest (by two months to Catherine Lacoste in 1967) in the 43-year history of the championship.[5] She was voted 1988 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year and earned her second Swedish Golfer of the Year award.

In total she won thirteen times on the LPGA Tour. The 1988 U.S. Women's Open remains her only LPGA major, but she won the Women's British Open in 1994, when it was recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour, but not by the LPGA Tour. She also finished second five times in three other major championships.

Her best finish on the LPGA Tour money list is third in 1994. She also finished top ten in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Throughout her career on the LPGA Tour, she continued to play on the Ladies European Tour, as well as in Asia and Australia. She won five times in Japan and the 1995 Women's Australian Open. Her victory in the 1994 Women's British Open made her the fifth player to win both British and U.S. Open titles, joining Laura Davies, Jane Geddes, Betsy King and Patty Sheehan. This accomplishment was later also achieved by Alison Nicholas, Pak Se-ri, Karrie Webb, Inbee Park and Ariya Jutanugarn. In 1994 Neumann topped the LET Order of Merit, was voted Golf World's Most Improved Golfer and awarded Swedish Golfer of the Year for the third time.

Neumann played in the European Solheim Cup team against United States, six times in a row, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. She captained the team to victory in August, 2013 at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colorado, the first time team Europe won the cup on foreign soil, and the first time Europe won consecutive cups. Neumann won the Women's World Cup of Golf for Sweden in 2006 with Annika Sörenstam.

Awards and honors

In 1984, Neumann earned Elite Sign No. 78 by the Swedish Golf Federation, on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.[6][7]

She was appointed 1988 Swedish Sportswomen of the Year by newspaper Aftonbladet and the Swedish Sports Confederation.[8]

Besides being awarded Swedish Golfer of the Year three times, 1985, 1988 and 1994, Neumann received the Golden Club by the Swedish Golf Federation in 1998, as the tenth person, for great contributions to Swedish golf.[4]

In 1998, she also became an honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.[4]

She was recognized during the LPGA's 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA's top 50 players and teachers.

On 7 June 2006, the Ladies European Tour announced that Neumann has earned Lifetime Membership of the LET, at the time a feat achieved by six other golfers, Helen Alfredsson, Laura Davies, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Alison Nicholas, Dale Reid and Annika Sorenstam.

In May 2022, Neumann was elected, as its fourth inductee, decided by the board of the Swedish Golf Federation, into the Swedish Golf Hall of Fame, inaugurated the same year.[9]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (37)

LPGA Tour wins (13)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (12)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 24 Jul 1988 U.S. Women's Open −7 (67-72-69-69=277) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Patty Sheehan
2 10 Nov 1991 Mazda Japan Classic1 −5 (70-72-69=211) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Caroline Keggi
Template:Flagicon Dottie Pepper
3 12 Jun 1994 Minnesota LPGA Classic −11 (68-71-66=205) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Hiromi Kobayashi
4 12 Aug 1994 Weetabix Women's British Open2 −14 (71-67-70-72=280) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Dottie Pepper
Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam
5 2 Oct 1994 GHP Heartland Classic −10 (70-71-67-70=278) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Elaine Crosby
Template:Flagicon Pearl Sinn
6 14 Jan 1996 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions −13 (67-66-72-70=275) 11 strokes Template:Flagicon Karrie Webb
7 17 Mar 1996 PING/Welch's Championship (Tucson) −12 (68-71-69-68=276) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cathy Johnston-Forbes
8 6 Jun 1996 Edina Realty LPGA Classic −9 (67-73-67=207) Playoff Template:Flagicon Brandie Burton
Template:Flagicon Carin Koch
Template:Flagicon Suzanne Strudwick
9 21 Sep 1997 Welch's Championship −12 (67-70-69-70=276) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Nancy Harvey
10 9 Nov 1997 Toray Japan Queens Cup1 −11 (68-70-67=205) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lorie Kane
11 22 Mar 1998 Standard Register PING −13 (69-67-69-74=279) Playoff Template:Flagicon Rosie Jones
12 26 Apr 1998 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship −14 (67-65-70=202) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Lori Kane
Template:Flagicon Dottie Pepper
13 10 Oct 2004 Asahi Ryokuken International Championship −15 (68-68-69-68=273) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Grace Park

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1988 Mazda Japan Classic1 Template:Flagicon Patty Sheehan Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2 1996 Oldsmobile Classic Template:Flagicon Michelle McGann Lost to birdie on third extra hole
3 1996 Edina Realty LPGA Classic Template:Flagicon Brandie Burton
Template:Flagicon Carin Koch
Template:Flagicon Suzanne Strudwick 		Won with birdie on third extra hole
4 1998 Standard Register PING Template:Flagicon Rosie Jones Won with birdie on third extra hole

Major championships is shown in bold.

