Helen Alfredsson | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Helen Christine Alfredsson | ||||||||
Nickname | Alfie | ||||||||
Born | Gothenburg, Sweden | 9 April 1965||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
Sporting nationality | Sweden | ||||||||
Residence | Orlando, Florida, U.S. Onsala, Kungsbacka, Sweden | ||||||||
Spouse | Kent Nilsson (2005–2016) | ||||||||
Partner | Kent Nilsson | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
College | U.S. International University (graduated 1988) | ||||||||
Turned professional | 1989 | ||||||||
Current tour(s) | Legends Tour (2012–present) | ||||||||
Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (1989–2013) LPGA Tour (1992–2013) | ||||||||
Professional wins | 29 | ||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
LPGA Tour | 7 | ||||||||
Ladies European Tour | 11 | ||||||||
LPGA of Japan Tour | 3 | ||||||||
ALPG Tour | 1 | ||||||||
Other | 6 (regular) 2 (senior) | ||||||||
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |||||||||
Chevron Championship | Won: 1993 | ||||||||
Women's PGA C'ship | T5: 1992 | ||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | 2nd/T2: 1993, 2008 | ||||||||
du Maurier Classic | T8: 1993 | ||||||||
Women's British Open | T40: 2002 | ||||||||
Evian Championship | CUT: 2013 | ||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Helen Christine Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a 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 major 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 championships.