Antonella Cvitan

Antonella Cvitan
Personal information
Full nameAntonella Cvitan Bäckström
Born (1980-09-03) 3 September 1980 (age 44)
Helsingborg, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceHelsingborg, Sweden
SpouseJoakim Bäckström
Career
Turned professional2001
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (2001–2010)
LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour
Nedbank Women's Golf Tour
Professional wins5
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenCUT: 2006
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
PGA of Sweden Future Fund2013[1]

Antonella Cvitan (born 3 September 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer and former Ladies European Tour player.

Career

Cvitan turned professional in 2001 and joined the Ladies European Tour, having finished 26th at Q-School. She played on the LET until 2010. 2007 was her best season, with top-15 finishes at the Ladies Open of Portugal and Ladies Scottish Open.[2]

Playing on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa several seasons early 2000s, Cvitan was runner-up at the 2005 Telkom Women's Classic in Pretoria, two strokes behind Laurette Maritz, after she birdied her final three holes.[3]

Cvitan won two titles on the Swedish Golf Tour, the 2004 Telia Grand Opening and the 2006 Klitterbyn Ladies Open. In addition, she was runner-up at the 2006 Falköping Ladies Open, 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters, 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters and the 2009 Körunda Ladies Open.[2]

Cvitan played on the LET Access Series between 2012 and 2014. She won the 2012 Samsø Ladies Open with a par on the first playoff hole, after Nicole Broch Larsen hit her tee shot out of bounds, and was runner-up at the 2013 Ingarö Ladies Open.[4]

Her only major appearance was at the 2006 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where she did not make the cut.[5]

She has been attached to Vasatorp Golf Club and Kristianstad Golf Club.[6]

Personal life

Cvitan married former European Tour player Joakim Bäckström. They won the Swedish Husband-Wife Championship in 2014 and 2019.[7]

Professional wins (5)

LET Access Series wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 18 Aug 2012 Samsø Ladies Open 70-73-70=213 –3 Playoff Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen (a) [8]

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 11 May 2004 Telia Grand Opening 73-67=140 +2 1 stroke Denmark Lisa Holm Sørensen [9]
2 11 Jun 2006 Klitterbyn Ladies Open 70-65-71=206 –7 1 stroke Sweden Caroline Hedwall [10]

Other wins (2)

Source:[11]

References

  1. ^ "2001 fick Stenson stipendiet – nu är det Kinhults tur". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Antonella Cvitan". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Maritz wins Telkom Women's Classic". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. ^ Strömberg, Martin (19 August 2012). "Cvitan vann i Danmark". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Majordebut i skuggan av Sörenstam". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2 August 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Cvitan lämnar Kristianstad" (in Swedish). Kristianstadbladet. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  7. ^ Strömberg, Martin. "SM Lockade Stjärnorna". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Results 2012 Samsø Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Results 2004 Telia Grand Opening". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Results 2006 Klitterbyn Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Segrare Äkta Makar/Sambor Mixed" (PDF). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2023.