Suzann Pettersen
Pettersen at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Suzann Pettersen
Nickname	Tutta
Born	(1981-04-07) 7 April 1981 (age 31) Oslo, Norway
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Norway
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2003) LET (joined 2001)
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	8
Ladies European Tour	5
Other	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T2/2nd: 2007, 2008, 2010
LPGA Championship	Won: 2007
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 2010
Women's British Open	T14: 2010
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year	2001

Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a Norwegian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking is second. She has held that position at several times, most recently beginning 22 August 2011.

Amateur career[link]

Pettersen was born in Oslo, Norway.^[1] Both her parents, Axel and Mona, participated in sports.^[2] Suzann Pettersen is a distant relative of merchant Gunerius Pettersen (1826–1892).^[3]

She was a successful amateur golfer. She is a five-time Norwegian Amateur Champion (1996–2000), and won the British Girls Championship in 1999.^[1][4] She represented Norway in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1998 and 2000, becoming World Amateur Champion in her second appearance.^[5] She also represented Europe in the 1997 and 1999 Junior Ryder Cup Matches.^[6]

Professional career[link]

2001[link]

Pettersen turned professional in September 2000 at age 19 and gained her Ladies European Tour card with an 11th place finish at the 2001 LET Qualifying School.^[1] In her 2001 rookie season, she played in ten events without missing a cut. In her second start as a professional,Pettersen won the Open de France Dames in a playoff over Becky Morgan.^[7] She finished second on the Order of Merit and was named LET Rookie of the Year.^[8]

2002[link]

Pettersen started 2002 with a playoff loss to Karrie Webb in the AAMI Australian Women’s Open, and two more top ten finishes led to her winning a place on the European team for the 2002 Solheim Cup.^[9][10][11] In the singles, Pettersen was five down with five to play and ended up with a tie against Michele Redman.^[12] She tied for 10th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2003 LPGA season.^[13]

2003[link]

In 2003 Pettersen played in five events on the LET, missing no cuts and finished runner-up to Sophie Gustafson at the HP Open.^[14] She played a full rookie season on the LPGA, with her best finish a third place at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship.^[4] She was a captain's pick for the 2003 Solheim Cup and recorded a 4–1–0 record as a member of the victorious European Team.^[15]

2004[link]

In 2004 Pettersen played in just four events on the LET, with a best finish of T9 at the Evian Masters. On the LPGA, she began her season late after recuperating from elbow surgery. She recorded four top-10 finishes including a season-best tie for fifth at the State Farm Classic.^[1]

2005[link]

In 2005 Pettersen played in only three events on the LET and nine events on the LPGA because of a debilitating back injury. When she returned, her best LPGA finish was a sixth at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, and she finished tied for second at the Ladies Finnish Masters on the LET.^[1][4] She registered a 2–0–2 record as a captain’s pick on the European Solheim Cup Team, and played for the International team at the inaugural Lexus Cup.^[16][17][18]

2006[link]

In 2006 Pettersen played five times on the LET, recording two top ten finishes, including a third place at the Scandinavian TPC.^[19] On the LPGA Tour she had three top ten finishes, with a season's best finish fifth at the Florida's Natural Charity Championship.^[4]

2007[link]

At the start of 2007, Pettersen was selected to represent Norway at the Women's World Cup of Golf but withdrew due to illness before the event started.^[20] At the Safeway International she recorded her then-best finish on the LPGA Tour, second place, two strokes behind Lorena Ochoa. A late collapse at the Kraft Nabisco saw her equal that finish, her second best at a major.^[8][21] Pettersen became the first Norwegian LPGA winner at the 2007 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, beating Jee Young Lee in a playoff.^[22] Pettersen followed up this win by capturing the second major championship of 2007, the LPGA Championship, by one stroke over Karrie Webb, which moved her up to fourth in the Women's World Golf Rankings. On the Ladies European Tour she won the SAS Masters in her native Norway.^[23] In October at the Longs Drugs Challenge she won her third LPGA victory, beating Lorena Ochoa in a playoff and then claimed wins number four and five in Korea and Thailand.^[24][25] On 31 December 2007, Pettersen reached the number two position in the Women's World Golf Rankings, surpassing Karrie Webb and Annika Sörenstam, trailing only Lorena Ochoa.

