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{{Short description|Swedish professional golfer (born 1965)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Helen Alfredsson
| image             = Helen Alfredsson in Jan 2014.jpg
| imagesize         = 220px
| caption           = Alfredsson in 2014
| fullname          = Helen Christine Alfredsson
| nickname          = Alfie
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1965|4|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1965|4|9|df=yes}} -->
| death_place       = 
| height            = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| weight            = 
| nationality       = {{SWE}}
| residence         = [[Orlando, Florida]], U.S.<br>Onsala, Kungsbacka, Sweden
| spouse            = [[Kent Nilsson]] (2005–2016)
| partner           = Kent Nilsson
| children          = 
| college           = [[Alliant International University|U.S. International University]]<br>(graduated 1988)
| yearpro           = 1989
| retired           = 
| tour              = [[Legends Tour]] (2012–present)
| extour            = [[Ladies European Tour]] (1989–2013)<br />[[LPGA Tour]] (1992–2013)
| prowins           = 29
| lpgawins          = 7
| letwins           = 11<!-- 1 co-sanction with LPGA -->
| jlpgawins         = 3
| klpgawins         = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins -->
| lagtwins          = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins -->
| alpgwins          = 1
| futwins           = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins -->
| otherwins         = 6 (regular)<br>2 (senior)
| majorwins         = 1
| nabisco           = '''Won''': [[1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore|1993]]
| lpga              = T5: [[1992 LPGA Championship|1992]]
| wusopen           = 2nd/T2: [[1993 U.S. Women's Open|1993]], [[2008 U.S. Women's Open|2008]]
| dumaurier         = T8: [[1993 du Maurier Classic|1993]]
| wbritopen         = T40: 2002
| evian             = CUT: 2013
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = [[LET Rookie of the Year|Ladies European Tour<br>Rookie of the Year]]
| year1             = 1989
| award2            = [[LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year|LPGA Tour<br>Rookie of the Year]]
| year2             = 1992
| award3            = [[LET Order of Merit|Ladies European Tour<br>Order of Merit]]
| year3             = 1998
| award4            = [[Swedish Golfer of the Year]]
| year4             = 1990
| awardssection     = <!-- location of awards page or section -->
}}
'''Helen Christine Alfredsson''' (born 9 April 1965) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[professional golfer]] who played primarily on the U.S.-based [[LPGA Tour]] and is also a life member of the [[Ladies European Tour]]. She won the LPGA [[Women's major golf championships|major]] [[1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore|Nabisco Dinah Shore]] and twice finished second in the [[U.S. Women's Open]]. She also won the [[Women's British Open]] once and the [[Evian Masters]] three times before those events were designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour. In 2019, she won a "senior slam" by winning both of the [[Senior women's major golf championships|senior women's major championships]].

==Amateur career==
Alfredsson was born in [[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]] and at age 11 began playing golf at Gullbringa Golf & Country Club north of Gothenburg. At young ages, she represented Sweden on both junior level and in the national amateur team.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=Golf – Den stora sporten |trans-title=Golf - The Great Sport |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/210 |first=Anders |last=Jansson |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |date=2004 |isbn=91-86818007 |pages=184, 192, 193, 195, 198, 209, 220, 224, 233 |language=sv}}</ref><ref name="LETBio">{{cite web|url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/011067.htm|title=Helen Alfredsson Player Profile|publisher=LET|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527072017/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/011067.htm|archive-date=2007-05-27|access-date=2007-04-01}}</ref>

