Nanna Koerstz Madsen (born 23 October 1994) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the American LPGA Tour and maintains membership of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand and made history becoming the first Dane to win an LPGA Tour event. She played in the 2021 Solheim Cup and represented Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she finished tied for 13th, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished tied for 9th.
Amateur career Madsen had a successful amateur career and she won both the 2012 Danish Women's Match Play Championship and the 2013 Danish Women's Stroke Play Championship. She was 2013 British Ladies Amateur Championship stroke play medalist with rounds of 69 and 72.
At the end of the season 2014, Madsen finished as the best European amateur player on the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
She played college golf with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team at the University of South Carolina, winning the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate, before turning professional after only one semester.
Professional career Madsen earned her LET card by winning the Lalla Aicha Tour School Final Qualifying and was a Ladies European Tour rookie in 2015. On the 2015 Ladies European Tour, she finished 9th on the Order of Merit. In 2016, she won the Tipsport Golf Masters and finished 6th on the Order of Merit.
Madsen devoted the 2017 season to earning a membership on the LPGA Tour by playing the season on the Symetra Tour where she became a three-time winner resulting in her becoming the 12th player to earn a "Battlefield Promotion" to the LPGA Tour, playing in three events between late August and early September. She started as a rookie on the LPGA Tour from the beginning of the 2018 season.
In 2019, she was runner-up at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. She finished tied for 3rd at the 2021 ANA Inspiration.
Madsen captured the 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand to become the first LPGA Tour winner from Denmark. After a hard-fought battle with China's Lin Xiyu, she drained a 10-foot putt for eagle on the second playoff hole to take the title. After the win, her world ranking jumped up 22 places, from #55 to #33.
After her playoff loss to Atthaya Thitikul in the JTBC Classic on 27 March, her world ranking jumped up 13 places, to #19.
Amateur wins 2009 Danish Junior Ladies 2010 Danish Junior Ladies 2012 DGU Elite Tour Damer II, Danish Women's Match Play Championship 2013 Danish Women's Stroke Play Championship, European Club Trophy 2014 European Nations Cup (individual), DGU Elite Tour Damer II, Danish International Championship, Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate Source:
Professional wins (6) LPGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-up1 13 Mar 2022 Honda LPGA Thailand65-64-66-67=262−26Playoff Lin Xiyu
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12022Honda LPGA Thailand Lin XiyuWon with eagle on second extra hole22022JTBC Classic Atthaya ThitikulLost to bogey on second extra hole
Ladies European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunners-up1 19 Jun 2016 Tipsport Golf Masters68-65-65=198−155 strokes Pamela Pretswell Stacey Keating
Symetra Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner(s)-up1 30 Apr 2017 Symetra Classic65-72-68=205 −112 strokes Daniela Darquea Mariah Stackhouse2 4 Jun 2017Fuccillo Kia Championship68-71-66=205 −81 stroke Daniela Iacobelli Kim Welch323 Jul 2017Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic66-67-67-66=266−227 strokes Laura Wearn
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunners-up1 13 Mar 2013 A6 Ladies Open (as an amateur)73-71-66=210−63 strokes Eva Bjärvall Josephine Janson
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020Chevron ChampionshipCUTT66T51Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTCUTT13U.S. Women's OpenCUTT16CUTThe Evian Championship ^CUTCUT72NTWomen's British OpenT21T37CUTCUTCUT Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT3T8T28T17CUTT34U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUT70CUTCUTT54Women's PGA ChampionshipT15CUTT11CUTT52T42The Evian ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTCUTT56T59Women's British Open T5CUTCUTT10CUTCUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 1 1 2 3 9 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 3Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 5The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 4Totals 0 0 1 2 4 10 47 22 Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2026 Chevron – 2026 Evian) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2021 Evian – 2022 Chevron)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2015110000T210n/a72.25n/a2016320000T370n/a72.50n/a201763010120n/a73.18n/a20182290000T1591,42410672.18942019252001022552,0723871.486620201280001T5162,1086872.0871202120160012T3635,9483170.77382022231211031632,1064970.8942202325160001T4445,7226471.6279202426190005T3844,8054770.8421202523180004T4685,0385770.1412Totals^186 124 1 3 1 19 1 4,049,223 127 ^ Official as of 2025 season *Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year. Year Worldranking Source 2015 159 2016 103 2017 134 2018 246 2019 67 2020 76 2021 50 2022 53 2023 117 2024 86 2025 61
Team appearances Amateur European Girls' Team Championship (representing the Denmark): 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Denmark): 2012, 2014 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2013, 2014
Professional The Queens (representing Europe): 2015, 2016 Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2021 (winners), 2026 (winners)
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career62–3–11–0–10–1–01–2–02.533.3202131–1–10–0–1 halved w/ A. Ernst0–0–01–1–0 lost w/ M. Sagström 1 dnwon w/ C. Ciganda 1 up1.550.0202631–2–01–0–0 def. A. Corpuz 2&10–1–0 lost w/ C. Boutier 3&20–1–0 lost w/ C. Boutier 5&3133.3
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