Nationality Sweden College University of Alabama Education University of Alabama Ladies european tour 3 | Residence Halmstad, Sweden Other 5 Turned professional 1988 Professional wins 8 | |
Full name Sofia Maria Grönberg Whitmore Born 25 May 1965 (age 51)
Falköping, Sweden ( 1965-05-25 ) Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (1989–2001) | ||
Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore (born 25 May 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer.
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Alongside Helen Alfredsson and Liselotte Neumann, Grönberg-Whitmore was one of the pioneers of women's professional golf in Sweden in the 1980s. She spent two years at University of Alabama and later married Englishman John Whitmore, residing in Warickshire for part of her career.
Grönberg-Whitmore won three times on the Ladies European Tour and was the runner-up at the 1994 La Manga Spanish Open and the 1994 Sens Ladies' Dutch Open. After winning both the Air France Madame Biarritz Open and the inaugural Cantor Fitzgerald Laura Davies Invitational at Brocket Hall in 1999, she moved to fifth place on the LET Order of Merit and sixth spot on the European Solheim Cup ranking.