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Pernilla Lindberg
Lindberg at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Nickname"P", "Pillan"
Born (1986-07-13) 13 July 1986 (age 39)
Bollnäs, Sweden
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
SpouseDaniel Taylor
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional2009
Former toursLPGA Tour (2010–2025)
Ladies European Tour (2010–2024)
Futures Tour (2009)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipT18: 2020
U.S. Women's OpenT5: 2015
Women's British OpenT11: 2013
Evian ChampionshipT26: 2018
Achievements and awards
Annika Sörenstam Trophy2003
Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year2006
Swedish Golfer of the Year2018

Pernilla Anna Lindberg (born 13 July 1986) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2018 ANA Inspiration, a major championship, and represented Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics. As an amateur she was part of the team winning the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy, the IGF's World Amateur Team Championship.[1][2]

Early life

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Lindberg was born and grew up in Bollnäs in the province of Hälsingland, Gävleborg County, Sweden. As a youth in Sweden, she was an alpine ski racer.[3] She started playing golf at the age of four introduced by her father Jan, one of the leading players in the local golf club, Bollnäs Golf Club, in the 1970s.[4]

2002–2004, Lindberg won seven national youth tournaments in Sweden.[5] In 2003, she topped the Swedish Junior Tour Order of Merit, and was awarded the Annika Sörenstam Trophy.[6]

Amateur career

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Lindberg had a successful career. She beat the Americans in the 2003 Junior Solheim Cup at Bokskogen Golf Club 121⁄2–111⁄2 as part of the European team.[7]

With the Swedish national team, she was part of winning the 2004 European Girls' Team Championship, the 2006 European Lady Junior's Team Championship, and the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship.[5]

In 2005, she represented Sweden at the Spirit International Amateur in Texas and won the individual title.[8]

Lindberg was also part of the team representing Sweden at the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy in Adelaide, Australia together with Caroline Hedwall and Anna Nordqvist. Sweden won the team tournament for their second title and the first wire-to-wire win seen in the championship in 18 years, beating team Spain by 12 strokes. Lindberg finished 18th individually, despite none of her four rounds counted towards the team score. After Sweden took a 10-stroke-lead after the first round, Lindberg joked that they could sell her non-counting 1-under-par-score to another team for an expensive price.[9]

In 2008 she tied for 10th at the 2008 Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika on the Ladies European Tour.

Lindberg played college golf in the United States with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where she was a three-time All-American.[10] She graduated in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in international business.[11]

Professional career

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Lindberg joined the Duramed Futures Tour in June 2009 and was runner-up at the iMPACT Classic in Virginia. At the end of the year, she qualified for both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour (LET) for 2010. On the LET, she was runner-up at the 2010 New Zealand Women's Open, after she shot a career low 63 (−9), and at the 2011 Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in China.[4]

Lindberg tied for 5th at the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, her best major championship finish so far.

Her first professional win came at a major championship, the 2018 ANA Inspiration held March 29 – April 2 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California . She prevailed in a sudden-death playoff, which extended to eight holes, over Inbee Park and Jennifer Song. Despite holding a three-shot lead after 54 holes, Lindberg shot 71 in the final round. In the final pairing, she birdied the 72nd hole to finish at 273 (−15), tied with Park and Song. In the playoff, Song was eliminated on the third extra hole when Park and Lindberg both birdied. After another try, the remaining two parred the hole and play was suspended due to darkness.[12] On Monday morning, the playoff resumed on the 10th hole, then went to 17 and back to 18. Still tied after seven extra holes, the players returned to #10, where Lindberg sank a thirty-foot (9 m) birdie putt, while Park missed hers from twenty feet (6 m).[1] The victory boosted Lindberg′s world ranking 61 places, from 95 to 34, and a few weeks later she reached a career-best 29.[1]

In October 2025, Lindberg announced her retirement from the LPGA Tour at age 39, after 340 starts and $3.4 million in prize money.[13]

Personal life

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On 31 January 2019, Lindberg married Daniel Taylor, who had been her caddie for several seasons.[14]

Awards, honors

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In 2013, Lindberg received Elit Sign number 142 by the Swedish Golf Federation based on world ranking achievements.[15]

In July 2018, she was named honorary member of Bollnäs Golf Club, were the won the club championship in 2001, when she was 15 years old.[16]

For the 2018 season, she was named Swedish Golfer of the Year.[17]

In 2019, she received The Golden Club ("Guldklubban") the highest award by the Swedish Golf Federation for contributions to Swedish golf.[18]

In 2020, she was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.[19]

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (1)

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LPGA Tour wins (1)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runners-up Winner's
share ($)
1 2 Apr 2018 ANA Inspiration 65-67-70-71=273 −15 Playoff South Korea Inbee Park
United States Jennifer Song 		420,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2018 ANA Inspiration South Korea Inbee Park
United States Jennifer Song 		Won with birdie on eighth extra hole
Song eliminated by birdie on third hole


Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2018 ANA Inspiration 3 shot lead −15 (65-67-70-71=273) Playoff1 South Korea Inbee Park, United States Jennifer Song