She attended [[Alliant International University|United States International University]], [[San Diego]], [[California]], playing in their golf team led by coach Gordon Severson and graduated in 1988.<ref name="LPGABio">
{{cite web|url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Alfredsson-07.pdf|title=Helen Alfredsson Full Career Bio|publisher=LPGA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122856/http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Alfredsson-07.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-29|access-date=2007-04-01}}</ref><ref name="Digest">
{{cite web|url=http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/dialogue_icpusk7c.html|title=Dialogue: Helen Alfredsson|publisher=Golf Digest|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011004235625/http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?%2Ffeatures%2Fdialogue_icpusk7c.html|archive-date=2001-10-04|access-date=2007-04-01}}</ref> During summertime she played in Sweden and won the [[SM Match Play|Swedish Match-play Championship]] three years in a row 1986 through 1988, as an amateur while the championship since 1986 had become open for professionals and part of the [[Swedish Golf Tour (women)|Swedish Golf Tour for women]].<ref name="Tel1986">{{cite web |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3001&year=1986 |title=1986 Telia Tour Results |publisher=Golfdata |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024902/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=%2Fguide%2Findex.asp&nr=3001&year=1986 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |access-date=2007-04-01}}</ref><ref name="Tel1987">{{cite web |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3001&year=1987 |title=1987 Telia Tour Results |publisher=Golfdata |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094200/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=%2Fguide%2Findex.asp&nr=3001&year=1987 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |access-date=2007-04-01}}</ref><ref name="Tel1988">{{cite web |url=http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/index.asp&nr=3001&year=1988 |title=1988 Telia Tour Results |publisher=Golfdata |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024941/http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=%2Fguide%2Findex.asp&nr=3001&year=1988 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |access-date=2007-04-01}}</ref>

In 1987, she was a member of the winning Swedish team at the [[European Ladies' Team Championship]] at [[Turnberry (golf course)|Turnberry]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=":0" /> She was also a member of the Swedish team in the [[Espirito Santo Trophy]] 1986 and 1988.<ref name=":0" /> At home soil in [[Stockholm]] in 1988, Sweden finished second after the [[United States]], which was at the time, the best Swedish finish ever. The same year Alfredsson finished individual bronze-medallist at the [[European Ladies Amateur Championship]] at Pedrena Golf Club, [[Spain]].<ref name=":0" />

She turned professional on 1 January 1989.<ref name="LETBio" />

==Professional career==
Alfredsson began her professional career on the [[Ladies European Tour]] where she was awarded 1989 Rookie of the Year. The next year, in 1990, she claimed her maiden professional win at the [[Women's British Open]]. She won twice on the LET in 1991 and won once each on the [[ALPG Tour|Australian]] and [[LPGA of Japan Tour|Japan]] tours.<ref name="LETBio"/> She earned exempt status for the 1992 LPGA Tour season by tying for 17th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.<ref name="LPGABio"/>

She earned [[LPGA Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] honors on the [[LPGA Tour]] in 1992 and has won seven LPGA Tour events, including one [[Women's majors|LPGA major]]: the [[1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore]]. A little over three months after her Dinah Shore victory, Alfredsson nearly won the [[1993 U.S. Women's Open|U.S. Women's Open]] at [[Crooked Stick Golf Club]]. Alfredsson entered the final round with a two-stroke advantage, but finished tied for 2nd, one shot behind winner [[Lauri Merten]].<ref name=":0" />

At the [[1994 U.S. Women's Open]] at [[Indianwood Golf and Country Club|Indianwood Golf & Country Club]], [[Michigan]], Alfredsson shot an 8 under first round 63, a new tournament single round record. Her 36-hole total 132 also broke the tournament record. When she reached 13 under during the third round, it was at the time the lowest score to par ever reached in a U.S. Open, by men or women. After playing her last 29 holes in 14 over par, she fell to tied 9th, eight shots behind winner [[Patty Sheehan]].<ref name=":0" />

During her career on the LPGA Tour, Alfredsson continued to play a limited number of events in [[Europe]], where she won eleven times. She finished on top of the Ladies European Tour money list in [[1998 Ladies European Tour|1998]].

