Liselotte_Neumann

Neumann was born in Finspång, Sweden, and had a successful amateur career. She was Swedish Amateur champion in 1982-83 and Swedish Match Play champion in 1983. She played for Sweden in the European Team Championship in 1984 and the World Team Amateur Championships in 1982 and 1984. She turned professional at the start of 1985.

Professional career

Neumann became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1988 after she qualified by tying for fourth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She won that year's U.S. Women's Open and was declared Rookie of the Year. In total she has won thirteen times on the LPGA Tour. The 1988 U.S. Women's Open remains her only LPGA major, but she won the Women's British Open in 1994, when it was recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour, but not by the LPGA Tour. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour money list is third in 1994, and she also came in the top ten in the money list in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Throughout her career she has played on the Ladies European Tour each season, as well as in Asia. In 1994 she topped the European Order of Merit, was voted Golf World’s Most Improved Golfer and Swedish Golfer of the Year.

Neumann played for Europe in the Solheim Cup in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000. In 2006 she won the Women's World Cup of Golf for Sweden in partnership with Annika Sörenstam. She also earned Life Membership of the LET, a feat achieved by 6 other golfers.

Professional wins (25)

LPGA Tour (13)

1988 (1) U.S. Women's Open
1991 (1) Mazda Japan Classic
1994 (3) Minnesota LPGA Classic, Women's British Open, GHP Heartland Classic
1996 (3) Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions, PING Welch's Championship, First Bank Presents the Edina Realty LPGA Classic
1997 (2) PING/Welch's Championship, Toray Japan Queens Cup
1998 (2) Standard Register PING, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
2004 (1) Asahi Ryokuken International Championship

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Other (12)

1985 (2) IBM European Open, Hoganas Open (both on LET)
1986 (1) BMW German Open (LET)
1987 (1) France Open (LET)
1988 (1) BMW German Open (LET)
1987 (1) Singapore Open (Asian Tour)
1991 (1) IBM Ladies Open (LET)
1994 (1) Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open (LET)
1995 (1) Australian Women's Open (ALPG Tour)
1995 (1) Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open (LET)
1997 (1) Takara World Invitational (JLPGA)
2006 (1) Women's World Cup of Golf (team event with Annika Sörenstam; recognised by all the main women's tours, but not an official money event)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	1987	1988	1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	DNP	T28
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T10
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	1	T20
du Maurier Classic	DNP	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	T30	T26	T40	T11	T32	T10	T16	T5	T58	72
LPGA Championship	T27	T11	T2	T25	T3	T38	T41	CUT	T37	2	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T54	T15	15	62	3	T21	T8	T14	3	T17	CUT
du Maurier Classic	4	T19	T20	CUT	3	2	T6	2	T48	T34	CUT

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T18	2	T42	DNP	T55	T45	T61
LPGA Championship	T12	T52	T67	CUT	T31	T29	68
U.S. Women's Open	T39	T37	CUT	T20	T19	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open ^	55	T35	CUT	CUT	T5	T31

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" tied.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

World Amateur Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1982, 1984

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners)
Women's World Cup of Golf (representing Sweden): 2006 (winners)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Majors	Other wins	LPGA wins	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Average
1988	1	0	1	188,729	12	72.44
1989	0	0	0	119,915	30	72.66
1990	0	0	0	82,323	51	73.74
1991	0	1	1	151,367	27	72.91
1992	0	0	0	225,667	21	72.00
1993	0	0	0	90,776	57	72.54
1994	0	3	3	505,701	3	71.46
1995	0	0	0	305,157	16	71.79
1996	0	3	3	625,633	4	70.94
1997	0	2	2	497,841	7	71.28
1998	0	2	2	665,069	5	71.15
1999	0	0	0	405,142	20	71.70
2000	0	0	0	185,309	48	72.96
2001	0	0	0	159,719	61	72.40
2002	0	0	0	295,225	32	72.37
2003	0	0	0	108,379	71	72.39
2004	0	1	1	275,352	43	72.13
2005	0	0	0	607,474	22	71.47
2006	0	0	0	197,785	64	72.44

Solheim Cup Record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	4somes W-L-H	4balls W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	21	6-10-5	2-2-2	1-6-1	3-2-2	8.5	40.5%
1990	3	1-2-0	0-1-0 lost to B. Daniel 7&6	0-1-0 lost w/P. Wright 6&5	1-0-0 won w/P. Wright 4&2	1	33.3%
1992	3	2-0-1	1-0-0 def B. King 2&1	1-0-0 won w/H. Alfredsson 2&1	0-0-1 halved H. Alfredsson	2.5	83.3%
1994	3	1-2-0	0-1-0 lost to D. Andrews 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 3&2	1-0-0 won w/H. Alfredsson 1up	1	33.3%
1996	5	1-2-2	0-0-1 halved w/B. Daniel	0-1-1 lost w/H. Alfredsson 2&1, halved w/K. Marshall	1-1-0 lost w/C. Nilsmark 1dn, won w/C. Nilsmark 3&1	2	40%
1998	4	1-3-0	1-0-0 def B. Burton 1up	0-2-0 lost w/L. Hackney 1dn, lost w/C. Nilsmark 3&1	0-1-0 lost w/C. Sörenstam 2&1	1	25%
2000	3	0-1-2	0-0-1 halved w P. Hurst	0-1-0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 1dn	0-0-1 halved w/P. Meunier-Lebouc	1	33.3%