Professional career

Gustafson turned professional in 1992 whilst studying marketing, economics and law at Aranasskolan & Komvux University in Sweden. In the next three years she played 12 Telia Tour and four Ladies European Tour tournaments. On the Telia tour she had six top ten finishes. Her best finish on the LET was a 22nd at her home tournament in Sweden.

1995 saw her join the Ladies European Tour gaining two top 10 finishes in 13 starts. 1996 was her first full year on the Ladies European Tour. She gained her first professional wins, winning once on the Telia Tour at the Rörstrand Ladies Open and once on the Ladies European Tour at the Déesse Ladies Swiss Open. In 1997 she earned her first win on the Ladies Asian Tour at the Thailand Ladies Open and finished T40th at LPGA Q School to earn non-exempt status for 1998.

In 1998 Gustafson won twice on the LET at the Donegal Irish Ladies' Open and at the Marrakech Palmeraie Open, finish second on the Order of Merit and was voted Waterford Players' Player of the Year. She also played four times on the LPGA tour, recording a second-place finish at the co-sanctioned Women’s British Open. She also won the Telia Tour Finale and made her debut in the Solheim Cup, replacing the injured Trish Johnson at the last minute. During 1999, Gustafson played on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tours. Her best result was a tie for 2nd at the Ladies' German Open on the Ladies European Tour.

2000 was a breakthrough year for Gustafson. She got her maiden win on the LPGA at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, and added a second LPGA title at the co-sanctioned Women’s British Open. She had two other wins in Europe at the Ladies Italian Open and at the Waterford Crystal Ladies Irish Open, and partnered with Carin Koch to win the inaugural TSN Ladies World Cup Golf. She also won 2 and a half out of a possible four points in Europe's Solheim Cup victory at Loch Lomond. The year ended with Gustafson topping the Evian Order of Merit and official Evian moneylist, being voted Swedish Player of the Year by the Association of Swedish Golf Writers and becoming Players' Player of Year'.

In 2001 Gustafson won once on both the LPGA Tour at the Subaru Memorial of Naples and Ladies European Tour at the AAMI Women's Australian Open crossing the LPGA Tour career $1million earnings mark. The defence of her LPGA title ended with her losing in a playoff to Annika Sörenstam. In 2002 she played seven LET events, posting four top 10 finishes, ending the season with one victory at the Biarritz Ladies Classic and 3rd place in the Order of Merit as well as winning the Vivien Saunders Stroke average trophy. She made 15 of 20 cuts on the LPGA, with her best finish an 11th.

In 2003 she won three out of eight LET events and secured another LET Order of Merit title. She also won her third LET Players' Player of the Year award and the Vivien Saunders Stroke Average trophy. She won the Samsung World Championship on the LPGA tour, her 4th LPGA win, crossing the $2million LPGA Tour career earnings mark. She became the first woman to compete in a men's Japan Golf Tour event, and was part of the winning European Solheim Cup team in her native Sweden.

During 2004 Gustafson struggled with illness due to deep vein thrombosis in her leg. Her best finish of the year was a tie for third on the LPGA tour where she led the tour in driving distance at 270.2 yards. At the start of 2005, Gustafson represented Sweden with Carin Koch in the 2005 Women's World Cup of Golf in SA. Three LET events in 2005 yielded a second-place finish at the Weetabix Women's British Open and 3rd place on the LET Money List. On the LPGA Tour she had seven top 10 finishes and tied her career low round of 64 at the Wendy's Championship for Children. Gustafson made her 5th appearance in the Solheim Cup. and was a member of the International Team in the inaugural Lexus Cup.

In 2006 Gustafson played in just three LET events but finished fourth on the New Star Money List after claiming her first victory in almost three years at the Siemens Austrian Ladies Golf Open at Golfclub Fohrenwald in Wiener Neustadt in Austria. This win gave her the point she needed to become a Life Member of the LET. She earned her thirteenth LET win in 2007 at the De Vere Ladies Scottish Open.

Gustafson was a member of Europe's Solheim Cup team in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.

Personal life

In 2006, Gustafson married former LPGA commissioner Ty Votaw, who left his post following the 2005 Solheim Cup. They divorced in January 2010. Gustafson has a severe stuttering problem and rarely speaks to the media. During the 2011 Solheim Cup she made an exception and spoke on-camera with Golf Channel.

Professional wins (28)

LPGA Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	30 Apr 2000	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	−10 (65-69-72=206)	1 stroke	Amy Fruhwirth Kelly Robbins
2	20 Aug 2000	Weetabix Women's British Open (co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour)	−10 (70-66-71-75=282)	2 strokes	Becky Iverson Kirsty Taylor
3	21 Jan 2001	Subaru Memorial of Naples	−16 (68-64-70-70=272)	3 strokes	Karrie Webb
4	12 Oct 2003	Samsung World Championship	−14 (72-69-69-64=274)	2 strokes	Beth Daniel Rachel Hetherington
5	27 Sep 2009	CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge	−20 (65-69-66-68=268)	4 strokes	Lorena Ochoa

Note: Gustafson won the Weetabix Women's British Open before it became a major championship.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0-4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2000	Mizuno Classic	Lorie Kane	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	2001	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	Annika Sörenstam	Lost to par on second extra hole
3	2008	Safeway Classic	Helen Alfredsson Cristie Kerr	Kerr won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2009	Evian Masters	Ai Miyazato	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour (16)

