Sofie Andersson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sofie Andersson

golfer (1983-)

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1983

Place of Birth: Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden

Profession: golfer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Sofie Andersson

  • Sofie Andersson Aagaard (born 6 June 1983) is a Swedish professional golfer who played mainly on the United States-based Futures Tour.
  • She competed on tour as Sofie Andersson, adding Aagaard after her marriage in November 2012.As an amateur, Andersson represented the Swedish National Team from 1999 to 2006.
  • In 2004, she captured Sweden's first World Amateur Team Championships gold medal at the competition in Puerto Rico with Karin Sjödin and Louise Stahle.
  • Two years later at the same event held in South Africa, she won the silver medal together with Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Westrup.
  • She made her debut on the Ladies European Tour at the 2005 Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika where she missed the cut.Andersson began her college career as a freshman at Mississippi State University, earning SEC second-team all-conference honors before transferring to University of California, Berkeley in 2003, where she was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American and a member of the team finishing in the top five at the NCAA Championships three years in a row 2004 to 2006.
  • Andersson finished her career with a school-record 74.2 average and was a two-time All-West Region honoree and twice earned All-Pac-10 Conference second-team accolades in 2005 and 2006, in addition to All-Pac-10 honorable mention praise in 2004.
  • Her highest NCAA finish was sixth place in 2004, and in 2005 she captured the Spartan Invitational individual title, as part of a total of 16 individual top-10 finishes.Andersson turned professional in 2007 and joined the Duramed Futures Tour (later renamed Symetra Tour), the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour.
  • During her rookie year she had her first professional career win, the Aurora Health Care Championship at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
  • After three other top ten finishes she ended the season 16th on the money list.
  • She lost the 2009 Michelob ULTRA Duramed FUTURES Players Championship in a playoff with Mina Harigae, who won on the first hole of a playoff.Andersson competed in the 2010 U.S.
  • Women's Open (Oakmont) and the 2011 U.S.
  • U.S.
  • Women's Open (Broadmoor).In 2015 Andersson was appointed head coach of women's golf at California Polytechnic State University.

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