Amy Olson née Anderson (born July 10, 1992) is an American former

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who played on the

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from 2013 to 2023. She turned professional in 2013 after her collegiate career at

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where she won an NCAA record 20 collegiate events.

Amateur career

Anderson started playing golf at age 2 and won numerous local, state, and regional competitions with her most notable win coming in 2009 at the U.S. Girl's Junior at Trump National in

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. In 2011 she was the first woman to compete in the KX Bank of the West Amateur Tournament.

College career

Anderson competed at North Dakota State University, where she led the women's golf program in scoring each of her four years. She qualified for the

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while in college and held the first-round lead at The Broadmoor. She won 20 collegiate events, which beat

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's NCAA record of 17 events. In addition to her performance on the golf course, Anderson held a 3.97 GPA in accounting and won the Elite 89 Award as a sophomore, being the student-athlete with the highest GPA (4.0) at the national championship.

Professional career

After completing her senior season at NDSU, Anderson turned professional and won Stage II of LPGA

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. She gained her LPGA Tour card in June 2013 to be part of the rookie class in 2014. Her best finish of the year came at the LPGA Lotte Championship in

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, where she finished tied for 7th. In 2018, Olson made the final pairing at the

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, and picked up her first top-10 in a major there as she tied for 9th. At

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, Olson came close to making her first LPGA victory a major championship, but after at least sharing the lead for most of the final day, she lost to Angela Stanford on the 18th hole with a double bogey. By the end of 2018, she posted a career-best four top-10 finishes in 24 starts, and passed the $1 million mark in career earnings with her T10 finish at the

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. Olson started her 2019 season sharing a five-way tie for tenth in the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, and a tie for fifth in the HSBC Women's World Championship. Olson announced her professional golf retirement on her X account on April 24, 2024.

Personal life

She was born in Oxbow, North Dakota to Mark and Twyla Anderson. She has one sibling, Nathan Anderson, who competed on

's men's golf team. She was home schooled through high school before attending North Dakota State University herself at the age of 17. she competes under her married name, Amy Olson. Olson is married to Grant Olson, the NDSU defensive coordinator. She is a

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. She found out on January 13, 2023, she is expecting their first child. She played the 2023 U.S. Women's Open at

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on July 6–9 at 7 months pregnant, before a planned maternity leave at 30 weeks. That would be her last tournament before officially retiring in 2024. She gave birth to her daughter Carly Gray Olson in 2023.

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2017 Evian – 2019 ANA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Team appearances

Amateur * Curtis Cup (representing the United States):

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References

External links

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athletics site {{DEFAULTSORT:Olson, Amy American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from North Dakota North Dakota State Bison athletes People from Cass County, North Dakota 1992 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen