Marie Louise Inger Wennersten From (born 17 March 1958) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the

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and

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Early life and amateur career

Wennersten was born in

Uddevalla Uddevalla is a Stad (Sweden), town in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It’s the seat of Uddevalla Municipality. In 2015, it had a population of 34,781, making it the largest town fully in Bohuslän. Uddevalla is located where the river Bäveån ...

on the west-coast of Sweden and played golf from age 10. As an amateur, representing Lyckorna Golf Club in

Ljungskile Ljungskile () is a locality in Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Uddevalla, at the coast of Ljungskileviken and at the base of Bredfjället. It had 4 026 inhabitants in 2023 ...

south of Uddevalla, she won the Swedish Junior Match-play Championship in 1977 and the Swedish Match-play Championship in 1981, successfully defending the title in 1982. She represented Sweden at the

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four times and was part of the Swedish team winning the 1978 event.

Professional career

In 1984, Wennersten enjoyed a spell on the

, with a best finish of T38 at the MasterCard International Pro-Am. The following year she became the second Swedish golfer to win on the

, after

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, when she won the Mitsubishi Colt Cars Jersey Open. She returned to Jersey two years later to win the Hong Kong Bank Jersey Classic, a non-tour event. She finished third at the 1985 British Women's Open at

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, 4 strokes behind

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, and ended the season ranked 10th on the LET Order of Merit. Wennersten won the

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Order of Merit in 1990 and 1991. She retired from tour in 1992 to become a PGA Club Professional, and has served as head pro at Örkelljunga Golfklubb, Lunds Akademiska Golfklubb and Örestads Golfklubb.

Amateur wins

*1977 Swedish Junior Match-play Championship *1981 Swedish Match-play Championship *1982 Swedish Match-play Championship

Professional wins (8)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (6)

*1987 (2)

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, Aspeboda Ladies Open *1988 (2)

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, Aspeboda Ladies Open *1989 (1) Aspeboda Ladies Open *1991 (1) Grundig Team Trophy

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 1975, 1977, 1978 (winners), 1979

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wennersten-From, Marie Swedish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Sportspeople from Uddevalla Golfers from Västra Götaland County Sportspeople from Lund Golfers from Skåne County 1958 births Living people 20th-century Swedish sportswomen