Tonje Frydenberg Daffinrud (born 19 September 1991) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour between 2015 and 2021, and represented Norway at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[1]
| Tonje Daffinrud | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tonje Frydenberg Daffinrud | ||
| Born | 19 September 1991 Tønsberg, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Norway | ||
| Residence | Østerås, Oslo, Norway | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of Denver | ||
| Turned professional | 2014 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2015) LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Amateur career
editAs a junior, Daffinrud represented Europe at the 2009 Junior Solheim Cup.[2] She also represented the Norwegian National Team at the European Ladies' Team Championship and Espirito Santo Trophy. She played collegiate golf with the Denver Pioneers, like her compatriot Espen Kofstad, and graduated from the University of Denver in 2014 with a degree in International Business and Economics.[1][3]
In 2016, she won the Norwegian National Golf Championship and was awarded the Kongepokal.[4][5]
Professional career
editDaffinrud joined the LET Access Series midway through the 2014 season and won two tournaments back-to-back in October, the Azores Ladies Open in Azores, Portugal and the Grecotel Amirandes Ladies Open in Crete, Greece. After three further top-five finishes, she finished fifth on the 2014 LETAS Order of Merit and earned LET membership for the 2015 Ladies European Tour.[6][7]
Her rookie season on the LET in 2015 was affected by injury. She played in eight tournaments with a season best T13 at the Lalla Meryem Cup. In 2017, she earned her first top-10 finish with a T6 in the Oates Vic Open and in 2019 posted two top-10s, T10 in La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational and her career best finish of T4 in the Ladies European Thailand Championship along with Marianne Skarpnord.[1] She qualified for the 2017, 2019 and 2020 Women's British Open as one of the top 25 from the current LET Order of Merit, and was successful in the local qualifiers in 2018.
In 2019, she won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit[8] and finished a career-best 18th on the LET Order of Merit.[9]
Plagued by injuries, Daffinrud announced her retirement from tour following the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, just days before her 30th birthday.[10]
Professional wins (5)
editLET Access Series wins (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Oct 2014 | Azores Ladies Open | 71-68-73=212 | −4 | 3 strokes |  Daniela Prorokova
|
| 2 | 10 Oct 2014 | Grecotel Amirandes Ladies Open | 66-67-70=203 | −10 | 3 strokes |  Daisy Nielsen
|
| 3 | 29 Aug 2019 | Scandic PGA Championship1 | 66-70-66=202 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Johanna Gustavsson Maja Stark
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour
Swedish Golf Tour (2)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Jul 2019 | Moss & Rygge Open | 70-64-67=201 | −15 | 8 strokes | Michaela Finn
|
| 2 | 29 Aug 2019 | Scandic PGA Championship1 | 66-70-66=202 | −14 | 2 strokes | Johanna Gustavsson Maja Stark
|
1Co-sanctioned by the LET Access Series
Other wins
editResults in LPGA majors
editResults not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | ||||
| Women's PGA Championship | ||||
| The Evian Championship | NT | |||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
NT = no tournament
Team appearances
editAmateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Norway): 2007, 2010, 2011
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Norway): 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
- Junior Solheim Cup: (representing Europe): 2009
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tonje Daffinrud – Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Tonje Daffinrud". WAGR. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Daffinrud nærmer seg verdens amatør-elite" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Norgesmesterskapene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Golf Federation. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Power Rankings: NM i golf" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "2014 Order of Merit". LET Access Series.
- ^ "Former Pioneer Tonje Daffinrud added to LET". University of Denver Athletics. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule, Orders of Merit 2013-2019" (in Swedish). Svenska Golfförbundet, Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Tonje Daffinrud legger opp: – Tiden var inne" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
External links
edit- Tonje Daffinrud at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Tonje Daffinrud at the WPGA Tour Australasia official site
- Tonje Daffinrud at the ALPG Tour official site (archived)
- Tonje Daffinrud at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Tonje Daffinrud at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
- Tonje Daffinrud at Olympics.com
- Tonje Daffinrud at Olympedia (archive)