• 1996 (1) Deesse Ladies' Swiss Open
• 1998 (2) Donegal Irish Ladies Open, Marrakech Palmeraie Open
• 2000 (3) Ladies Italian Open, Waterford Crystal Irish Open, Weetabix Women's British Open (co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour)
• 2001 (1) AAMI Women's Australian Open (co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour)
• 2002 (1) Biarritz Ladies Classic
• 2003 (3) Ladies Irish Open, HP Open, BT Ladies Open
• 2006 (1) Siemens Austrian Ladies Golf Open
• 2007 (1) De Vere Ladies Scottish Open
• 2010 (2) European Ladies Golf Cup (with Anna Nordqvist), AIB Ladies Irish Open
• 2011 (1) Communitat Valenciana European Ladies Golf Cup (with Anna Nordqvist)

Other (8)

• 1996 (1) Rörstrand Ladies Open (Telia Tour)
• 1997 (1) Thailand Open (Ladies Asian Tour)
• 1998 (3) Lalla Meryem Cup (Morocco), Telia Ladies Finale (Telia Tour), Praia d'El Rey European Cup (LET team event)
• 1999 (1) Praia d'El Rey European Cup (LET team event)
• 2000 (1) TSN Ladies World Cup Golf (with Carin Koch)
• 2003 (1) Catalonia World Matchplay Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T79	DNP
LPGA Championship	DNP	T54	T40
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	T20	T31
du Maurier Classic	DNP	DNP	T33

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T7	T25	T51	T48	T66	CUT	T44	T42	T64
LPGA Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	T74	CUT	T44	T6	CUT	T16
U.S. Women's Open	11	CUT	CUT	CUT	T58	T10	CUT	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open ^	T42	T11	8	CUT	2	T2	T33	T24	T33

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T10	T15	CUT	T63	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T19	CUT	56	CUT	DNP
Women's British Open	T43	3	CUT	CUT	DNP
LPGA Championship	T25	T57	T30	WD	CUT
The Evian Championship ^^				CUT	DNP

^ 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
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	15	12
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	1	4	15	7
Women's British Open	0	2	1	3	4	6	13	10
LPGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	3	16	9
du Maurier Classic	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	0	2	1	3	8	17	61	39

• Most consecutive cuts made - 7 (1999 Kraft Nabisco - 2001 Kraft Nabisco)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 2 (2006 U.S. Open - 2006 British Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
1994	1	1	0	0	0	0	T75	612	n/a	77.25	n/a
1995	1	0	0	0	0	0	MC	n/a	n/a	82.00	n/a
1996	1	1	0	0	0	0	MC	n/a	n/a	75.00	n/a
1997	2	2	0	0	0	1	5	30,154	n/a	72.50	n/a
1998	4	2	0	1	0	1	T12	81,915	n/a	74.58	n/a
1999	21	11	0	0	0	1	T6	80,800	96	73.27	115
2000	21	18	2	1	0	4	1	544,390	13	71.93	17
2001	25	23	1	1	0	7	1	617,327	15	71.55	25
2002	20	15	0	0	0	0	T11	165,093	57	72.40	47
2003	22	17	1	1	0	6	1	635,372	18	71.11	17
2004	21	11	0	0	1	3	T3	167,843	65	73.48	124
2005	26	21	0	1	1	7	2	484,839	28	72.59	46
2006	25	21	0	1	1	6	T2	655,548	17	71.57	21
2007	19	16	0	1	0	6	T2	469,748	30	71.84	16
2008	23	17	0	2	1	5	T2	646,303	28	71.85	33
2009	22	17	1	1	0	7	1	792,359	17	71.54	26
2010	21	18	0	0	0	1	T10	231,715	45	72.70	59
2011	21	19	0	0	1	2	3	427,586	26	72.44	39
2012	22	16	0	0	0	0	T12	158,089	65	73.28	85
2013	15	2	0	0	0	0	T45	13,751	135	74.33	135
2014	3	0	0	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	77.33	n/a

Team appearances

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1998, 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003 (winners), 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 (winners)
• Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2005 (winners)
• World Cup (representing Sweden): 2005, 2008

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points won	Points %
Career	31	13-12-6	3-4-1	7-1-4	3-7-1	16.0	51.6
1998	2	0-1-1	0-0-1 halved w/ M. Mallon		0-1-0 lost w/ L.Hackney 7&5	0.5	25.0
2000	4	2-1-1	0-1-0 lost to B. Burton 4&3	1-0-1 won w/ T. Johnson 3&2, halved w/ T. Johnson	1-0-0 won w/ T. Johnson 3&2	2.5	62.5
2002	3	2-1-0	1-0-0 def. C. Kerr 3&2		1-1-0 lost w/ K. Icher 4&3, won w/ L. Davies 1 up	2.0	66.7
2003	5	3-2-0	1-0-0 def. H. Bowie 5&4	2-0-0 won w/ E. Esterl 3&2, won w/ S. Pettersen 3&1	0-2-0 lost w/ I. Tinning 2 dn, lost w/ L. Davies 2&1	3.0	60.0
2005	5	1-2-2	0-1-0 lost to J.Inkster 2&1	1-0-1 halved w/ T. Johnson, won w/ C. Koch 5&3	0-1-1 lost w/ K Stupples 2&1, halved w/ S. Pettersen	2.0	40.0
2007	4	0-2-2	0-1-0 lost to P.Hurst 2&1	0-0-2 halved w/ S. Pettersen, halved w/ S. Pettersen	0-1-0 lost w/ G. Nocera 3&2	1.0	25.0
2009	4	1-3-0	0-1-0 lost to B. Lincicome 3&2	1-1-0 lost w/ S. Pettersen 4&2, won w/ J. Moodie 4&3	0-1-0 lost w/ S. Pettersen 1 dn	1.0	25.0
2011	4	4-0-0	1-0-0 def. S. Lewis 2 up	2-0-0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up, won w/ C. Hedwall 6&5	1-0-0 won w/ C. Hedwall 5&4	4.0	100.

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