Petra Rigby-Jinglöv (born 20 February 1969) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies Asian Golf Tour. She won the 1997 Malaysia JAL Ladies Open.[1]
| Petra Rigby-Jinglöv | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 20 February 1969 |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1994 |
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (1994–1999) Ladies Asian Golf Tour Swedish Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
Amateur career edit
Rigby-Jinglöv was selected for the National Team and won silver at the 1991 European Ladies' Team Championship at Wentworth Golf Club, teamed with Maria Bertilsköld, Charlotte Eliasson, Åsa Gottmo, Carin Koch and Annika Sörenstam, under captain Pia Nilsson.[2]
Professional career edit
Rigby-Jinglöv turned professional in 1994 and joined the Ladies European Tour. Her best finishes as a rookie was a T13 at the Ladies Austrian Open and a T15 at the La Manga Spanish Open. The next year, she recorded a T10 at the season opener, the Costa Azul Ladies Open, and ended the season a career best of 59th on the LET Order of Merit. In 1996, she made the cut at the Women's British Open.[1]
Making five starts on the 1997 Ladies Asian Golf Tour in Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, she won the Malaysia JAL Ladies Open with a score of 211, five under par, at Glenmarie Golf & Country Club in Kuala Lumpur.[1]
Rigby-Jinglöv also played on the Swedish Golf Tour and won the 1994 Höganäs Ladies Open at Mölle Golf Club and the 1996 Körunda Ladies Open at Nynäshamn Golf Club, both the respective year's designated Swedish International Stroke Play Championship. She was also runner-up at the 1996 Rörstrand Ladies Open.[2]
In 1998, she won the Swedish Couples' Championship, held at Mariestad Golf Club, together with her husband Mikael Jinglöv.[2]
Professional wins (3) edit
Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1) edit
Swedish Golf Tour wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 May 1994 | SI · Höganäs Ladies Open | 219 | +3 | 2 strokes | Maria Bertilsköld |
[3] |
| 2 | 7 Jul 1996 | SI · Körunda Ladies Open | 215 | −1 | Playoff | Marlene Hedblom |
[4] |
Source:[1]
Team appearances edit
Amateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1991
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Petra Rigby-Jinglöv". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Golf - Den Stora Sporten". SGF. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "1994 SI Höganäs Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "1996 Körunda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Westerberg, Anders (September 1991). "...Och här blev det silver" [...And here it became silver]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. p. 73. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Resultat, EM damer" [Results, European Ladies' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1991. p. 81. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 193. ISBN 91-86818007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "European Ladies' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
External links edit
- Petra Rigby-Jinglöv at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)