2008[link]

In January 2008 Pettersen signed a multi-year agreement with Nike Golf to represent Nike in clubs, balls, footwear, glove and bag.^[26] Her first win of 2008 came at the rain-shortened Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open.^[27]

2009[link]

In September 2009, Pettersen won her sixth LPGA Tour event and first in two years at the CN Canadian Women's Open at Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club in Calgary, Alberta. Pettersen won the event by five strokes over Karrie Webb, Momoko Ueda, Morgan Pressel, Ai Miyazato and Angela Stanford.

2010[link]

Pettersen was a runner-up six times on the LPGA Tour in 2010, but did not record a victory.

2011[link]

Pettersen broke her 20-month victory drought in May, when she captured the Sybase Match Play Championship at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in New Jersey. Playing in cool, rainy conditions, she won all six of her 18-hole matches over four days, and defeated, among others, then-world number one Yani Tseng in the quarter-finals, and Cristie Kerr in the finals. In early August, she won the Ladies Irish Open on the LET with a 198 (-18), six shots clear of the field. It was Pettersen's first victory on the LET in 3 years, her last was the same tournament in 2008, played at Portmarnock Links. In her next start two weeks later, Pettersen won again on the LPGA Tour at the Safeway Classic in Oregon. She came from nine shots back at the start of the final round and shot a 64 (-7) to force a playoff against second round leader Na Yeon Choi. Pettersen won on the first extra hole with a par after Choi put her approach shot in the water to double bogey. The victory moved her world ranking up to #2, ahead of Cristie Kerr and behind only Yani Tseng.

Professional wins (14)[link]

Ladies European Tour (5)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Winner's share (€)
1	7 Jun 2001	Open de France Dames	71–70–70–69=280	-8	Playoff	Becky Morgan	24,450
2	26 Aug 2007	SAS Masters	64–72–68=204	-12	9 strokes	Nikki Garrett	30,000
3	25 May 2008	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	67–63–64=194	-22	6 strokes	Amy Yang	78,750
4	13 Jul 2008	AIB Ladies Irish Open	69–69–67=205	-11	5 strokes	Marianne Skarpnord	65,000
5	7 Aug 2011	Ladies Irish Open	71-63-64=198	-18	6 strokes	Azahara Muñoz	60,000

LPGA Tour (8)[link]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	13 May 2007	Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill	66–72–68–68=274	-10	Playoff	Jee Young Lee	330,000
2	10 Jun 2007	McDonald's LPGA Championship	69–67–71–67=274	-14	1 stroke	Karrie Webb	300,000
3	7 Oct 2007	Longs Drugs Challenge	75–65–64–73=277	-11	Playoff	Lorena Ochoa	160,000
4	21 Oct 2007	Hana Bank-KOLON Championship	69–72=141	-3	1 stroke	Eun-Hee Ji	223,000
5	28 Oct 2007	Honda LPGA Thailand	65–68–63–71=267	-21	1 stroke	Laura Davies	195,000
6	6 Sep 2009	CN Canadian Women's Open	65–68–66–70=269	-15	5 strokes	Momoko Ueda Morgan Pressel Ai Miyazato Angela Stanford Karrie Webb	412,500
7	22 May 2011	Sybase Match Play Championship	1 up			Cristie Kerr	375,000
8	21 Aug 2011	Safeway Classic	69-74-64=207	-6	Playoff	Na Yeon Choi	225,000

LPGA major is shown in bold

Other wins (1)[link]

• 2009 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Cristie Kerr), unofficial event

Major championships[link]

Wins (1)[link]

No.	Year	Championship	Winning Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Winner's share ($)
1	2007	McDonald's LPGA Championship	69–67–71–67=274	-14	1 stroke	Karrie Webb	300,000

Results timeline[link]

DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half=way cut.
"T" tied
WD = withdrew
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary[link]

• official through 22 May 2012 ^[28]

LET career summary[link]

• Career LET earnings are € 1,140,119 (through 8 August 2011), includes LPGA co-sanctioned events^[1]

Team appearances[link]

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2002, 2003 (winners), 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 (winners)

Solheim Cup record[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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