In 2008, Alfredsson came back, after recovering from injuries in her leg, back and shoulder, and won her third [[The Evian Championship|Evian Masters]] title, her first LPGA Tour win in five years.<ref name=":2">[https://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/golf/kent-ar-lika-djup-som-ett-badkar-utan-vatten/ Sport, Golf] ''Expressen'', 30 Nov 2018</ref>

She was member of the European [[Solheim Cup]] team as a player eight times: [[1990 Solheim Cup|1990]], [[1992 Solheim Cup|1992]], [[1994 Solheim Cup|1994]], [[1996 Solheim Cup|1996]], [[1998 Solheim Cup|1998]], [[2000 Solheim Cup|2000]], [[2002 Solheim Cup|2002]] and [[2009 Solheim Cup|2009]]. She was appointed captain of the [[2007 Solheim Cup|2007]] European [[Solheim Cup]] team, losing to the United States team 12-16. When she qualified for the European Team at the [[2009 Solheim Cup]], she became the first, and still the only, player on both teams, to qualify as a player after she has been the team captain a previous year.

While playing golf, Alfredsson has been known to [[Swedish profanity|curse]] long and loud in Swedish.<ref>[http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/111002/spg_10928914.shtml Tantrums on tour]</ref> ''The Financial Times of London'' once editorialized "They can be louder and more richly worded than many of [[Lenny Bruce]]'s best performances". Alfredsson said about cursing "You have to stay so focused on the tour, you work so hard, you don't want anything to interfere. But then all of a sudden this little devil comes crawling out, saying, 'It's time to do something. You've been good too long." "<ref>[https://archive.today/20130119103428/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138753/index.htm Positively Pessimistic]</ref>

In September 2013, Alfredsson officially announced her retirement from the LPGA Tour.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/sport/alfredssons-karriar-ar-over_8498610.svd |title=Alfredssons karriär är över |language=sv |trans-title=Alfredssons career is finished |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |location=Stockholm, Sweden |date=8 September 2013}}</ref>

After her retirement from competitive golf on the regular tour, she came back, playing on the women's senior tour, the [[Legends Tour]], primarily in the senior majors, with great success. She tied for third in the inaugural [[Senior LPGA Championship]] in 2017 and improved that by finishing tied second at the 2018 [[Senior LPGA Championship]]. She won both of the two senior ladies major championships in 2019, the [[U.S. Senior Women's Open]] and the [[Senior LPGA Championship]], completing the same "senior slam" as [[Laura Davies]] achieved in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lipsky |first=Scott |title=Resilient Alfredsson Claims U.S. Senior Women's Open Title |url=https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2019/u-s--senior-women-s-open-2019-pine-needles-golf/articles/us-senior-womens-open-golf-final-round-recap-2019-helen-alfredsson.html |accessdate=14 January 2022 |publisher=USGA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=5 January 2022 |title=U.S. Senior Women's, Results |url=https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/u-s--senior-womens-open-results--1980-to-present.html |accessdate=14 January 2022 |publisher=USGA}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=19 May 2019 |title=2019 US Senior Women's Open purse, winner's share, prize money payout |url=https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2019/05/19/2019-us-senior-womens-open-purse-winners-share-prize-money-payout-113418/ |accessdate=14 January 2022 |publisher=Golf News Net}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Strege |first=John |date=19 May 2019 |title=Helen Alfredsson Goes From Friendly Games At Home To Winning The U.S. Senior Women's Open |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/helen-alfredsson-goes-from-friendly-games-at-home-to-winning-the-us-senior-womens-open |magazine=Golf Digest |accessdate=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web |date=16 October 2019 |title=Alfredsson Earns 2019 Senior Slam and More From the Final Round in French Lick |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2019/2019-senior-lpga-championship-final-round-notes |accessdate=14 January 2022 |publisher=LPGA}}</ref>

==Awards, honors==

She is a life time member of the [[Ladies European Tour]].

