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  ESPN.com - Alfredsson picks up first victory since 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alfredsson shot a 2-under 70 Sunday and picked up her first victory since 1998 after Pat Hurst's double bogey on the final hole of the Longs Drugs Challenge.
Alfredsson made an 18-inch par putt on the 18th hole at the Lincoln Hills Club to tie a tournament record with a 13-under 275 and defeat Hurst, Grace Park, Rachel Teske, Se Ri Pak and Yong Yeon Lee by one stroke.
Alfredsson, who entered the final round with a one-stroke lead, was 1-over for the day after nine holes but recorded three birdies on the backside.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1631358&type=story   (621 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today's news Alfredsson leaps into the lead
Helen Alfredsson, mired in a five-year title drought, sprung to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday at the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge, missing the best round of her career by one stroke with an eight-under-par 64.
Alfredsson has her work cut out for her if she is to win for the first time since 1998.
The 1992 Rookie of the Year, Alfredsson has lost some of her love for the game, so much so that she is playing in just her second event since the Women's British Open, which came in the first week of August.
sport.iafrica.com /news/275617.htm   (685 words)

  
 Helen Alfredsson - PGATOUR.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As an amateur, Alfredsson was the Swedish National champion in 1981-1984, 1986 and 1988.
Alfredsson has represented Europe as a member of the Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000.
In 2001, Alfredsson won the WPGA Championship on the Evian Ladies European Tour.
www.pgatour.com /u/ce/feature/pgatour/0,1977,826155,00.html   (136 words)

  
 KansasGolf | Alfredsson collapses, Pak shares Eagle lead 07/30/00
HOWLAND, Ohio -- Helen Alfredsson had three-putt bogeys on the final two holes, opening the door for Se Ri Pak and Michele Redman to share the lead through Saturday's second round of the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic.
Alfredsson led by a shot going to the 17th hole, but her putter failed her down the stretch, and she carded a 70 to trail by a stroke after 36 of 54 holes.
Alfredsson bladed her 7-iron approach on the same hole.
www.cjonline.com /stories/073000/ksg_eagle.shtml   (525 words)

  
 GolfDigest.com - Hollow victory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After Alfredsson skimmed the left edge of the hole with her birdie putt, it wasn't terribly surprising that a shaken Hurst missed her bogey putt.
Alfredsson had an 18-inch par putt for her fifth career LPGA win, and she knocked it in.
Alfredsson remembers those days when, as it is for Ochoa and Song, golf wasn't only the most important thing in her life, but also the most enjoyable thing.
www.golfdigest.com /newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/gw20031010lpga.html   (1213 words)

  
 HELEN ALFREDSSON, SUZANN PETTERSEN, AND PAULA MARTI, 2002 SOLHEIM CUP, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Helen, you are the only one who knows just what it's like to stand on the first tee at the start of a Solheim Cup.
HELEN ALFREDSSON: Well, she never makes mistakes, she hits them to about 2 feet and knocks the putt in, that's pretty much perfection right there.
Helen, someone said, and it was written, that you -- that your captain considered you to be the greatest match play contestant in the world.
www.asapsports.com /golf/2002solheim/091802APM.html   (2093 words)

  
 Helen Alfredsson named 2007 Solheim Cup Captain (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.wisc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alfredsson, 40, will be the Captain for the tenth Solheim Cup Match at Halmstad Golfklubb in Sweden, from September 14-16 th, 2007.
Alfredsson, who led the European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team to victory in 2003, made seven successive appearances in The Solheim Cup as a player from 1990 and has a 10-12-2 record.
Alfredsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and now resides in Orlando, Florida, with her husband Kent Nilsson, a former NHL ice hockey player.
www.golftoday.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /news/yeartodate/news05/alfredsson.html   (627 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Golf Online - Pak, Redman lead after 2 rounds
Alfredsson tossed her putter at her bag as she left the 18th green after her second consecutive bogey closed out a 2-under-par 70.
Alfredsson led by a shot going to the 17th hole, but her 45-foot birdie putt was left of the hole and she missed the 5-footer coming back.
Moments earlier, Alfredsson yelled at herself in frustration as she bladed her 7-iron approach on the same hole.
espn.go.com /golfonline/tours/s/2000/0729/659058.html   (857 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Helen Alfredsson has been named captain of Europe's Solheim Cup team which will bid to regain the trophy in 2007.
Alfredsson has made seven consecutive appearances in the Solheim Cup since making her debut in 1990, earning 11 points with 10 wins and two halves from her 24 matches.
Alfredsson is one of the stalwarts of women's golf, with 19 tournament victories in her 16-year career, including one major championship - the 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore.
www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Nov05/24/14.htm   (335 words)

  
 HELEN ALFREDSSON, 2003 LPGA Corning Classic, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports FastScripts, Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HELEN ALFREDSSON: I think I had a little bit -- you know, there is some holes that used to be very fast, you know, down-grade, and they haven't been as fast.
HELEN ALFREDSSON: You know, it's such a weird thing even to be in here, because everything is so up and down.
HELEN ALFREDSSON: No, you know, what I think, I'm just in a stage now where I work out hard and you try to find a comfort zone where you know where your ball is going.
www.asapsports.com /golf/2003corning/052203HA.html   (849 words)