1 Defeated Park and Song in a sudden-death playoff: Lindberg (5-5-4-5-4-3-5-3), Park (5-5-4-5-4-3-5-x) and Song (5-5-5).

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Chevron Championship CUT T55 T34 T20 T18 T21 1 CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT T28 T53 CUT CUT CUT T49 T60
U.S. Women's Open CUT T63 T5 T46 T48 T59 CUT
The Evian Championship^ T64 T41 T46 T64 CUT T26 CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T11 CUT CUT CUT T43 T35 CUT
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Chevron Championship T74 T14 T53 CUT CUT 81
U.S. Women's Open T58 T49 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T18 CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship^ NT CUT 69
Women's British Open T45 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 1 0 0 1 1 5 14 10
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 7
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 5
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 4
Totals 1 0 0 2 2 8 60 32
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2018 ANA – 2018 Evian)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2010 14 6 0 0 0 0 T33 41,179 102 73.44 94
2011 11 5 0 0 0 0 T29 53,353 90 73.33 80
2012 18 10 0 0 0 0 T11 131,204 70 72.60 59
2013 25 17 0 0 0 0 T11 206,926 60 72.39 65
2014 30 23 0 0 1 3 T3 411,232 42 71.84 50
2015 29 23 0 0 0 1 T5 417,225 40 71.83 52
2016 30 22 0 0 0 2 7 329,857 59 71.77 61
2017 28 17 0 0 0 2 T4 295,505 62 72.27 109
2018 27 22 1 0 0 2 1 669,628 29 72.19 96
2019 24 12 0 0 0 0 T23 100,054 111 72.56 127
2020 17 15 0 0 0 1 T9 229,189 50 72.18 77
2021 22 12 0 0 0 1 T8 127,907 102 72.13 100
2022 19 11 0 0 0 0 T22 82,378 124 71.95 104
2023 21 14 0 0 0 0 T23 124,862 119 71.83 91
2024 19 6 0 0 0 0 T25 88,651 138 72.75 141

As of the 2024 season[20]

LET career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
(€)		 Order of
Merit		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2004 1 0 0 0 0 0 T80 0 77.00
2005 1 0 0 0 0 0 T136 0 82.50
2006 1 1 0 0 0 0 T51 0 73.75
2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 T49 0 75.00
2008 1 1 0 0 0 1 T10 0 70.00
2010 8 6 0 1 0 2 T2 48,463 45 72.08
2011 13 11 0 1 0 6 2 91,054 18 71.47 43
2012 11 9 0 0 1 4 3 99,404 18 71.81
2013 9 7 0 0 0 3 T7 77,214 18 71.64 14
2014 5 4 0 0 0 0 T32 22,878 61 72.53
2015 4 3 0 0 0 0 6 30,737 73.14
2016 3 2 0 0 0 0 T60 9,577 73.10 73
2017 6 4 0 0 0 0 T5 44,579 21 71.40 27
2018 5 4 0 0 0 2 4 66,279 71.24 19
2019 2 0 0 0 0 0 CUT 0
2020 2 2 0 0 0 0 T45 18,938
2021 5 3 0 0 0 3 7 49,423 57
2022 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 9,975
  • through the 2022 season[21]

Futures Tour summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2009 10 10 0 1 1 5 T2 29,767 11 70.87 1
  • joined in June at mid-season

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2006 669 [22]
2007 654 [23]
2008 503 [24]
2009 379 [25]
2010 202 [26]
2011 134 [27]
2012 123 [28]
2013 118 [29]
2014 93 [30]
2015 87 [31]
2016 104 [32]
2017 109 [33]
2018 42 [34]
2019 156 [35]
2020 158 [36]
2021 172 [37]
2022 284 [38]
2023 234 [39]
2024 368 [40]

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Pernilla Lindberg captures ANA Inspiration title on eighth extra hole". ESPN. Associated Press. 2 April 2018.
  2. ^ Daniel Grefve, Annika Greder Duncan (2 April 2018). "Pernilla Lindberg majorvinnare – efter sanslös rysare". Sveriges radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Pernilla Lindberg on getting fit for golf". Ladies European Tour. 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Pernilla Lindberg Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Pernilla Lindberg". Golfdata. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Annika Sörenstam Trophy". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  7. ^ Oklahoma State Athletics Archived 16 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b "Spirit Champions". The Spirit International. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ^ Kowalski, Pete. "Women's World Amateur Team: Sweden has scorching start". IGF Media. Amateur Golf. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  10. ^ "OSU Max: Cowboy Face-To-Face With Pernilla Lindberg". Oklahoma State University. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  11. ^ "OSU's Pernilla Lindberg Finishes Second At New Zealand Open". Greater Tulse Reporter. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Park, Lindberg to return Monday for 5th playoff hole in ANA". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  13. ^ Lees, Josh (11 October 2025). "LPGA major champion announces retirement aged 39". bunkered. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  14. ^ Mell, Randall (5 February 2018). "Lindberg gets married ahead of this week's Vic Open". Golf Channel.
  15. ^ "Svenska Golfförbundet, Utmärkelser, Elitmärket" [Swedish Golf Federation, Awards, Elite Sign] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Bollnäs Golfklubb, klubbmästare" [Bollnäs Golf Club, Club Champions] (in Swedish). Bollnäs Golf Club. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Pernilla Lindberg Golfer of the Year 2018". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Svenska Golfförbundet, Utmärkelser, Guldklubban" [Swedish Golf Federation, Awards, The Golden Club] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  19. ^ "PGA of Sweden, Utmärkelser, Hedersmedlemar" [PGA of Sweden, Awards, Honorary Members] (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
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  21. ^ "Pernilla Lindberg stats". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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  33. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  34. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  35. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  36. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  37. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  38. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  39. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  40. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2024.
  41. ^ a b "European Team Championships". European Golf Association. 16 October 2015.
  42. ^ "International matches". European Golf Association. 16 October 2015.
  43. ^ "Spirit Champions". The Spirit International. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
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