In 1986, Alfredsson earned Elite Sign No. 81 by the [[Swedish Golf Federation]], on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jansson |first=Anders |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/popup/1? |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |date=2004 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |isbn=91-86818007 |page=97 |language=Swedish |trans-title=Golf - The great sport}}</ref>

She was awarded the 1990 [[Swedish Golfer of the Year]], male or female, amateur or professional.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jansson |first=Anders |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/popup/1? |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |date=2004 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |isbn=91-86818007 |page=101 |language=Swedish |trans-title=Golf - The great sport}}</ref>

In 1992, she was, by the [[Swedish Golf Federation]], awarded the Golden Club, the highest award for contributions to Swedish golf, as the 14th recipient.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jansson |first=Anders |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/popup/1? |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |date=2004 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |isbn=91-86818007 |page=96 |language=Swedish |trans-title=Golf - The great sport}}</ref>

In 1998 Alfredsson was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jansson |first=Anders |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/popup/1? |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |date=2004 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |isbn=91-86818007 |page=283 |language=Swedish |trans-title=Golf - The great sport}}</ref>

In 2024, she was inducted into the Swedish Golf Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/nyheter/20240422/de-valjs-in-i-sveriges-golf-hall-of-fame/ |title=De väljs in i Sveriges Golf Hall of Fame, Helen Alfredsson samt Douglas Brasier tar plats i finrummet |date=2024-04-22 |publisher=Svensk Golf |access-date=2024-06-05 |language=Swedish |trans-title=They are elected into the Swedish Golf Hall of Fame, Helen Alfredsson and Douglas Brasier take place}}</ref>

==Personal life==
At young age she practiced [[ice skating]] and team [[handball]]. Her father Björn was a six-time Swedish handball champion and a keen golfer himself. The father and daughter won the 1999 Swedish Two Generations Mixed Championship, played as 36-hole foursome.<ref name=":0" />

In later years Alfredsson has practiced yoga.<ref name=":2" />

During her college years in San Diego, California, she met [[Leonardo Cuéllar]], the school's soccer coach and a former [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Association football|soccer]] player for [[Mexico]]. The couple later got engaged.<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine |date=8 May 1995 |title=Born to be Wild Helen Alfredsson, The Rock-and-Roll Soul of the LPGA Tour, lives - and plays the Game - at full Throttle |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/05/08/born-to-be-wild-helen-alfredsson-the-rockandroll-soul-of-the-lpga-tour-livesand-plays-the-gameat-full-throttle |magazine=Sports Illustrated |pages=48–53 |number=18}}</ref>

After graduating in 1988 with a degree in International Business and Marketing, she tried a career in [[Paris]], [[France]] as a model and stayed for six months.<ref name="LPGABio" /><ref name="Digest" />

In 2005, Alfredsson married former [[NHL|National Hockey League]] player [[Kent Nilsson]] and became stepmother of his son, hockey player [[Robert Nilsson]]. Kent Nilsson was en elite amateur golfer himself, with a [[Handicap (golf)|handicap]] below scratch. They divorced in 2016, but came back to live together.<ref name=":2" />

She has contributed to the foundation of a charity golf tournament supporting research on [[Alzheimer's disease]], which affected her mother, who died in 2010.<ref name=":2" />

== Amateur wins ==
*1981 [[Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship|Swedish Junior Match-play Championship]]
*1982 Belgian Open Junior Championship
*1983 [[Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship|Swedish Junior Match-play Championship]]
*1985 [[Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship|Swedish Junior Match-play Championship]]
Source:<ref name=":0" />