  
 Helen Alfredsson om sin anorexi
Från golfbanor runt om i världen har Alfredsson, 32, följt rapporteringen om Victorias ätstörningar.
För Helen höll sjukdomen på att ödelägga hennes golfkarriär.
Helen Alfredssons fem råd till tjejer som drabbats av ätstörningar:
www.aftonbladet.se /sport/9803/19/helen.html   (464 words)

  
 Clash of the Titans on Sunday at Porthcawl
As the tournament title suggests, Alfredsson, winner of this event in 2001, certainly played ‘Golf as it should be’ played as she smashed the course record with a nine under par 64, while Davies was none too shoddy herself after carding a faultless five under 68.
Alfredsson jumped straight to the top of the leaderboard on 11-under par after a scintillating display of golf in the scorching conditions beside the Bristol Channel.
At the 14th, Alfredsson rifled a knock down 7-iron to six feet for her next birdie and at the 16th, she jumped into the lead after an outrageous putt of 40-feet for an eagle three.
www.racecar.com /golf/News/150804_6.htm   (709 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Golf Online - Alfredsson, Pak dominate Avalon Lakes
Alfredsson birdied the first six holes and eight of the first nine.
Alfredsson is a four-time winner in her nine years on tour but has been in a funk for most of the year.
After chipping in from 30 feet on the first hole for birdie, Alfredsson hit irons to 5, 3, 4, 6 and 9 feet on the next five holes -- and made all the putts to extend the string.
espn.go.com /golfonline/tours/s/2000/0728/657355.html   (645 words)

  
 Alfredsson is selected to serve as Europe's captain for the 2007 Solheim Cup
Alfredsson is selected to serve as Europe's captain for the 2007 Solheim Cup
Alfredsson is selected as Europe's captain for the 2007 Solheim Cup
Helen Alfredsson replaces fellow Swede Catrin Nilsmark for the 2007 edition, which will be played in Halmstad, Sweden.
www.pga.com /news/tours/lpga/solheim112405.cfm   (335 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Alfredsson gets first win on LPGA Tour since '94 1/25/98
Alfredsson, in pain for more than a decade because of a debilitating injury, earned her first victory on the LPGA tour since 1994, winning the $600,000 Office Depot tournament Sunday.
In a duel between two Swedish women who have been friends for 20 years, Alfredsson shot a closing round of 1-under-par 71 to finish at 277, two strokes ahead of Liselotte Neumann.
It was Alfredsson's third victory in seven years on the LPGA tour, but her first since 1994 in Boston.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/012698/spo_LS0397-5.001.shtml   (321 words)

  
 GOLFONLINE, From the Editors of GOLF MAGAZINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alfredsson is the third Swedish woman to be named captain after Catrin Nilsmark (2003, 2005) and Pia Nilsson (1998).
Alfredsson, 40, last appeared in the 2002 Solheim Cup in Minnesota, where she posted a 1-2 record that included a singles loss to Emilee Klein.
Alfredsson won the European Order of Merit title in 1998 and finished 67th on the LPGA Tour money list in 2005.
www.golfonline.com /golfonline/news/headlines/0,,news-tsn_20051124_100437,00.html   (346 words)

  
 Helen Alfredsson named Europe's Solheim Cup captain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alfredsson served as captain for the junior Solheim Cup team in 2003.
Alfredsson was born in Goteborg, a two-hour drive from Halmstad, and lives in Orlando, Fla., with her husband and caddie, former NHL ice hockey star Kent Nilsson.
Alfredsson turned pro in 1989 and has won 19 tournaments worldwide, including the 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore, a major.
www.canada.com /sports/golf/story.html?id=8ddfaeca-c871-44cc-8dd0-c95f0672ec2a   (565 words)

  
 Helen Alfredsson - Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin
Helen Alfredsson, född 9 april 1965 i Göteborg, är en svensk golfspelare.
Alfredsson har representerat Europa i Solheim Cup 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 och 2000.
Helen Alfredsson var den 68:e spelaren som vann en major.
sv.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helen_Alfredsson   (119 words)

  
 Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 97052697
Alfredsson explains how women golfers can put more muscle, more passion, and more fun into their game.
Now Alfredsson provides the missing keys to hitting these distance clubs long, high, and straight--a must for women who like to drive for show and drive for dough.
Following graduation from high school in Sweden, Helen Alfredsson divided her time between playing for the Swedish National Golf Team and working as a model in Paris.
www.loc.gov /catdir/description/random0413/97052697.html   (342 words)

