Antonella Cvitan
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Helsingborg, Sweden
Sweden| Antonella Cvitan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Antonella Cvitan Bäckström | ||
| Born | 3 September 1980 Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality | Sweden | ||
| Residence | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Spouse | Joakim Bäckström | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2001 | ||
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (2001–2010) LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour Nedbank Women's Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2006 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Antonella Cvitan (born 3 September 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer and former Ladies European Tour player.
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]