==Professional wins (29)==
===LPGA Tour wins (7)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|LPGA Tour major championships (1)
|- 
|Other LPGA Tour (6) 
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|align=center|1
|28 Mar [[1993 LPGA Tour|1993]]
|'''[[Nabisco Dinah Shore]]'''
|−4 (69-71-72-72=284)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tina Barrett (golfer)|Tina Barrett]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Benz]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Betsy King]]
|-
|align=center|2
|31 Jul [[1994 LPGA Tour|1994]]
|[[PING/Welch's Championship]]
|−14 (70-68-70-66=274)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]
|-
|align=center|3
|25 Jan [[1998 LPGA Tour|1998]]
|[[The Office Depot]]
|−11 (68-71-67-71=277)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]]
|-
|align=center|4
|15 Mar [[1998 LPGA Tour|1998]]
|[[Welch's/Circle K Championship]]
|−14 (68-64-70-72=274)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dana Dormann]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} Liselotte Neumann
|-
|align=center|5
|5 Oct [[2003 LPGA Tour|2003]]
|[[Longs Drugs Challenge]]
|−13 (72-69-64-70=275)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Hurst]]<br>{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jung Yeon Lee]]<br>{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se Ri Pak]]<br>{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Grace Park (golfer)|Grace Park]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rachel Teske]]
|-
|align=center|6
|27 Jul [[2008 LPGA Tour|2008]]
|[[Evian Masters]]<sup>1</sup>
|−15 (71-63-71-67=273)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Na Yeon Choi]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Angela Park]]
|-
|align=center|7
|26 Oct [[2008 LPGA Tour|2008]]
|[[Grand China Air LPGA]]
|−12 (70-69-65=204)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Yani Tseng]]
|}

'''LPGA Tour playoff record (1–3)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|align=center|1
|1992
|[[Mazda Japan Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Betsy King]]
|Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole 
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|align=center|2
|1997 
|[[Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf]] 
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelly Robbins]]
|Inkster won with birdie on first extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|align=center|3
|2008
|[[Evian Masters]]<sup>1</sup>
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Na Yeon Choi]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Angela Park]]
|Won with birdie on third extra hole<br>Park eliminated by birdie on first hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|align=center|4
|2008 
|[[Safeway Classic]] 
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cristie Kerr]]
|Kerr won with birdie on first extra hole
|}

===Ladies European Tour wins (11)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|align=center|1||5 Aug [[1990 Ladies European Tour|1990]]
|[[Weetabix Women's British Open]]|| −4 (70-71-74-73=288)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Jane Hill (golfer)|Jane Hill]]
|-
|align=center|2||16 Jun [[1991 Ladies European Tour|1991]]
|[[Hennessy Ladies Cup]]|| −8 (70-71-71-68=280)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marie-Laure de Lorenzi]], {{flagicon|AUS}} Corinne Dibnah
|-
|align=center|3||23 Jun 1991
| [[Trophée Coconut Skol]]|| −12 (73-68-73-75=276)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|SCO}} Dale Reid
|-
|align=center|4||12 Jul [[1992 Ladies European Tour|1992]]
|[[Hennessy Ladies Cup]] (2)|| −17 (68-70-67-66=271)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trish Johnson]]
|-
|align=center|5||30 Aug 1992
|[[IBM Ladies' Open]]|| −14 (68-70-71-69=278)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]]
|-
|align=center|6||12 Jun [[1994 Ladies European Tour|1994]]
|[[Evian Masters]]|| −1 (71 73 73 70=287)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sarah Gautrey, {{flagicon|ENG}} Laura Fairclaugh
|-
|align=center|7||7 Jul [[1996 Ladies European Tour|1996]]
|[[Hennessy Cup]] (3)|| −8 (68-70-71-71=280)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trish Johnson]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]]
|-
|align=center|8||10 Aug [[1997 Ladies European Tour|1997]]
|[[McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe]]|| −12 (74-65-67-70=276)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Kathryn Imrie|Kathryn Marshall]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Charlotta Sörenstam]]
|-
|align=center|9||6 Jun [[1998 Ladies European Tour|1998]]
|[[Evian Masters]] (2)|| −11 (70-69-73- 65=277)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Maria Hjorth]]
|-
|align=center|10||29 Jul [[2001 Ladies European Tour|2001]]
|[[WPGA Championship of Europe]] (2)|| −16 (67-70-68-71=276)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Suzann Pettersen]]
|-
|align=center|11||27 Jul [[2008 Ladies European Tour|2008]]
|[[Evian Masters]]<sup>1</sup> || −15 (72-63-71-67=273)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Na Yeon Choi]], {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Angela Park]]
|}

