Jacqueline Ingrid Hedwall (born 13 May 1989) is a Swedish

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and caddie who played briefly on the

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(LET). As an amateur, she won the

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the Ping (golf), PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim ...

, the

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, and the

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(twice) together with her twin sister,

Caroline Hedwall Caroline Ingrid Hedwall (born 13 May 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she ...

Early years and amateur career

Hedwall started to play golf at age eight, living in

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outside

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, Sweden, and moved with her family to

Löddeköpinge Löddeköpinge is the second-largest locality in Kävlinge Municipality, Scania County, Sweden, with 6,290 inhabitants as of 2010. Löddeköpinge is about 10 km southwest of the municipal seat Kävlinge and about 5 km from Barsebäck nuc ...

at age 15. She has a

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sister,

, who is an accomplished professional golfer that has played in the

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four times. Hedwall enjoyed a successful amateur career and was on the National Team. At the 2007

, the Hedwall sisters both played on the winning European team. The Hedwall twins were also part of the winning Swedish teams at the 2007

, and at the 2008 and 2010

. Hedwall was runner up at the

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in 2006 and 2007, losing a playoff for the title to her sister in 2006. She was a semi-finalist at the

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in 2008, where her sister was a finalist. She was runner-up at the 2008 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship and had the best round of the closing day, a bogey-free, eight-birdie round of 67 at

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for a total 216, three strokes ahead of her sister at 219. She did not join her sister in winning the

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, having been edged out of the three-man team by future

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winners

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and

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. Making a few starts on the

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as an amateur, she was runner-up at the 2007 Ekerum Ladies Masters one stroke behind

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and runner-up at the 2008 Telenor Masters at

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, two strokes behind her sister. The SEK 60,000 first prize check at the Telenor Masters went to third placed Sarah Heath,

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, as the Hedwall twins were amateurs. Hedwall also finished second at the 2010

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after losing a playoff to

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. Hedwall accepted a golf

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in 2008, unlike her sister who turned down LSU to attend

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. In 2009, she was LSWA Freshman of the Year, and she helped lead the

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team to two consecutive third place finishes in the NCAA Women's Golf Championships in 2011 and 2012.

Professional career

Hedwall turned professional in 2012 and earned conditional status for the 2013

where she made three cuts in six starts, with a best finish of T22 at the

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. After a stint on the

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she retired from tournament golf in early 2014. She caddied regularly for her sister between 2011 and 2015, including at the

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, where she helped her sister win the cup for Europe for the first time since 2003.

Amateur wins

*2004 Drottningholms 36:an *2006 Skandia Tour Riks #5 - Stockholm *2007 Skandia Tour Elit Flickor #1 Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Europe): 2007 (winners) *

(representing Sweden): 2007 (winners) *

(representing Sweden):

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(winners),

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(winners) Sources:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hedwall, Jacqueline Swedish female golfers LSU Lady Tigers golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Swedish twins Golfers from Skåne County Sportspeople from Täby Municipality People from Kävlinge Municipality 1989 births Living people 21st-century Swedish sportswomen