  
 GolfInvestors : Player Profile : Helen Alfredsson : Financials (where fantasy becomes real)
Helen Alfredsson has not been traded on any GolfInvestor stock markets as of this date.
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golfinvestors.com /players/profile.php?id=3306&type=financial   (487 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | GOLF | Alfredsson leads Euro challenge
Helen Alfredsson raised hopes of back-to-back wins for Sweden on the US LPGA Tour with a first-round three-under-par 67 in Thursday's Office Depot Tournament at Doral, Miami, Florida.
Kathryn Marshall was the best-placed Briton with a one-over-par 71 on the Red course, while Laura Davies did not manage a birdie in her two-over 72.
Alfredsson, who won this event three years ago, had a miserable time last year, but she regained her confidence following a great performance in Europe's Solheim Cup victory over America Loch Lomond last October.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/golf/1137573.stm   (239 words)

  
 Alfredsson captures first win since 1998 at Longs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
LINCOLN, Calif. (AP) -- Helen Alfredsson shot a 2-under 70 Sunday and picked up her first victory since 1998 after Pat Hurst's double bogey on the final hole of the Longs Drugs Challenge.
Alfredsson made an 18-inch par putt on the 18th hole at the Lincoln Hills Club to finish at 13-under 275 and defeat Hurst, Grace Park, Rachel Teske, Se Ri Pak and Yong Yeon Lee by one stroke.
But she four-putted from the fringe for a double bogey, missing her bogey attempt from 18 inches, allowing Alfredsson to get the victory.
www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=18514   (557 words)

  
 Helen Alfredsson: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Helen Alfredsson joined the Taylor Made staff in 1988.
Alfredsson began playing golf at the age of 11.
In 1998, Alfredsson won the Office Depot, Welch's Circle K and European LPGA Evian Masters.
www.zoominfo.com /people/Alfredsson_Helen_12085609.aspx   (156 words)

  
 SAAB International Juniors 2006
Yet it is another Swedish girl, Helen Alfredsson who beats Brandt-Andersen to win the International.
Helen Alfredsson is 1 up after the 35th hole.
A birdie of her opponent on the 36th hole could put Helen in trouble but she is the one who birdies the hole and victory is hers on the 36th hole.
www.sij.be /palmaff.php?categ=girl&y=1982   (157 words)

  
 Sorenstam wraps up her six-shot victory in the inaugural Dubai Ladies Masters
Helen Alfredsson of Sweden posted a 67 to finish second at 276, as she overtook Karrie Webb, who managed a 70 and came in third.
The top-ranked Swede, who led the entire tournament, had four birdies in the final round to finish at 18-under 270 on the Emirates Golf Club's Majlis Course, which also regularly hosts the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour.
Helen Alfredsson (67) was second at 276, followed by Karrie Webb (70) at 278.
www.pga.com /news/tours/lpga/dubai102906.cfm?rss   (423 words)

  
 The Independent Helen Alfredsson Home Page - News
Nabisco Dinah Shore: Helen opened the first major of the season with a hole-in-one at the 14th hole.
Helen will now take two or three weeks off to relax and practice but will then be back at the tour.
Helen has been among the top players in Europe for very long but this was Helen's first total win.
www.algonet.se /~gulthus/helen/news.htm   (471 words)

  
 Electrolux - Electrolux Official Partner of The 2007 Solheim Cup and European captain, Helen Alfredsson
The household appliances leader has also signed a two year contract with Helen Alfredsson, captain of the European Solheim Cup Team.
Helen Alfredsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, and started playing golf when she was 11.
Helen has been a member of the European Solheim Cup team seven times.
www.electrolux.com /node419.aspx   (401 words)

  
 One of a kind - Helen Alfredsson Golf Digest - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was a trend that began in 1983, when, at age 18, she ran off to try a career as a model in Paris.
Her performance during that period was affected by a broken bone in her pelvis, an injury she had suffered in 1985 while riding a bicycle at U.S. International University in San Diego.
It was around the same time that Alfredsson began her relationship with the school's men's soccer coach, Leo Cuellar.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_4_50/ai_54425666   (884 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A Good Swing is Hard to Find: Books: Helen Alfredsson,Amy Ellis Nutt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The point of this exercise is to discover where power comes from; it's not in the muscles, it's in the swing, the rhythm generated by the movement of the entire body.
A good swing may be hard to find, but Helen Alfredsson can point you in the right direction.
That Helen Alfredsson, one of the most beloved characters of our homeland, Sweden, should have her name associated with this book, leaves me in disbelief!
www.amazon.com /Good-Swing-Hard-Find/dp/0385488211   (1346 words)

  
 Sorenstam wins Dubai Ladies Masters - Boston.com
The 36-year-old Swede posted an 18-under-par total of 270 to win by six shots from fellow Swedish player Helen Alfredsson, who shot 67.
The top-ranked Swede, who led the entire tournament, had four birdies in the final round to finish at 18-under 270 on the Emirates Golf Club's Majlis Course.
Alfredsson, the captain of the 2007 European Solheim Cup team, birdied the first two holes but dropped shots on the next two.
www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2006/10/29/sorenstam_wins_dubai_ladies_masters   (383 words)

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