Emily Kristine Pedersen
Pedersen in 2018
Personal information
Full nameEmily Kristine Pedersen
Born (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality Denmark
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour5
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipCUT: 2018, 2022, 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT36: 2017
U.S. Women's OpenT23: 2021
Women's British OpenT11: 2020
Evian ChampionshipT14: 2016
Achievements and awards
Den Gyldne Golfbold (PoY in Denmark)2013, 2020
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year
2015
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner
2020
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
2020

Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour.[1] She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2014 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Turning professional in early 2015 she had a successful first season, finishing runner-up in the Deloitte Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France before winning the Hero Women's Indian Open. She was named LET Rookie of the Year for 2015.

Pedersen earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.[2]

She made only the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history in 2023 on the 12th hole in the afternoon four-ball on 22 September 2023.[3]

Amateur wins

Source:[4]

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
1 25 Oct 2015 Hero Women's Indian Open1 70-73-73=216 E 1 stroke Denmark Malene Jørgensen
Wales Becky Morgan
United States Cheyenne Woods
2 30 Aug 2020 Tipsport Czech Ladies Open 63-65-71=199 −17 4 strokes Austria Christine Wolf
3 15 Nov 2020 Aramco Saudi Ladies International 67-68-71-72=278 −10 Playoff England Georgia Hall
4 19 Nov 2020 Saudi Ladies Team International
(individual event)
69-66-67=202 −14 2 strokes Netherlands Anne van Dam
Australia Stephanie Kyriacou
Spain Luna Sobrón
5 29 Nov 2020 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España 68-71-68-66=273 −15 4 strokes Spain Nuria Iturrioz

1 Co-sanctioned by Ladies Asian Golf Tour

LET playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2015 Open de France Dames France Céline Herbin Herbin won with a par on the third extra hole[5]
2 2020 ASI Ladies Scottish Open United States Cheyenne Knight
United States Stacy Lewis
Spain Azahara Muñoz
Lewis won with a birdie on the first extra hole
2 2020 Saudi Ladies International England Georgia Hall Pedersen won with a birdie on the first extra hole

Danish Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 10 Jun 2020 Bravo Tours Open −11 (66-67=133) 1 stroke Denmark Oliver Suhr

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T36 CUT CUT CUT T50 T52
U.S. Women's Open T41 CUT T23
The Evian Championship T47 T25 T14 CUT NT T19 CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T40 CUT T11 T42 T22 T30
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2014460[6]
2015118[7]
2016100[8]
2017153[9]
2018323[10]
2019509[11]
202071[12]
202174[13]
2022126[14]
2023110[15]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career 12 5–6–1 1–2–0 2–3–0 2–1–1 5.5 45.8
2017 3 0–3–0 0–1–0 lost to D. Kang 3&1 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Reid 5&3 0–1–0 lost w/ C. Ciganda 6&5 0 0.0
2021 4 3–1–0 1–0–0 def. D. Kang 1 up 1–1–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&1
lost w/ C. Hull 2&1
1–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&2 3 75.0
2023 5 2–2–1 0–1–0 lost to L. Thompson 2&1 1–1–0 lost w/ C. Hull 5&4
won w/ C. Ciganda 2&1
1–0–1 halved w/ M. Stark
won w/ M. Sagström 2&1
2.5 50.0

References

  1. Profile on Ladies European Tour's official site
  2. "Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 13 December 2021.
  3. "Solheim Cup Ace". twitter.com. 22 September 2023.
  4. "Emily Kristine Pedersen". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. "Céline Herbin wins play-off to claim Lacoste Ladies Open de France". LET. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  7. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  8. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  9. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  10. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  11. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  12. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  14. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  15. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  16. "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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