'''Ladies European Tour playoff record (4–1)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|align=center|1
|[[1990 Ladies European Tour|1990]]
|[[Women's British Open]]
|{{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Jane Hill (golfer)|Jane Hill]]
|Won with par on fourth extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|align=center|2
|[[1991 Ladies European Tour|1991]]
|[[Hennessy Ladies Cup]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marie-Laure de Lorenzi]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Corinne Dibnah
|Won with birdie on third extra hole<br>de Lorenzi eliminated by par on first hole
|- style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|align=center|3
|[[1996 Ladies European Tour|1996]]
|[[Hennessy Cup]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trish Johnson]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]]
|Won with birdie on second extra hole<br>Neumann eliminated on first hole
|- style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|align=center|4
|[[1996 Ladies European Tour|1996]]
|Compaq Swedish Open
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Federica Dassù|Federica Dassu]]<br>{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Kathryn Imrie|Kathryn Marshall]]
|Dassu won with par on fourth extra hole<br>Alfredsson eliminated by par on third hole
|- style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|align=center|5
|[[2008 Ladies European Tour|2008]]
|[[Evian Masters]]<sup>1</sup>
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Na Yeon Choi]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Angela Park]]
|Won with birdie on third extra hole<br>Park eliminated by birdie on first hole
|}
''Note: Alfredsson won [[The Evian Championship]] (formerly named the [[Evian Masters]]) three times before it was recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2013. One of those wins was after the Evian Masters was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour in 2000. Alfredsson won the Women's British Open once before it was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 1994 and recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2001.''

''Note:''
*<sup>1</sup> Co-sanctioned by LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

Sources:<ref>[http://www.e-magin.se/paper/f9hv71mx/popup/1? Skrällen i British Open] (in Swedish) ''Svensk Golf'' 8/1990, pp. 32-33</ref><ref>[http://www.e-magin.se/paper/30x0n1q6/popup/1? Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'' 8/1991, pp. 63</ref><ref>[http://www.e-magin.se/paper/rns9445b/popup/1? Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'' 9/1992, p. 63</ref><ref>[http://www.e-magin.se/paper/rff7bchx/popup/1? Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'' 10/1992, pp. 78-79</ref><ref>[http://www.e-magin.se/paper/v1b1bbc4/popup/1? Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'' 7/1994, p.47</ref><ref>[http://www.e-magin.se/paper/bq0xb6md/popup/1? Helen vinner igen] (in Swedish) ''Svensk Golf'' 8/1996, p. 79 and 9/1996, p. 76</ref><ref>[https://www.e-magin.se/paper/j0btbf03/paper/1#/paper/634jm2hx/100 Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'', 3/1998, p 93</ref><ref>[http://www.e-magin.se/paper/ddpq06n4/popup/1? Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'', 8/1998, p 100</ref>

===LPGA of Japan Tour wins (3)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1||24 Nov 1991
|Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open<ref>[https://www.e-magin.se/paper/j0btbf03/paper/1#/paper/xk747p6f/32 Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'' 1/1992, p. 33</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tournaments, 1991 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open  |url=https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/tournament/jlpgatour/1991/1151/info/9 |access-date=2024-11-19 |publisher=JLPGA}}</ref>|| −12 (70-67-67=204)
|5 strokes
|{{flagicon|TWN}} Wu Ming-yeh
|-
|align=center|2||15 Nov 1992
|Itoki Classic<ref>[https://www.e-magin.se/paper/b1h33j4q/paper/51#/paper/b1h33j4q/51 Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'' 1/1993, p. 51</ref>|| −16 (64-68-68=200)
|5 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ayako Okamoto]]
|-
|align=center|3||16 Nov 1997
| Itoen Ladies<ref>{{cite web |title=Ito-En Ladies Golf Tournament |trans-title=Ito-En Ladies Golf Tournament |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/tournament_results?CompID=J9746XX |access-date=2024-11-19 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation and Golfdata AB |language=Swedish}}</ref>|| −8 (68-71-69=208)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akemi Yamaoka
|}

