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Full name
  
Maria Anna Hjorth

Height
  
1.75 m

LPGA tour wins
  
5

Children
  
Emily (b. 2009)

Role
  
Golfer

Ladies european tour
  
2


Residence
  
Name
  
Maria Hjorth

Nationality
  
Sweden

Turned professional
  
1996

Spouse
  
Shaun McBride (m. 2007)

Professional wins
  
11

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Born
  
15 October 1973 (age 50) Falun, Sweden (
1973-10-15
)

Profiles

Maria hjorth lpga golf swing


Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth (born 15 October 1973 in Falun) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship.

Maria Hjorth QampA Wonder Woman Golf Digest

She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour (LET) that year and in 1997. Since 1998 she has played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, while continuing to play in Europe several times each year. She has won two individual titles on the LET and five on the LPGA, and has finished sole or tied second in the prestigious Evian Masters three times. She was a member of five European Solheim Cup teams in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 and played three times in the Praia D'el Rey European Cup, a team competition sanctioned by the LET.

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She also played under her married name, Maria McBride.

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She has also played top division curling in Sweden.

Maria Hjorth Avnet LPGA Classic Maria Hjorth rallies to win by 2

Maria Hjorth on Morning Drive


LPGA Tour (5)

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LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

Other wins (5)

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  • Delsjo Ladies Open, Toyota Ladies Open, Aspeboda Ladies Open (Swedish Professional Ladies Tour)
  • A.V. Rubbish Classic (Players West Tour)
  • 1999 Praia D'el Rey European Cup (LET team event)
  • Results in LPGA majors

    ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
    ^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
    DNP = did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" = tied for place
    Yellow background for top-10.

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (nine times)
  • LPGA Tour career summary

  • official through the 2016 season
  • Team appearances

    Amateur

  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1992, 1994
  • Professional

  • Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 (winners)
  • Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2007
  • World Cup (representing Sweden): 2008
  • References

    Maria Hjorth Wikipedia