Nina Reis

Nina Reis
Personal information
Full nameNina Syvertsen Reis
Born (1980-02-16) 16 February 1980 (age 44)
Kungälv, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceKungälv, Sweden
Career
CollegeUniversity of North Texas
Turned professional2003
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2004)
LPGA Tour (2006–2008)
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins6
Best results in LPGA major championships
Women's PGA C'shipT34: 2006
Women's British OpenT10: 2006
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit		2005

Nina Reis (born 16 February 1980) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and LPGA Tour. She was runner-up at the 2008 Göteborg Masters after an LET joint record 11-under-par round of 61 and finished top-10 at the 2006 Women's British Open.

Amateur career

Reis was part of the Swedish team, together with Kristina Engström, Anna Gertsson, Mikaela Parmlid, Helena Svensson and Linda Wessberg, which won the 2001 European Ladies' Team Championship at Golf de Mais, Spain.[1]

She played collegiate golf at the University of North Texas. She was a two-time all-conference selection while at North Texas in 2000 and 2001. In 2001 she led the team in stroke average and was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference team. In 2000 she was named to the first-team All-Big West squad. Reis had six top-10 finishes her freshman season and finished tied for fifth at the Big West Conference Championship.[2]

Professional career

Reis turned professional in 2003 and joined the LET. She then joined the LPGA Tour in 2006 after a successful LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament where she finished 16th.[3] She recorded top-10 finishes at the 2006 State Farm Rail Classic and 2008 Corona Championship, as well as the 2006 Women's British Open.

Her best LET season was 2008 when she played in 16 events and posted four top-10 finishes, including runner-up finishes at the Göteborg Masters and Open de France Dames, back to back in September. She was also fourth at SAS Ladies Masters and ninth at Nykredit Masters. She finished 22nd on the LET Money List.[4]

Round of 61

Reis scored 270 (−18) by shooting 69-67-73-61 at the 2008 Göteborg Masters.[5] The 11-under-par 61 tied the LET 18-hole record for all time lowest round set by Kirsty Taylor at the 2005 Wales Ladies Championship of Europe. After 17 holes, Reis was at −12 for the day and a score of 59 looked possible, but she bogeyed the last hole to drop back to −11 for the day and a total −18 for second place, her career best finish on the LET.[6] Gwladys Nocera won after scoring 259 (−29) following rounds of 66-62-65-66,[5] the best 72-hole score in the LET's 30-year history.[6]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Meters 340 125 425 265 350 130 485 320 140 2580 315 430 150 330 198 455 345 420 350 2993 5573
Par 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 4 3 35 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 5 4 37 72
Score 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 29 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 32 61
E −1 −2 −3 −4 −4 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −12 −11 −11 −11

Source:[7]

Professional wins (6)

Swedish Golf Tour (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 15 May 2002 Telia Grand Opening Ladies 69-76=145 +5 1 stroke Sweden Karin Sjödin [8]
2 13 May 2003 Telia Grand Opening Ladies 74-70=144 +4 2 strokes Finland Minea Blomqvist [9]
3 19 Jun 2005 Felix Finnish Ladies Open 68-72-69=209 −4 3 strokes Finland Riikka Hakkarainen [10]
3 29 Jul 2005 HaningeStrand Club SGT Open 72-68-67=207 −9 9 strokes Sweden Hanna-Sofia Leijon [11]
5 20 Aug 2005 Skandia PGA Open Ladies 70-73-67=210 E 3 strokes Sweden Nina Karlsson [12]
6 30 May 2009 Fredrik Jacobson Masters 79-68-72=219 +3 6 strokes Sweden Madeleine Augustsson [13]

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Team Victories". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Former North Texas Golf Star Earns LPGA Tour Card". UNT Women's Golf. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Charlotta Sörenstam misses LPGA-tour". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. ^ "LET Media Guide 2009". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Resultatlista Göteborg Masters". Golfdata.se. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Nocera wins Göteborg Masters with best score in LET history". Ladies European Tour. 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Nina Reis Scorecard at 2008 Göteborg Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. ^ "2002 Telia Grand Opening Ladies". Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  9. ^ "2003 Telia Grand Opening Ladies". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  10. ^ "2005 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  11. ^ "2005 HaningeStrand Club SGT Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  12. ^ "2005 Skandia PGA Open Ladies". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  13. ^ "2009 Fredrik Jacobson Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  • Nina Reis at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)