Emma Zackrisson (born 26 January 1979) is a former Swedish professional golfer who played on the

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2003–2011. She won the 2008

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Amateur career

Zackrisson attended

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1998–2002 where she played with the

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team and majored in broadcast journalism and public relations. She won twice as a senior, including the Big 12 Championship. In 2002, she received the

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, an award presented by the

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to the student-athlete who is both an All-American Scholar and an All-American who excels in academics.

Professional career

Zackrisson turned professional after she graduated in 2002 and finished 16th at the LET Qualifying School to secure a card for the 2003 season. In 2004, she finished runner-up at the Ladies Central European Open in Hungary, four strokes behind

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. In 2006, she finished 5th at the Acer SA Women's Open in Durban.

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was her best season, she won the season opener

and finished top-6 at the

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in Norway, UNIQA Ladies Golf Open in Austria, and the Madrid Ladies Masters, to finish 18th in the rankings. In 2009, she secured the second largest prize check in her career with a 4th place at the

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, and made the cut at the

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. After nine seasons on the

she retired from tour in 2011 at age 32.

Amateur wins

*2002 Rainbow Wahine Invitational, Big 12 Championship

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zackrisson, Emma Swedish female golfers Oklahoma State Cowgirls golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Umeå 1979 births Living people