Amateur career

Alfredsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She represented Sweden in European Junior and Senior Team championships. She was a member of the Swedish team in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1986 and 1988 and is a six-time Swedish national champion winning from 1981 through 1984, in 1986 and 1988.

She attended United States International University, graduating in 1988 with a degree in International Business and then tried a career in Paris as a model. During 1986-1988 she played five times on the Swedish Telia Tour, winning at least once a year. She turned professional on 1 January 1989.

Professional career

Alfredsson began her professional career on the Ladies European Tour where she was rookie of the year in 1989. The next year, in 1990, she claimed her maiden professional win at the Women's British Open. She won twice on the LET in 1991 and won once each on the ALPG and Japanese tours. She earned exempt status for the 1992 LPGA Tour season by tying for 17th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

She earned Rookie of the Year honors on the LPGA Tour in 1992 and has won seven LPGA Tour events, including one LPGA major: the 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore. A little over three months after her Dinah Shore victory, Alfredsson nearly won the U.S. Women's Open at Crooked Stick Golf Club. Alfredsson finished tied for 2nd, one shot behind winner Lauri Merten.

Alfredsson has continued to play a limited number of events in Europe, where she has won eleven events. She finished at the top of the European money list in 1998. She has been a member of the European team in the Solheim Cup 8 times: in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2009. She was captain of the European Solheim Cup team in the 2007 Solheim Cup, in which Europe lost to the USA 12-16.

While playing golf, Alfredsson has been known to curse long and loud in Swedish. The Financial Times of London once editorialized, "They can be louder and more richly worded than many of Lenny Bruce's best performances." Alfredsson said about cursing "You have to stay so focused on the tour," she said. "You work so hard, you don't want anything to interfere. But then all of a sudden this little devil comes crawling out, saying, 'It's time to do something. You've been good too long.'"

In September 2013, Alfredsson officially announced her retirement.

Personal life

Alfredsson is married to former National Hockey League player Kent Nilsson and is stepmother of his son, hockey player Robert Nilsson.

Professional wins (23)

LPGA Tour wins (7)

Legend

LPGA Tour major championships (1)

Other LPGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Mar 1993	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−4 (69-71-72-72=284)	2 strokes	Tina Barrett Amy Benz Betsy King
2	31 Jul 1994	PING/Welch's Championship	−14 (70-68-70-66=274)	4 strokes	Pat Bradley Juli Inkster
3	25 Jan 1998	The Office Depot	−11 (68-71-67-71=277)	2 strokes	Liselotte Neumann
4	15 Mar 1998	Welch's/Circle K Championship	−14 (68-64-70-72=274)	1 stroke	Dana Dormann Liselotte Neumann
5	5 Oct 2003	Longs Drugs Challenge	−13 (72-69-64-70=275)	1 stroke	Pat Hurst Jung Yeon Lee Se Ri Pak Grace Park Rachel Teske
6	27 Jul 2008	Evian Masters^	−15 (71-63-71-67=273)	Playoff	Na Yeon Choi Angela Park
7	26 Oct 2008	Grand China Air LPGA	−12 (70-69-65=204)	3 strokes	Yani Tseng

LPGA Tour playoff record (1-3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1992	Mazda Japan Classic	Betsy King	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
2	1997	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	Juli Inkster Kelly Robbins	Inkster won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2008	Evian Masters	Na Yeon Choi Angela Park	Won with birdie on third extra hole Park eliminated with birdie on first hole
4	2008	Safeway Classic	Sophie Gustafson Cristie Kerr	Kerr won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (11)

• 1990 Women's British Open
• 1991 Hennessy Ladies Cup, Trophee Coconut Skol
• 1992 Hennessy Ladies Cup, IBM Ladies' Open
• 1994 Evian Masters
• 1996 Hennessy Cup
• 1997 McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe
• 1998 Evian Masters
• 2001 WPGA Championship of Europe
• 2008 Evian Masters^

Note: The Women's British Open was not co-sanctioned by the LPGA until 1994, and did not become an LPGA major until 2001.
^The Evian Masters has been co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour since 2000.

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

• 1991 Ellair Open
• 1992 Itoki Classic
• 1997 Itoen Tournament

ALPG Tour wins (1)

• 1991 Queensland Open

Other wins (2)

• 1991 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Anders Forsbrand)
• 1992 Sunrise Cup World Team Championship (with Liselotte Neumann)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1993	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−4 (69-71-72-72=284)	2 strokes	Tina Barrett, Amy Benz, Betsy King

Results timeline

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T49	DNP	1	T48	CUT	T48	T54	T3	T10	T57
LPGA Championship	DNP	T5	CUT	T35	T38	CUT	T67	T51	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T13	T2	T9	T40	CUT	T48	T13	T12	CUT
du Maurier Classic	DNP	T28	T8	T31	T9	CUT	T14	T34	CUT	T40

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T46	T45	T64	T40	T35	T8	T37	T21	T12
LPGA Championship	9	CUT	CUT	T61	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T57
U.S. Women's Open	T26	DNP	DQ	CUT	T23	CUT	DNP	2	WD
Women's British Open ^	T64	T40	T61	T60	T42	CUT	CUT	T56	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT
LPGA Championship	T42	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Evian Championship ^^				CUT

^ 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
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
T = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship	1	0	1	2	4	6	20	17
LPGA Championship	0	0	0	1	2	2	18	9
U.S. Women's Open	0	2	0	2	3	7	19	10
du Maurier Classic	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	7
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1	2	1	5	11	18	78	49

• Most consecutive cuts made - 9 (1997 Kraft Nabisco Championship - 1999 Kraft Nabisco Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 2 (1993 U.S. Open - 1993 du Maurier Classic)

Team appearances

Amateur

• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1986, 1988

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners), 2002, 2009
• World Cup (representing Sweden): 2007
• Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2008 (winners)
• Handa Cup (representing World team): 2012 (tie), 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015

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