Line Vedel Hansen (born 4 March 1989) is a retired Danish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour between 2011 and 2015. She won the 2012 Ladies Slovak Open.
Amateur career Vedel Hansen started playing golf at Haderslev Golfklub as a nine year old, as her parents had a house adjoining the golf course. She was the girl club champion in 2001, 2003, and 2004, and the ladies club champion in 2003, 2005, and 2006.Haderslev Golfklub | Klubmester She enjoyed a successful amateur career, including a runner-up position at the 2010 European Ladies Amateur Championship, the best performance by a Danish golfer in the European Championships until Emily Kristine Pedersen won the tournament in 2013.EM-sølv til Line Vedel Hansen | Golf.dk She also won the 2010 Mölle Masters on the Swedish Golf Tour by a convincing 8 strokes.
Professional career Vedel Hansen qualified for the 2011 Ladies European Tour (LET) by finishing 16th at Q-School in December 2010, and turned professional in January 2011. After three years on the LET, she finished ninth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2013 to qualify for the 2014 LPGA Tour. In April 2014, she finished fourth at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in San Francisco and followed up with fifth place at the Meijer LPGA Classic and the Portland Classic.
In early 2015, after finishing 45th on the 2014 LPGA Money List and reaching 59th place on the Women's World Golf Rankings, the highest ranked Danish golfer to date, she took an indefinite break from tour, and forfeited her start at the 2015 Women's PGA Championship. By the end of the year she announced she would not be seeking a medical extension, and instead retire from pro golf due to spinal disc herniation, only 26 years old.
Professional wins (2) Ladies European Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-up110 Jun 2012Allianz Ladies Slovak Open71-69-69=209−72 strokes Caroline Masson
Swedish Golf Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-up117 Sep 2010 Mölle Masters(as an amateur) 71-72-69=212 +2 8 strokes Therese Nilsson
Results in LPGA majors Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTThe Evian Championship^T61Women's British OpenT33T62CUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Team appearances Amateur European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2008, 2010 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Denmark): 2010
References
External links