Mia Löjdahl (born 20 May 1973) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. She won the 1994 European Lady Junior's Team Championship, topped the

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in 1995 as an amateur, and played on the

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six seasons 1997–2002.

Amateur career

Löjdahl was born in Karlskrona and grew up in

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. She showed a talent for golf early and joined the National Team at 15. She attended a golf boarding school in

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alongside Fredrik Andersson Hed and Cecilia Ekelundh, before enrolling at

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and playing on the UCLA Bruins women's golf team. Löjdahl wassuccessfulon the National Team and won silver at the inaugural European Girls' Team Championship in 1991 together with

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, Charlotta Sörenstam and

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. She won the 1994 European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Gutenhof GC in Austria, with Pia Nilsson coaching a team consisting of Anna Berg, Charlotta Sörenstam, Maria Hjorth, Linda Ericsson and Helena Olsson. She also represented Sweden at the 1995

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in Italy where her team finished 7th under captain Pia Nilsson, and at the 1996

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at St Elena in the Philippines, where she finished 7th together with

and Sara Eklund. Löjdahl played on the

as an amateur 1994–1996. She recorded three victories in 1995, including two national championships, the Swedish International Stroke Play Championship at Aspeboda and the

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. She topped the Order of Merit, but was ineligible for the cash award due to her amateur status.

Professional career

Löjdahl turned professional and joined the

(LET) in 1997. On the LET, she kept her card by comfortably finishing in the top 90 on the Order of Merit each year until 2003. Her top finishes include T7 at the 2000 Marrakech Palmeraie Open, T11 at the 2001 Taiwan Ladies Open, and T8 at the P4 Norwegian Masters in

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. She also finished T9 at the Malaysia Ladies Open on the 1999 Ladies Asian Golf Tour and was runner-up at the 2000 Ladies Finnish Open. Her only appearance in an LPGA major was at the 2002 Women's British Open at Turnberry. Löjdahl completed a law degree at

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while competing on the LET and was elected to the LET Board of Directors. She retired from professional touring following the 2002 season to become an account executive in the pharmaceutical industry.

Professional wins (5)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (5)

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Results in LPGA majors

''Note: Löjdahl only played in the Women's British Open.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur * European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1991 * European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1994 (winners) *

(representing Sweden):

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

(representing Sweden):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lojdahl, Mia Swedish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers UCLA Bruins women's golfers Golfers from Skåne County People from Karlskrona Municipality 1973 births Living people 20th-century Swedish women