Åsa Gottmo (born 22 June 1971 in Kalmar) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour 1993–2008. She won the 2002 Wales WPGA Championship of Europe and finished 5th in the Order of Merit twice.

Amateur career

Gottmo played for the National Team and represented Sweden at the 1990 Espirito Santo Trophy in New Zealand together with Jennifer Allmark and

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. She won silver at the 1991 European Ladies' Team Championship at Wentworth Club together with Maria Bertilsköld, Charlotta Eliasson, Carin Hjalmarsson, Petra Rigby and

. In 1992, Gottmo won the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship held at Kalmar Golf Club, her home course.

Professional career

Gottmo started playing on the Swedish Golf Tour in 1990, and recorded one victory before turning professional in late 1992. She collected five Swedish Golf Tour victories over the course of her career, and won the Order of Merit back to back in

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and

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. In 1993 Gottmo joined the Ladies European Tour. Her breakthrough came at the 1995 Ladies Irish Open, where she was runner-up as Laura Davies recorded a 72-hole total of 267 (−25), 16 strokes clear of Gottmo, setting world records for the lowest aggregate score and the biggest margin of victory in women's professional golf. Gottmo finished fifth on the LET Order of Merit twice, in

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

. In 2002, she had one victory, the Wales Ladies Championship of Europe two strokes ahead of Maria Hjorth, and in 2004 she finished top-5 four times, including a tie for 3rd at the Ladies English Open, seven strokes behind winner Maria Hjorth. Gottmo scored an

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at the 2002 Women's British Open at Turnberry, one of only four in the history of women's major golf championships. In 2004, she was runner-up at the South African Women's Masters, two strokes behind Helena Alterby.

Amateur wins

*1992 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour (1)

Swedish Golf Tour (5)

Source:

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1990 * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gottmo, Asa Swedish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Kalmar 1971 births Living people 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women