Ladies European Tour wins (11)

Legend
LET major championships (1)
Other LET (10)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 25 Aug 1985 Höganäs Ladies Open[11] −1 (67-74-71-71=283) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Laura Davies
2 7 Sep 1985 IBM Ladies' European Open[11] −2 (73-70-75-72=290) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Susan Moorcraft
Template:Flagicon Cathy Panton
3 10 Aug 1986 BMW Ladies' German Open (1)[12] −6 (71-72-72-67=282) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Alison Nicholas
4 17 May 1987 Letting French Open[13] −7 (71-77-72-73=293) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Laura Davies
5 29 May 1988 BMW Ladies' German Open (2)[14] +2 (74-71-71-71=290) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
6 18 Aug 1991 IBM Ladies' Open (1)[15] −10 (69-70-69-74=282) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
7 4 Jul 1993 Hennessy Ladies' Cup (1)[16] −8 (72-71-69-68=280) Playoff Template:Flagicon Laura Davies
8 3 Jul 1994 Hennessy Ladies' Cup (2)[17] −11 (69-71-72-65=277) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Alison Nicholas
9 12 Aug 1994 Weetabix Women's British Open2 −14 (71-67-70-72=280) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Dottie Pepper
Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam
10 21 Aug 1994 Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open (2)[18] −18 (69-67-71-67=274) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Corinne Dibnah
11 10 Sep 1995 Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open (3) −11 (70-71-68-72=281) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1993 Hennessy Ladies Cup Template:Flagicon Laura Davies Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1996 Hennessy Cup Template:Flagicon Helen Alfredsson
Template:Flagicon Trish Johnson 		Lost after eliminated on first extra hole
Alfredsson won with birdie on second extra hole

Note: Neumann won the Women's British Open once after it was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 1994, but before it was recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2001.

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 10 Nov 1991 Mazda Japan Classic1 −5 (70-72-69=211) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Caroline Keggi
Template:Flagicon Dottie Pepper
2 10 Oct 1993 Treasure Invitational[19] −10 (69-70-70-69=278) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Juli Inkster
3 12 Oct 1997 Takara World Invitational[20] −6 (69-68-73-72=282) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Yuko Motoyama
4 9 Nov 1997 Toray Japan Queens Cup1[20] −11 (68-70-67=205) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lorie Kane
5 10 May 1998 Gunze Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament[21] −6 (75-70-65-72=282) Playoff Template:Flagicon Ko Woo-soon
Template:Flagicon Lee Young-mee

LPGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1988 Mazda Japan Classic1 Template:Flagicon Patty Sheehan Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2 1998 Gunze Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament[22] Template:Flagicon Ko Woo-soon
Template:Flagicon Lee Young-mee 		Won with par on third extra hole

ALPG Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 12 Nov 1995 Holden Women's Australian Open[23] −9 (67-74-71-71=283) Playoff Template:Flagicon Jane Geddes
Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam

ALPG Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1995 Holden Women's Australian Open Template:Flagicon Jane Geddes
Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam 		Won with birdie on third extra hole
Geddes eliminated by birdie on second extra hole

Ladies Asian Golf Circuit wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 28 Feb 1987 Singapore Ladies Open[24] −2 (71-75-68=214) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Fusako Nagata
Template:Flagicon Beverley New

Other wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 1984 Swedish Match-play Championship (as an amateur)[25] 2 and 1 Template:Flagicon Catarina Lindvall
2 18 May 1985 Pierre Robert Cup (Sweden)[26] +16 (76-76-80=232) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Liselotte Bergendahl
3 18 Oct 1992 Sunrise Cup World Team Championship (team with Template:Flagicon Helen Alfredsson) +13 (146-146-153=445) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon England − Laura Davies / Trish Johnson
4 18 Oct 1992 Sunrise Cup World Team Championship (individual)[27] +3 (71-70-78=219) shared with Template:Flagicon Trish Johnson
5 22 Jan 2006 Women's World Cup of Golf (with Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam)3[28][29][30] −7 (65-69-77-70=281) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Scotland − Catriona Matthew / Janice Moodie

