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Lotta Wahlin (born 13 December 1983 in
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) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. She played on the
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2006–2012 and won three events in
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.


Professional career

Wahlin turned professional in June 2004, as she took a step up from the Teen Tour Elite circuit to join the Swedish Golf Tour. Between 2005 and 2010 she won five titles on the tour, including back-to-back victories in the Rejmes Ladies Open, and a triumph in the final of the Swedish Matchplay Championship against Kaisa Ruuttila. Wahlin joined the LET in 2005 after she earned limited status at Q-School. Her most successful season was in
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, when she won three events and finished the season 7th on the
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. She cruised to her maiden LET victory with a wire-to-wire win at the inaugural Turkish Ladies Open. Her 12 stroke winning margin was the second largest in LET history, after
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' 16 shot margin over
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in the 1995
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. She also won the
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by defeating
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at the second hole of a playoff, as well as the Catalonia Ladies Masters in Spain, an unofficial LET event she won with a 6 stroke margin over
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, Paula Marti and
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. In late
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, Wahlin was diagnosed with
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, which meant she missed most of the 2010 season and was forced to play in the cooler climate of the Swedish Golf Tour (at the time named the Nordea Tour). She returned to the LET in 2011 to record a 66 (–6) at the Dubai Ladies Masters, giving her the first round lead. Following another setback with a back injury in 2011 she announced her retirement in 2012 at age 28, and the Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters in June 2012 was her last event on the
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.


Professional wins (8)


Ladies European Tour (2)


Swedish Golf Tour (5)


Other wins (1)

*2008 Catalonia Ladies Masters (unofficial Ladies European Tour)


Team appearances

Professional * European Ladies Golf Cup (representing Sweden): 2008


References


External links

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