Karin Sjodin

Karin Sjodin

Professional Career

• In 2010, best finish is a tie for 19th at the LPGA Championship Presented
    by Wegmans; tied 33rd at the Bell Micro LPGA Classic.
• In 2009, best finish was a tie for 13th at the Sybase Classic Presented by ShopRite.
• In 2008, recorded a season-best tie for 25th at both the Ginn OPEN and the Ginn
    Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA.
• In 2007, best finish was a tie for ninth at the MasterCard Classic Honoring Alejo
    Peralta Presented by Televisa Deportes; led the Tour in driving distance with
    an average of 275.6 yards. l In 2006, recorded a career-best tie for seventh at
    the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by SemGroup; carded a
    career-low 64 during the second round of the Franklin American Mortgage
    Championship benefiting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt;
    led the Tour in driving distance with an average of 284.5 yards.
• In 2005, turned professional in July; tied for 16th at the LPGA Final Qualifying
    Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2006 LPGA season.

Amateur

Sjodin was the Swedish Junior Champion and European Team Champion in 2000. As an amateur, she won the 2000 Oijared Ladies Open on the Telia Tour and was a member of the Swedish National Team from 2000-05. In 2001, she finished third at the Spanish Open Championship. In 2004, Sjodin was the World Amateur Team and Individual Champion. As a member of the Oklahoma State University (OSU) women’s golf team, she was named NCAA All-America Honorable Mention from 2003-04, First- Team All-American in 2005, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and Second-Team All-Big 12 in 2003, and First-Team Academic All- American from 2003-05; she was also named First-Team All-Big 12 in 2004 and 2005. She posted three collegiate victories at OSU and was the NCAA individual runner-up in 2004. Sjodin was the recipient of the 2005 Dinah Shore Trophy Award and Edith