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Professional
Highlights
Recorded a career-best 13 top-10 finishes, including three runner-up
finishes: second at the Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic and tied
for second at the ShopRite LPGA Classic and Mobile Tournament of
Champions Presented by Ultimate Software.
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top-10 finishes at three of the four LPGA major championships: tied
for fifth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship; tied for sixth at the
McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by AIG; and tied for eighth at
the Weetabix Women's British Open.
Recorded a career-low 62 during the first round of the Mobile LPGA
Tournament of Champions Presented by Ultimate Software, where she also
crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings.
Finished with a 4-0-1 record as a member of the European Solheim Cup
Team; her 7-0-1 overall record is one of the best in Solheim Cup
history.
Expecting her second child in April 2003; plans to return to
competition at the U.S. Women's Open in July.
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Statistics (rank)
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Rds under par:
43/85 (16) |
Rds in the 60s:
24/85 (15) |
Birdies:
294 (9) |
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Eagles:
5 (24) |
Greens in reg:
69% (16) |
Driving accuracy:
76.9% (16) |
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Sand saves:
47.6% (12) |
Putting avg:
29.67 (41) |
Driving avg:
245.1 (107) |
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Amateur
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Koch was a member of the 1985-91 Swedish National
Amateur teams. She won the 1988 Swedish Girls Championship title and
the 1990 European Team Junior Championship. While a member of the
University of Tulsa golf team, she was named a two-time second-team
All-American in 1989-90.
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Victories,
Awards, Etc.
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LPGA Victories (1): 2001 LPGA Corning
Classic.
The Solheim Cup (1):
2000
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Major Championship History
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The U.S. Women's Open became an LPGA major in 1950; the McDonald's
LPGA Championship Presented by AIG became a major in 1955; the Kraft
Nabisco Championship became a major in 1983; and the Weetabix Women's
British Open became a major championship in 2001. From 1979-2000 the
LPGA's fourth major was the du Maurier Classic. The Weetabix Women's
British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic in 2001. (KNC, Kraft
Nabisco Championship; LPGA, McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by
AIG; OPEN, U.S. Women's Open; DM, du Maurier Classic)
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KNC |
DNP |
MC |
MC |
DNP |
MC |
T17 |
T15 |
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LPGA |
MC |
T18 |
T53 |
T18 |
T36 |
T40 |
T17 |
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OPEN |
T40 |
MC |
DNP |
T13 |
T5 |
T31 |
MC |
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DM/WB |
MC^ |
MC^ |
MC^ |
T63^ |
T9^ |
12^ |
T56 |
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^ indicates finishes in the du
Maurier Classic. |
Koch's LPGA Record
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1994
information indicates record before originally qualifying for the LPGA
Tour.
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1994 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
T49 |
$2,203 |
N/A |
75.00 |
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1995 |
22 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
T2 |
129,313 |
48 |
72.54 |
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1996 |
22 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
T2 |
128,772 |
50 |
73.26 |
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1997 |
27 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
T5 |
70,802 |
87 |
73.04 |
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1998 |
24 |
18 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
207,432 |
35 |
72.34 |
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1999 |
27 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
T2 |
260,962 |
33 |
71.98 |
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2000 |
25 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
T2 |
329,377 |
28 |
72.40 |
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2001 |
26 |
19 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
421,329 |
25 |
71.69 |
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2001 |
25 |
24 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
13 |
2 |
785,817 |
8 |
70.91 |
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Career Highlights
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In
2000, was a runner-up at the Los Angeles Women’s Championship;
crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings after tying for
14th at the Evian Masters; was a member of the victorious European
Solheim Cup Team, where she went 3-0 as a rookie year and sank an
eight-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to win her match against
Michele Redman and clinch the European Team’s victory; won the
Chrysler Open on the Evian Ladies European Tour, her first
professional victory, as well as the Team World Cup with Sophie
Gustafson in Ireland.
In 1999,
best finish was a tie for second at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic,
where she lost in a six-way sudden-death playoff to Se Ri Pak;
recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the second round
of the du Maurier Classic.
In 1998,
recorded her career-best finish at the Longs Drugs Challenge,
where she finished second.
In 1997,
best finish was a tie for fifth at the Welch’s Championship.
In 1996,
recorded a career-low round of 63 during the second round of the
First Bank Presents the Edina Realty Classic, where she tied for
second after losing to Liselotte Neumann in a sudden-death
playoff.
In 1995,
her rookie season-best finish was a tie for second at the JAL Big
Apple Classic.
Other best
finishes as a professional include: second place at both the 1994
Irish Open and the 1994 Taiwan Open, third place at both the 1993
Swedish Open and the Women’s British Open.
In 1994,
ranked fourth on the Asian Order of Merit.
In 1992
and 1993, ranked 15th on the WPGET Order of Merit.
In 1992,
turned professional and competed on the Women Professional
Golfers’ European Tour (WPGET) and the Asian Tour before
qualifying for the LPGA; was the Swedish Match Play champion.
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