Anna-Carin Jonasson

Anna-Carin Jonasson
Personal information
Born (1971-11-19) 19 November 1971 (age 53)
Landskrona, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceMalmö, Sweden
Career
Turned professional1995
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (1995–1997)
Ladies Asian Golf Tour (1996–1998)
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins2

Anna-Carin Jonasson (born 19 November 1971) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. In 1994 she won the Spanish Ladies Amateur and a bronze medal at the Espirito Santo Trophy. She played on the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies Asian Golf Tour between 1995 and 1998.

Amateur career

Jonasson had a successful amateur career and won the Finnish Ladies Open Amateur Championship in 1988 and was a semi-finalist at the 1992 SM Match Play. In 1994, she won the German Ladies Open Amateur Championship and the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship.[1]

She represented the Continent of Europe at the 1993 Vagliano Trophy and finished 4th representing Sweden at the 1993 European Ladies' Team Championship. In 1994, she captained the winning Swedish team at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship and represented Sweden at the Espirito Santo Trophy at Golf National in Paris, France, where she finished as bronze medalist together with Sofie Eriksson and Maria Hjorth.[1]

Jonasson played on the Swedish Golf Tour as an amateur and won the Rörstrand Ladies Open in 1994.[1]

Professional career

Jonasson turned professional and joined the Ladies European Tour in 1995. In her rookie season, she played 11 tournaments and finished 84th on the Order of Merit. In 1996, she played 15 tournaments and ended the season ranked 53rd, after finishing T5 at the La Manga Spanish Open and T6 at Ladies English Open. In 1997, she recorded a T4 at the Ladies Swiss Open and a solo fifth place at the American Express Tour Player's Classic in England, and finished the season ranked a career high of 36th.[2][3]

Jonasson also played on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour the 1996, 1997 and 1998 seasons, where she recorded a T3 at the 1996 Indonesian Ladies Open[4] and a T3 again at the 1997 Philippine Toyota Ladies Open, two strokes behind winner Pernilla Sterner and one behind runner-up Åsa Gottmo.[5]

After retiring from tour, Jonasson became a PGA Teaching Professional based in Malmö and changed to her married last name of Carlsson.[6]

Amateur wins

Source:[1]

Professional wins (2)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 22 May 1994 Rörstrand Ladies Open (as an amateur) 217 +4 2 stroke Sweden Helene Koch [7]
2 25 May 1997 Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open 71-72-70=213 −3 Playoff Sweden Sara Melin [8]

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources:[1][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "LET Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Anna-Carin Jonasson Player Profile". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "1996 Indonesian Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ "1997 Philippine Toyota Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Pro Anna-Carin". Malmö Bjurlöv GK. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ "1994 Rörstrand Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ "1997 Göteborgs Kex Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1993. p. 60. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Avgörande på 22:a hålet" [Decided on the 22nd hole]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1993. p. 53. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  11. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  12. ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.