===ALPG Tour wins (1)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1||3 Feb 1991
|Queensland Open<ref>[https://www.e-magin.se/paper/j6g7cr30/paper/81#/paper/j6g7cr30/82 Resultat] ''Svensk Golf'' 3/1991, p. 82</ref>|| +3 (71-75-73=219)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sherrin Smyers
|}

===Swedish Golf Tour wins (4)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1||27 Jul 1986
|[[SM Match Play|SM Trygg-Hansa Cup]] (as an amateur)|| colspan="2" align=center|4 & 3
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore]]
|-
|align=center|2||26 Jul 1987
|[[SM Match Play|SM Trygg-Hansa Cup]] (2) (as an amateur)|| colspan="2" align=center|6 & 4
|{{flagicon|SWE}} Cecilia Lundin
|-
|align=center|3||2 Jul 1988
| [[Swedish Matchplay Championship]] (as an amateur) || colspan="2" align=center|3 & 2
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carin Koch]]
|-
|align=center|4||24 Jul 1988
|[[Swedish International Stroke Play Championship|Swedish International Trygg-Hansa Open]] (as an amateur)|| +2 (69-74-70-77=290)
|align=center|8 strokes
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore|Sofia Grönberg Whitmore]]
|}

===Other wins (2)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|align=center|1||10 Nov 1991
|[[Benson & Hedges Trophy]] (team with {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Forsbrand]])<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 1991 |number=12 |first=Lena |last=Sellberg |title=Du är bäst, Anders! |trans-title=You are the best, Anders! |url=https://www.e-magin.se/paper/b1h33j4q/paper/51#/paper/nnn3kgqk/66 |magazine=Svensk Golf |pages=58–59, 66 |language=sv}}</ref>
| align="center" |−13 (73-66-68-68=275)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Penny Grice-Whittaker]] and {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Malcolm MacKenzie]],<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pearl Sinn]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bryan Norton]]
|-
|align=center|2||18 Oct 1992
|[[Sunrise Cup World Team Championship]] (team with {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]])<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 1992 |title=Bäst i världen |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/58txhd0t/popup/1? |magazine=Svensk Golf |pages=62, 63 |language=sv}}</ref>|| align="center" |+13 (146-146-153=445)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|ENG}} England − [[Laura Davies]] / [[Trish Johnson]]
|}

===Legends Tour wins (2)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|[[Senior women's major golf championships|Legends Tour major championships]] (2)
|- 
|Other Legends Tour (0) 
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|align=center|1
|19 May [[2019 Legends Tour|2019]]
|[[2019 U.S. Senior Women's Open|U.S. Senior Women's Open]]<ref name=":3" />
| +1 (75-69-69-72=285)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]] {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trish Johnson]]
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|align=center|2
|16 Oct [[2019 Legends Tour|2019]]
|[[Senior LPGA Championship]]<ref name=":4" />
|<nowiki>−2 (72-72-70=214)</nowiki>
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]
|}

==Major championships==
===Wins (1)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!Winning score !! Margin!!Runners-up
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
| [[1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore|1993]] ||[[Nabisco Dinah Shore]] ||−4 (69-71-72-72=284) ||2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tina Barrett (golfer)|Tina Barrett]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Benz]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Betsy King]]
|}

