Caroline Westrup

Caroline Westrup (born 11 February 1986) is a Norwegian-Swedish professional golfer. She represented Sweden until she acquired Norwegian citizenship in 2015.

Personal information
Full nameCaroline Westrup
Born (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986
Kristianstad, Sweden
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality Norway (2015–)
 Sweden (1986–2015)
ResidenceBradenton, Florida
Career
CollegeFlorida State University
Turned professional2009
Retired2018
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2014)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT59: 2013
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Caroline retired from playing on tour for eight years in 2018 and is currently a golf coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton Florida.

Westrup moved from her home to of Åhus, Sweden to Bærum, Norway at age 11 after her father, Charlie Westrup, was appointed head coach of the Norwegian Golf Association. At 16 she moved to Perstorp, Sweden to attend the Swedish National Golf Gymnasium from which she graduated in 2005.[1] She majored in sport management and minored in communications at Florida State University, and recorded five wins in collegiate competition. She were a two-time NGCA All-American First Team selection (2006, 2007) and four-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Scholar Athlete selection (2006–09).[2]

Westrup had a successful amateur career and was part of the Swedish national team from 2001. She was runner-up at the 2002 European Girls Team Championship in Turin and finished third at the 2002 British Girls Championship. She won the 2003 Junior Solheim Cup, won the 2005 European Lady Junior Team Championship in the Netherlands (with a six-person team including Anna Nordqvist and Pernilla Lindberg), and was the low individual scorer at the 2006 Women's World Amateur Team Championship (Espirito Santo Trophy) in South Africa, representing Sweden. Finished runner-up at the 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy and third in the team portion of the 2007 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (again with Anna Nordqvist and Pernilla Lindberg).[3] While still an amateur, Westrup finished runner-up at the 2005 Ladies Finnish Masters, her best result on the Ladies European Tour.

Westrup changed her citizenship to Norwegian in early 2015 in order to gain better access to sponsors and increase her chances to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] Her first tournament representing Norway was the 2015 Gateway Classic near Phoenix, Arizona. She arrived in the US on her Swedish passport which unbeknownst to her automatically got cancelled once her application for Norwegian citizenship was successful. Stranded without a valid travel document she had to find her way to the Norwegian consulate in Houston to apply for a Norwegian passport.[4] She finished the Olympic Qualifications as a reserve, losing out to Suzann Pettersen and Marianne Skarpnord.[5]

Professional wins

Symetra Tour (1)
  • 2015 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge

Amateur wins
  • 2006 Women's World Amateur Team Championship (individual)

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Westrup turns Norwegian" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. "Bio". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. "2007 Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship Team Award" (PDF). Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. "2 tournaments under the belt". carolinewestrup.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. "Olympic Entries – Women Reserve List" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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