Carin Koch

Carin Koch née Hjalmarsson (born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Carin Koch had a successful amateur career. She was Swedish Girl Champion in 1988 and played in the Junior and Senior European Amateur Team Championships as a member of the 1985-91 Swedish national amateur team. She was also 1990 European Team Junior Champion. cite web
title = Carin Koch Full Career Bio
publisher = LPGA
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Koch-07.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-31] Koch enrolled at the University of Tulsa and was named Second-Team All-American in 1990 and Scholar All-American in 1991. cite web
title = Tulsa All-Americans
publisher = University of Tulsa
url = http://tulsahurricane.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/archive/081600aab.html
accessdate = 2007-03-31] Between 1987 and 1991 she played eight times on the Swedish Telia Tour as an amateur, never finishing outside the top ten. cite web
title = 1987 Results Telia Tour
publisher = Golfdata from golf.se
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/sokning.asp&nr=3004&year=1987
accessdate = 2007-04-01] cite web
title = 1988 Results Telia Tour
publisher = Golfdata from golf.se
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/sokning.asp&nr=3004&year=1988
accessdate = 2007-04-01] cite web
title = 1989 Results Telia Tour
publisher = Golfdata from golf.se
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/sokning.asp&nr=3004&year=1989
accessdate = 2007-04-01] cite web
title = 1990 Results Telia Tour
publisher = Golfdata from golf.se
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/sokning.asp&nr=3004&year=1990
accessdate = 2007-04-01] cite web
title = 1991 Results Telia Tour
publisher = Golfdata from golf.se
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/sokning.asp&nr=3004&year=1991
accessdate = 2007-04-01] She turned professional in 1992. cite web
title = Carin Koch Player Profile
publisher = LET
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/100130.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-31]

Professional career

1992 was her rookie year on the Ladies European Tour. She gained 3 wins on the Swedish Telia Tour in both 1992 (including the Swedish Matchplay Championship) cite web
title = 1992 Results Telia Tour
publisher = Golfdata from golf.se
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/sokning.asp&nr=3004&year=1992
accessdate = 2007-04-01] and 1993. cite web
title = 1993 Results Telia Tour
publisher = Golfdata from golf.se
url = http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/sokning.asp&nr=3004&year=1993
accessdate = 2007-04-01] In 1994, she finished fourth on the Asian Order of Merit and tied for fifth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1995 LPGA season.

In 1995, her rookie season, her best LPGA finish was a tie for second at the JAL Big Apple Classic. She also gained two top ten finishes on the LET Tour. 1n 1996 she almost gained her maiden LPGA victory losing the Edina Realty Classic to Liselotte Neumann in a playoff. In 1998 she gave birth to her first son, Oliver Michael Ture.

In the 1999 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Koch had a two shot lead with just the final hole to play. Her caddie gave her the wrong club and she made double bogey to drop into a sixway sudden death playoff which was won by Se Ri Pak. cite web
title = Koch vows to pay attention
publisher = LET
date = 2002-08-10
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4617
accessdate = 2007-03-31] In 2000 Koch won her maiden European title at the 2000 Chrysler Open. cite web
title = Sweden's Carin Koch wins Chrysler Open
publisher = CBC Sports
date = 2000-06-04
url = http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2000/06/04/chrysler_open000604.html
accessdate = 2007-03-31] She was a member of the victorious European Solheim Cup Team, where she went 3-0 as a “rookie” and sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to win her match against Michele Redman to clinch the European Team’s victory. cite web
title = Solheim Cup Player Profile: Carin Koch
publisher = LET
date = 2002-09-04
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4650
accessdate = 2007-03-31] She also teamed with Sophie Gustafson to win the inaugural TSN Ladies' World Cup of Golf. cite web
title = Swedes hold off English pair
publisher = BBC News
date = 2000-09-17
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/928370.stm
accessdate = 2007-03-17 ]

In 2001, she became an LPGA maiden winner at the LPGA Corning Classic. cite web
title = Koch pips McKay to title
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2001-05-27
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/1355240.stm
accessdate = 2007-03-31] At the start of 2002, Carin topped a Playboy internet poll as the sexiest women on the LPGA but declined to pose for them nude. cite web
title = Sex & the LPGA
publisher = Golf for Women
url = http://www.golfdigest.ie/gfw/gfwfeatures/index.ssf?/gfw/gfwfeatures/gfw200208lpgafeature.html
accessdate = 2007-03-31] This was the year Koch recorded a career-best 13 top-10 finishes, including three runner-up finishes and was a captain's pick for the European Solheim Cup team. cite web
title = Reid chooses wild cards amid controversy
publisher = LET
date = 2002-08-25
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4639
accessdate = 2007-03-31] In 2003, Koch gave birth to her second child, Simzon Michael but still played well enough to be a captain's pick for the 2003 Solheim Cup won by the Europeans in her native Sweden. cite web
title = European Team announced
publisher = LET
date = 2003-08-25
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4249
accessdate = 2007-03-31]

In 2005, she won her second career LPGA event at the Corona Morelia Championship. cite web
title = Koch wins Corona Morelia Championship
publisher = LET
date = 2005-04-25
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3766
accessdate = 2007-03-31] and was again a captain's pick for the 2005 Solheim Cup. cite web
title = The 2005 European Solheim Cup team announced
publisher = LET
date = 2005-08-28
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3898
accessdate = 2007-03-23 ] She teamed up with Sophie Gustafson to represent Sweden at the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf cite web
title = Women's World Cup of Golf: Twenty teams confirmed
publisher = LET
date = 2004-12-17
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4650
accessdate = 2007-03-31] and was also a member of the International team at the inaugural Lexus Cup. cite web
title = Internationals win The Lexus Cup
publisher = LET
date = 2005-12-12
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_feature.php?Id=4014
accessdate = 2007-03-31] She also played in the 2007 Women’s World Cup of Golf with Helen Alfredsson] . cite web
title = Teams confirmed for Women’s World Cup of Golf
publisher = LET
date = 2006-11-23
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_feature.php?Id=8131
accessdate = 2007-03-31]

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour (2)

*2001 (1) LPGA Corning Classic
*2005 (1) Corona Morelia Championship

Other tours (2)

*2000 (2) Chrysler Open (Ladies European Tour), TSN Ladies World Cup Golf (team event with Sophie Gustafson)

Results in LPGA majors

Solheim Cup Record

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.carinkochgolf.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=488 Profile on the LPGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010418.htm Profile on the Ladies European Tour's official site]

Persondata
NAME=Koch, Carin
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH= February 23, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH= Kungalv, Sweden