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“I’m thrilled and thank everyone for the wonderful news!” said Neumann, who joins Helen Alfredsson, Laura Davies, Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Alison Nicholas, Dale Reid and Annika Sorenstam in the LET’s most elite group of members. “Its fun when hard work pays off; but this was really icing on the cake!”
Neumann joined the LET in 1985. Since then, she has earned 27 worldwide victories with her most recent at the 2004 Asahi Ryokuken International on the US LPGA Tour.
One of the highlights of Neumann’s career was winning the US Open in her rookie year on the LPGA Tour in 1988 and she recalls: “That Sunday will always stand out as one of my greatest wins – especially since I was only 22 years old and oblivious to all the pressure. I never thought it would mean as much as it did.”
Other notable accomplishments include winning the British Open in 1994, the Tournament of Champions at Grand Cypress in 1996 and representing Europe six times in The Solheim Cup.
For further information on Neumann’s remarkable career please log on to her official website: www.lottagolf.com
Liselotte Neumann fact file:
Country: Sweden
Date of Birth: May 20, 1966
Residence: Rancho Mirage, CA, USA
10 Ladies European Tour Career Victories:
1985 Hoganas Open, Sweden, IBM Ladies Open
1986 BMW Ladies German Open
1987 Letting French Open
1988 BMW German Open
1991 IBM Ladies Open
1993 Hennessy Ladies’ Cup
1994 Hennessy Cup, Trygg-Hansa Ladies’ Open
1995 Trygg-Hansa Ladies’ Open
14 LPGA Career Victories:
1988 U.S. Women’s Open
1991 Mazda Japan Classic
1994 Minnesota LPGA Classic, Weetabix Women’s British Open, GHP Heartland Classic
1996 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions, PING Welch’s Championship, First Bank Presents the Edina Realty LPGA Classic
1997 Welch’s Championship, Toray Japan Queens Cup
1998 Standard Register PING, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
2004 Asahi Ryokuken International Championship
2006 Women’s World Cup of Golf (with Annika Sorenstam)
Various other international victories on the Asian and Japanese Tour
Other Notable Accomplishments:
Recognized during the LPGA’s 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA’s top 50 players and teachers.
1988 Golf Digest Rolex Rookie of the Year
1994 Named Golf World’s Most Improved Golfer
1994 Swedish Golfer of the Year
Member of the European Solheim Cup Team in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Member of Europe’s winning team in 1992 and 2000.
Victory in 1994 Weetabix Women’s British Open made her fifth player to win both British and US Open titles, joining Laura Davies, Jane Geddes, Betsy King and Patty Sheehan. In 1992 Shared leading individual score with Trish Johnson.
Won LET Order of Merit in 1994.
Represented Sweden with Helen Alfredsson in the World Team Championship in Taiwan. Finished runner up to Annika Sorenstam at the Kraft Nabisco Championships in 2002.