===Results timeline===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 1991 !! 1992 !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 
|-
|align=left|[[Kraft Nabisco Championship]]
|T49
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|T48
|CUT
|T48
|T54
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|T57
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:yellow;"|T5
|CUT
|T35
|T38
|CUT
|T67
|T51
|CUT
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|CUT
|T13
|style="background:yellow;"|T2
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|T40
|CUT
|T48
|T13
|T12
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[du Maurier Classic]] 
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T28
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|T31
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|CUT
|T14
|T34
|CUT
|T40
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009
|-
|align=left|[[Kraft Nabisco Championship]]
|T46
|T45
|T64
|T40
|T35
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|T37
|T21
|T12
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]
|style="background:yellow;"|9
|CUT
|CUT
|T61
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|T57
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|T26
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|DQ
|CUT
|T23
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|WD
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]] ^
|T64
|T40
|T61
|T60
|T42
|CUT
|CUT
|T56
|CUT
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013
|-
|align=left|[[Kraft Nabisco Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]
|T42
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]]
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[The Evian Championship]] ^^
|style="background:#eeeeee;" colspan=3| 
|CUT
|}
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.<br>
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
DQ = disqualified<br>
WD = withdrew<br>
T = tied

===Summary===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
|-
|align=left|[[Kraft Nabisco Championship]] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 ||  4 ||  6 || 20 || 17
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]          || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||  2 ||  2 || 18 || 9
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]          || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 ||  3 ||  7 || 19 || 10
|-
|align=left|[[du Maurier Classic]]         || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  2 ||  3 ||  9 || 7
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]]       || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  0 ||  0 || 11 || 6
|-
|align=left|[[The Evian Championship]]     || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  0 ||  0 ||  1 || 0
|-
!Totals                                    !! 1 !! 2 !! 1 !! 5 !! 11 !! 18 !! 78 !! 49
|}
*Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1997 Kraft Nabisco Championship – 1999 Kraft Nabisco Championship)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1993 U.S. Open – 1993 du Maurier Classic)

==Senior major championships==
===Wins (2)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Year 
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|- style="background:#fbceb1;"
|[[2019 Legends Tour|2019]]
|[[U.S. Senior Women's Open]]
| +1 (75-69-69-72=285)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trish Johnson]]
|- style="background:thistle;"
|[[2019 Legends Tour|2019]]
|[[Senior LPGA Championship]]
|<nowiki>−2 (72-72-70=214)</nowiki>
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]
|}

==Team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
*[[European Lady Junior's Team Championship]] (representing Sweden): 1980, 1981 (winners), 1982, 1983, 1984 (winners), 1986
*[[European Ladies' Team Championship]] (representing Sweden): [[1983 European Ladies' Team Championship|1983]], [[1985 European Ladies' Team Championship|1985]], [[1987 European Ladies' Team Championship|1987]] (winners)
*[[Espirito Santo Trophy]] (representing Sweden): [[1986 Espirito Santo Trophy|1986]], [[1988 Espirito Santo Trophy|1988]]

'''Professional'''
*[[Solheim Cup]] (representing Europe): [[1990 Solheim Cup|1990]], [[1992 Solheim Cup|1992]] (winners), [[1994 Solheim Cup|1994]], [[1996 Solheim Cup|1996]], [[1998 Solheim Cup|1998]], [[2000 Solheim Cup|2000]] (winners), [[2002 Solheim Cup|2002]], [[2007 Solheim Cup|2007]] (non-playing captain), [[2009 Solheim Cup|2009]]
*[[Women's World Cup of Golf|World Cup]] (representing Sweden): 2007
*[[Lexus Cup]] (representing International team): [[2008 Lexus Cup|2008]] (winners)
*[[Handa Cup]] (representing World team): 2012 (tie), 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015

==See also==
*[[List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Ladies European Tour player|011067}}
*{{LPGA Tour player|helen-alfredsson/82725}}
*{{Legends Tour player|id=helen-alfredsson|old_id=180}}
*{{Golfdata|3001}}

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