Malene Krølbøll Hansen

Malene Krølbøll Hansen
Personal information
Born1995
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sporting nationality Denmark
ResidenceMyrtle Beach, South Carolina
Career
CollegeCoastal Carolina
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2019)
Professional wins1
Achievements and awards
Big South Freshman of the Year2015
Sun Belt Player of the Year2017, 2018

Malene Krølbøll Hansen (born 1995) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Symetra Tour.[1]

Amateur career

Krølbøll played for the National Team and represented Denmark in two European Girls' Team Championships and six European Ladies' Team Championships between 2011 and 2018, with best result a bronze medal in 2012. She finished 4th at the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy and 8th at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy.[2]

In 2013, she won the Annika Invitational Europe and played in the Ladies European Tour event the Helsingborg Open in Sweden, and made the cut.[3]

Krølbøll was a member of the Coastal Carolina women's golf program from 2014-18. Krølbøll was a two-time All-Big South selection, and after the school's move to the Sun Belt Conference, she received two All-Sun Belt honors along with being named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in both 2017 and 2018. She won four individual titles including the 2018 Sun Belt Championship.[4] Krølbøll had the greatest women's golf career in school history, and earned a degree in marketing.[5]

In June 2018, Krølbøll played two tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour. She lost a playoff at the Hinton Golf Open to Anna Magnusson, but the following week won the Skaftö Open, 4 strokes ahead of Filippa Möörk.[3]

Professional career

Krølbøll turned professional in September 2018[6] and joined the 2019 Symetra Tour. In her rookie season, she made ten cuts in 18 events, and finished 84th in the ranking after a season best T8 at the Four Winds Invitational.

In a pandemic-reduced 2020 season, she made every cut in eight starts, and finished 27th in the ranking. She recorded two top-10 finishes including a season-best T9 result at the Symetra Tour Championship.[1]

Amateur wins

  • 2011 Norberg Open
  • 2012 Norberg Open, Junior Masters Invitational, Vejlematchen
  • 2013 Norberg Open, Nordea Furesopokalen, Annika Invitational Europe
  • 2014 Wiibroe Cup, Schyberg Junior Open
  • 2015 DGU Elite Tour III
  • 2016 Wiibroe Cup, Golfweek Conference Challenge, Danish International Ladies Amateur Championship
  • 2017 Wiibroe Cup, Ladies Fall Intercollegiate
  • 2018 Charleston Invitational, Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Danish International Ladies Amateur Championship

Source:[2]

Professional wins (1)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 21 Jun 2018 Skaftö Open (as an amateur) 67-68-65=200 −7 4 strokes Sweden Filippa Möörk [7]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ a b "Malene Krolboll Hansen". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Malene Kroelboell Hansen". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Malene Krolboll Hansen". Golfdata. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Alumni Spotlight: Malene Krolboll Hansen". Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Malene Krolboll Hansen's journey: From Denmark to the best ever at Coastal Carolina". Myrtle Beach Online. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Billeder: Krølbøll går prof-vejen" (in Danish). Sjællandske Nyheder. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Results 2018 Skaftö Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.