Nanna Koerstz Madsen

Nanna Koerstz Madsen
Personal information
Born (1994-10-23) 23 October 1994 (age 30)
Smørum, Denmark
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality Denmark
ResidenceNørrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Career
CollegeUniversity of South Carolina
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour3
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT3: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenT16: 2019
Women's British OpenT5: 2021
Evian Championship72nd: 2019

Nanna Koerstz Madsen (born 23 October 1994) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the American LPGA Tour and maintains membership of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand and made history becoming the first Dane to win an LPGA Tour event. She played in the 2021 Solheim Cup and represented Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished tied for 13th, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished tied for 9th.[1]

Amateur career

Madsen had a successful amateur career and she won both the 2012 Danish Women's Match Play Championship and the 2013 Danish Women's Stroke Play Championship. She was 2013 British Ladies Amateur Championship stroke play medalist with rounds of 69 and 72.[2]

At the end of the season 2014, Madsen finished as the best European amateur player on the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[3]

She played college golf with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team at the University of South Carolina, winning the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate, before turning professional after only one semester.[4][5]

Professional career

Madsen earned her LET card by winning the Lalla Aicha Tour School Final Qualifying and was a Ladies European Tour rookie in 2015.[6][7] On the 2015 Ladies European Tour, she finished 9th on the Order of Merit. In 2016, she won the Tipsport Golf Masters[8][9] and finished 6th on the Order of Merit.

Madsen devoted the 2017 season to earning a membership on the LPGA Tour by playing the season on the Symetra Tour where she became a three-time winner resulting in her becoming the 12th player to earn a "Battlefield Promotion" to the LPGA Tour, playing in three events between late August and early September. She started as a rookie on the LPGA Tour from the beginning of the 2018 season.

In 2019, she was runner-up at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. She finished tied for 3rd at the 2021 ANA Inspiration.[1]

Madsen captured the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand to become the first LPGA Tour winner from Denmark. After a hard-fought battle with China's Lin Xiyu, she drained a 10-foot putt for eagle on the second playoff hole to take the title.[10] After the win, her world ranking jumped up 22 places, from #55 to #33.[11]

After her playoff loss to Atthaya Thitikul in the JTBC Classic on 27 March, her world ranking jumped up 13 places, to #19.[12]

Amateur wins

  • 2009 Danish Junior Ladies
  • 2010 Danish Junior Ladies
  • 2012 DGU Elite Tour Damer II, Danish Women's Match Play Championship
  • 2013 Danish Women's Stroke Play Championship, European Club Trophy
  • 2014 European Nations Cup (individual), DGU Elite Tour Damer II, Danish International Championship, Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate

Source:[7]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Mar 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand 65-64-66-67=262 −26 Playoff China Lin Xiyu

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand China Lin Xiyu Won with eagle on second extra hole
2 2022 JTBC Classic Thailand Atthaya Thitikul Lost to bogey on second extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runners-up
1 19 Jun 2016 Tipsport Golf Masters 68-65-65=198 −15 5 strokes Scotland Pamela Pretswell
Australia Stacey Keating

Symetra Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 30 Apr 2017 Symetra Classic 65-72-68=205 −11 2 strokes Ecuador Daniela Darquea
United States Mariah Stackhouse
2 4 Jun 2017 Fuccillo Kia Championship 68-71-66=205 −8 1 stroke United States Daniela Iacobelli
United States Kim Welch
3 23 Jul 2017 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic 66-67-67-66=266 −22 7 strokes United States Laura Wearn

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runners-up
1 13 Mar 2013 A6 Ladies Open (as an amateur) 73-71-66=210 −6 3 strokes Sweden Eva Bjärvall
Sweden Josephine Janson

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship CUT T66 T51
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT T13
U.S. Women's Open CUT T16 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ CUT CUT 72 NT
Women's British Open T21 T37 CUT CUT CUT
! Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T3 T8 T28 T17
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT 70 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T15 CUT T11 CUT
The Evian Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT
Women's British Open T5 CUT CUT T10

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 1 1 2 3 7 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 2 3 9 4
Totals 0 0 1 2 4 10 37 16
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2023 Chevron – 2023 U.S. Women's Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2021 Evian – 2022 Chevron)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2015 1 1 0 0 0 0 T21 0 n/a 72.25 n/a
2016 3 2 0 0 0 0 T37 0 n/a 72.50 n/a
2017 6 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 n/a 73.18 n/a
2018 22 9 0 0 0 0 T15 91,424 106 72.18 94
2019 25 20 0 1 0 2 2 552,072 38 71.48 66
2020 12 8 0 0 0 1 T5 162,108 68 72.08 71
2021 20 16 0 0 1 2 T3 635,948 31 70.77 38
2022 23 12 1 1 0 3 1 632,106 49 70.89 42
2023 25 16 0 0 0 1 T4 445,722 64 71.62 79
2024 26 19 0 0 0 5 T3 844,805 47 70.84 21
Totals^ 163 106 1 3 1 15 1 3,364,185 132

^ Official as of 2024 season[13][14][15]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2015 159 [16]
2016 103 [17]
2017 134 [18]
2018 246 [19]
2019 67 [20]
2020 76 [21]
2021 50 [22]
2022 53 [23]
2023 117 [24]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 3 1–1–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 1–1–0 1.5 50.0
2021 3 1–1–1 0–0–1 halved w/ A. Ernst 0–0–0 1–1–0 lost w/ M. Sagström 1 dn
won w/ C. Ciganda 1 up 		1.5 50.0

References

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  2. ^ "Gamecock Women's Golf Signs Madsen, Olarra". South Carolina Gamecocks. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Nanna Koerstz Madsen er Europas bedste" (in Danish). Golf.dk. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Nanna Madsen bio". South Carolina Gamecocks. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Madsen Declares Professional Status". South Carolina Gamecocks. 11 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Nanna Madsen seals Lalla Aicha Tour School Victory in Morocco". Ladies European Tour. 21 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Nanna Madsen". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Nanna Koerstz Madsen wins the Tipsport Women's Masters". Sky Sports. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Nanna Koerstz Madsen vinder i Tjekkiet og er tæt på OL - TV 2" (in Danish). Sport.tv2.dk. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings - March 28, 2022".
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  14. ^ "Nanna Koerstz Madsen results". LPGA. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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