Antonella Cvitan | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Antonella Cvitan Bäckström | ||
Born | Helsingborg, Sweden | 3 September 1980||
Sporting nationality | Sweden | ||
Residence | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
Spouse | Joakim Bäckström | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2001 | ||
Former tour(s) |
Ladies European Tour (2001–2010) LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour Nedbank Women's 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: 2006 | ||
Evian Championship | DNP | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Antonella Cvitan (born 3 September 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer and former Ladies European Tour player.
Cvitan turned professional in 2001 and joined the Ladies European Tour, having finished 26th at Q-School. She played on the LET until 2010. 2007 was her best season, with top-15 finishes at the Ladies Open of Portugal and Ladies Scottish Open. [2]
Playing on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa several seasons early 2000s, Cvitan was runner-up at the 2005 Telkom Women's Classic in Pretoria, two strokes behind Laurette Maritz, after she birdied her final three holes. [3]
Cvitan won two titles on the Swedish Golf Tour, the 2004 Telia Grand Opening and the 2006 Klitterbyn Ladies Open. In addition, she was runner-up at the 2006 Falköping Ladies Open, 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters, 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters and the 2009 Körunda Ladies Open. [2]
Cvitan played on the LET Access Series between 2012 and 2014. She won the 2012 Samsø Ladies Open with a par on the first playoff hole, after Nicole Broch Larsen hit her tee shot out of bounds, and was runner-up at the 2013 Ingarö Ladies Open. [4]
Her only major appearance was at the 2006 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where she did not make the cut. [5]
She has been attached to Vasatorp Golf Club and Kristianstad Golf Club. [6]
Cvitan married former European Tour player Joakim Bäckström. They won the Swedish Husband-Wife Championship in 2014 and 2019. [7]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
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1 | 18 Aug 2012 | Samsø Ladies Open | 70-73-70=213 | –3 | Playoff | Nicole Broch Larsen (a) | [8] |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
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1 | 11 May 2004 | Telia Grand Opening | 73-67=140 | +2 | 1 stroke | Lisa Holm Sørensen | [9] |
2 | 11 Jun 2006 | Klitterbyn Ladies Open | 70-65-71=206 | –7 | 1 stroke | Caroline Hedwall | [10] |
Source: [11]
Antonella Cvitan | |||
---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||
Full name | Antonella Cvitan Bäckström | ||
Born | Helsingborg, Sweden | 3 September 1980||
Sporting nationality | Sweden | ||
Residence | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
Spouse | Joakim Bäckström | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2001 | ||
Former tour(s) |
Ladies European Tour (2001–2010) LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour Nedbank Women's 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: 2006 | ||
Evian Championship | DNP | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
|
Antonella Cvitan (born 3 September 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer and former Ladies European Tour player.
Cvitan turned professional in 2001 and joined the Ladies European Tour, having finished 26th at Q-School. She played on the LET until 2010. 2007 was her best season, with top-15 finishes at the Ladies Open of Portugal and Ladies Scottish Open. [2]
Playing on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa several seasons early 2000s, Cvitan was runner-up at the 2005 Telkom Women's Classic in Pretoria, two strokes behind Laurette Maritz, after she birdied her final three holes. [3]
Cvitan won two titles on the Swedish Golf Tour, the 2004 Telia Grand Opening and the 2006 Klitterbyn Ladies Open. In addition, she was runner-up at the 2006 Falköping Ladies Open, 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters, 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters and the 2009 Körunda Ladies Open. [2]
Cvitan played on the LET Access Series between 2012 and 2014. She won the 2012 Samsø Ladies Open with a par on the first playoff hole, after Nicole Broch Larsen hit her tee shot out of bounds, and was runner-up at the 2013 Ingarö Ladies Open. [4]
Her only major appearance was at the 2006 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where she did not make the cut. [5]
She has been attached to Vasatorp Golf Club and Kristianstad Golf Club. [6]
Cvitan married former European Tour player Joakim Bäckström. They won the Swedish Husband-Wife Championship in 2014 and 2019. [7]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 18 Aug 2012 | Samsø Ladies Open | 70-73-70=213 | –3 | Playoff | Nicole Broch Larsen (a) | [8] |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 May 2004 | Telia Grand Opening | 73-67=140 | +2 | 1 stroke | Lisa Holm Sørensen | [9] |
2 | 11 Jun 2006 | Klitterbyn Ladies Open | 70-65-71=206 | –7 | 1 stroke | Caroline Hedwall | [10] |
Source: [11]