Notes

  • 1Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA Tour
  • 2Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour
  • 3Team event recognised by all the main women's tours, but not an official money event

Legends Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 May 4, 2014 Walgreens Charity Classic −7 (69-68=137) Playoff Template:Flagicon Danielle Ammaccapane
2 Nov 7, 2015 Walgreens Charity Championship −8 (68-68=136) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Nicole Jeray
3 May 21, 2017 Red Nose Day Walgreens Charity Championship −4 (68) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Juli Inkster
4 Mar 25, 2018 ANA Inspiration Legends Day
(with Kynadie Adams and Hailey Borja) 		−10 (62) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
(with Ashley Menne and Yujeong Son)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
1988 U.S. Women's Open −7 (67-72-69-69=277) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Patty Sheehan

Results timeline

Tournament 1987 1988 1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT T28
LPGA Championship T10
U.S. Women's Open CUT 1 T20
du Maurier Classic CUT CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT T30 T26 T40 T11 T32 T10 T16 T5 T58 72
LPGA Championship T27 T11 T2 T25 T3 T38 T41 CUT T37 2 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T54 T15 15 62 3 T21 T8 T14 3 T17 CUT
du Maurier Classic 4 T19 T20 CUT 3 2 T6 2 T48 T34 CUT
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship T18 2 T42 T55 T45 T61 T15 CUT
LPGA Championship T12 T52 T67 CUT T31 T29 68 T29 CUT WD
U.S. Women's Open T39 T37 CUT T20 T19 CUT CUT CUT
Women's British Open ^ 55 T35 CUT CUT T5 T31 CUT

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

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Summary

  • Starts – 85
  • Wins – 1
  • 2nd-place finishes – 5
  • 3rd-place finishes – 4
  • Top 3 finishes – 10
  • Top 5 finishes – 13
  • Top 10 finishes – 17
  • Top 25 finishes – 34
  • Missed cuts – 21
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 14
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Wins (Majors) Earnings ($) Money list rank Average
1988 1 (1) 188,729 12 72.44
1989 0 119,915 30 72.66
1990 0 82,323 51 73.74
1991 1 151,367 27 72.91
1992 0 225,667 21 72.00
1993 0 90,776 57 72.54
1994 3 505,701 3 71.46
1995 0 305,157 16 71.79
1996 3 625,633 4 70.94
1997 2 497,841 7 71.28
1998 2 665,069 5 71.15
1999 0 405,142 20 71.70
2000 0 185,309 48 72.96
2001 0 159,719 61 72.40
2002 0 295,225 32 72.37
2003 0 108,379 71 72.39
2004 1 275,352 43 72.13
2005 0 607,474 22 71.47
2006 0 197,785 64 72.44
2007 0 103,486 84 73.55
2008 0 53,285 134 74.58
2009 0 0 76.24
2010 0 0 78.27

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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 21 6–10–5 2–2–2 1–6–1 3–2–2 8.5 40.5%
1990 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost to B. Daniel 7&6 0–1–0 lost w/P. Wright 6&5 1–0–0 won w/P. Wright 4&2 1 33.3%
1992 3 2–0–1 1–0–0 def B. King 2&1 1–0–0 won w/H. Alfredsson 2&1 0–0–1 halved H. Alfredsson 2.5 83.3%
1994 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost to D. Andrews 3&2 0–1–0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 3&2 1–0–0 won w/H. Alfredsson 1up 1 33.3%
1996 5 1–2–2 0–0–1 halved w/B. Daniel 0–1–1 lost w/H. Alfredsson 2&1, halved w/K. Marshall 1–1–0 lost w/C. Nilsmark 1dn, won w/C. Nilsmark 3&1 2 40.0%
1998 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 def B. Burton 1up 0–2–0 lost w/L. Hackney 1dn, lost w/C. Nilsmark 3&1 0–1–0 lost w/C. Sörenstam 2&1 1 25.0%
2000 3 0–1–2 0–0–1 halved w P. Hurst 0–1–0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 1dn 0–0–1 halved w/P. Meunier-Lebouc 1 33.3%

See also

References

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External links

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