Heléne Elisabeth Koch (née Andersson) (born 9 May 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and was runner-up at the 1996 Costa Azul Ladies Open.
| Heléne Koch | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Heléne Elisabeth Koch |
| Born | 9 May 1967 |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Spouse | Magnus Koch |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1989 |
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour Swedish Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
Amateur career edit
Koch was a member of the winning Swedish team at the European Ladies' Team Championship at Turnberry in 1987, together with Helen Alfredsson, Eva Dahllöf, Pia Nilsson, Sofia Grönberg, Malin Landehag and Margareta Bjurö. She teamed up with Helen Alfredsson and Eva Dahllöf again for the 1988 Espirito Santo Trophy, held at Drottningholm in Stockholm, where they finished second after the United States, the best Swedish finish to date. In 1987, she represented the Continent of Europe in the Vagliano Trophy.[1]
In 1986, Koch won the Finnish International Ladies Amateur Championship, and also the IBM Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour (SGT), while still an amateur. Playing on the SGT, she was runner-up at the 1987 SI Trygg-Hansa Open behind Michiko Hattori and at the 1988 Ängsö Ladies Open, behind Pia Nilsson. In 1988, she won the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship.[1]
Professional career edit
Koch turned professional in 1989 and joined the Ladies European Tour, where she finished third at the Godiva Ladies European Masters in Belgium, just missing out on the playoff between Kitrina Douglas and Marie-Laure de Lorenzi. On the 1992 SGT, she was runner-up at the Aspeboda Ladies Open and Conor Ladies Open, both behind Carin Koch.[2]
On the 1996 Ladies European Tour, she was runner-up at the Costa Azul Ladies Open in Portugal, two strokes behind Shani Waugh,[3] and finished 56th on the Order of Merit.[4]
Amateur wins edit
- 1986 Finnish International Ladies Amateur Championship
- 1987 Swedish Junior Match Play Championship
- 1988 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship
Source:[1]
Professional wins (3) edit
Swedish Golf Tour (3) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 May 1986 | IBM Ladies Open (as an amateur) | 76-79-76=231 | +15 | 1 stroke | Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore
|
[5] |
| 2 | 29 May 1994 | Esab Ladies Open | 219 | +6 | 6 strokes | Carin Koch
|
[6] |
| 3 | 6 Sep 1998 | Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay | 3 and 2 | Josefin Stålvant
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[7] | ||
Team appearances edit
Amateur
- Vagliano Trophy (representing Continent of Europe): 1987
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1987 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1988
References edit
- ^ a b c "Golf - den stora sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 186, 195, 211, 226. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Results Helene Koch". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Results Ladies Open Costa Azul". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Results IBM Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Results Esab Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Results Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay". Golfdata. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
External links edit
- Helene Koch at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Helene Koch at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)