Pernille Carlson Pedersen
Danish female golfer
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Pernille Carlson Pedersen is a Danish amateur golfer. She won the 1992 British Ladies Amateur.[1]
Career
Carlson Pedersen is from Holbæk and had a successful amateur career. She won the inaugural Danish Junior Championship in 1983, and both the Danish Stroke Play Championship (DM Slagspil) and Danish Match Play Championship (DM Holspil) in 1990.[2]
She appeared three times in the Höganäs Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour, with a best finish of tied 6th place in 1990, 4 strokes behind winner Annika Sörenstam.[3]
In 1992, she won the final of the British Ladies Amateur 1 up over Joanne Morley at Saunton Golf Club.[4] For this achievement she was named Danish Golfer of the Year, and received Den Gyldne Golfbold from the Danish Golf Union.[5]
Carlson Pedersen represented Denmark three times at the European Ladies' Team Championship, and recorded an individual tied 4th-place finish in 1991 at Wentworth Club in England.[6]
She played in the 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy in Vancouver, Canada, where her team finished 22nd.[7]
Carlson Pedersen elected to not turn professional and became a schoolteacher.[8]
Amateur wins
- 1983 Danish Junior Championship
- 1990 Danish Match Play Championship, Danish Stroke Play Championship
- 1992 British Ladies Amateur
- 1993 Danish Match Play Championship
- 2006 Danish Mid-Amateur Championship
Source:[2]
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 1989, 1991, 1993
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Denmark): 1992