Maria Hjorth

Maria Hjorth
— Golfer —
Hjorth at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Maria Anna Hjorth
Born	(1973-10-15) 15 October 1973 Falun, Sweden
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Shaun McBride
Children	Emily (b. 2009)^[1]
Career
College	University of Stirling
Turned professional	1996
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 1998) LET (joined 1996)
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	5
Ladies European Tour	2
Other	4
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	4th: 2008
Women's PGA C'ship	2nd: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	T8: 1999
du Maurier Classic	T17: 1999
Women's British Open	T2: 2007
Evian Championship	DNP

Maria Anna "Mimmi" Hjorth (born 15 October 1973 in Falun) is a Swedish professional golfer.

She attended the University of Stirling in Scotland. She won more than twenty amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship.

She turned professional in 1996 and played mainly on the Ladies European Tour (LET) that year and in 1997. Since 1998 she has played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, while continuing to play in Europe several times each year. She has won two individual titles on the LET and five on the LPGA, and has finished sole or tied second in the prestigious Evian Masters three times. She was a member of five European Solheim Cup teams in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 and played on three winning teams in the Praia d'El Rey European Cup, a team competition sanctioned by the LET.

She also played under her married name, Maria McBride.

She has also played top division curling in Sweden.

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	19 Sep 1999	Safeco Classic	69-68-70-64=271	−17	2 strokes	Catriona Matthew	97,500
2	7 Nov 1999	Mizuno Classic	70-64-67=201	−15	5 strokes	Laura Davies Ok-Hee Ku Fumiko Moriguchi Aki Nakano	120,000
3	30 Sep 2007	Navistar LPGA Classic	70-67-70-67=274	−14	1 stroke	Stacy Prammanasudh	195,000
4	5 Dec 2010	LPGA Tour Championship	72-68-71-72=283	−5	1 stroke	Amy Yang	225,000
5	1 May 2011	Avnet LPGA Classic	70-74-67-67=278	−10	2 strokes	Song-Hee Kim	195,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2000	Subaru Memorial of Naples	Nancy Scranton	Lost to par on second extra hole
2	2008	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Yani Tseng	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Ladies European Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Winner's share (€)
1	11 Jul 2004	Ladies English Open	66-67-64=197	−19	6 strokes	Joanne Mills	26,859
2	10 Jul 2005	Ladies English Open	68-69-67=204	−12	1 stroke	Minea Blomqvist	24,750

Other wins (4)

Delsjo Ladies Open, Toyota Ladies Open, Aspeboda Ladies Open (Swedish Professional Ladies Tour)
A.V. Rubbish Classic (Players West Tour)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T10	CUT
LPGA Championship	T16	T63	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	T8	CUT
du Maurier Classic	T41	T17	CUT

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T24	T36	T5	CUT	DNP	CUT	9	4	DNP
LPGA Championship	T3	T22	CUT	CUT	71	T39	T33	2	T23
U.S. Women's Open	T19	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	T41	CUT	T51	CUT
Women's British Open ^	T25	CUT	CUT	69	CUT	T45	T2	T69	T11

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T19	T38	T69	CUT	DNP	CUT
LPGA Championship	CUT	T8	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	T28	T34	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
Women's British Open	CUT	13	CUT	DNP	DNP	12	T65
The Evian Championship ^^				DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	1	4	6	14	9
Women's PGA Championship	1	1	2	3	6	18	10
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	1	2	14	6
Women's British Open	1	0	1	1	5	14	9
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
du Maurier Classic	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
Totals	2	1	4	9	20	64	36

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (nine times)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
1998	25	19	0	0	0	3	T5	133,943		72.08
1999	31	29	2	1	1	8	1	572,940		71.09
2000	28	15	0	1	0	2	2	181,939	50	73.05
2001	29	24	0	4	2	9	2	848,195	5	71.46
2002	22	17	0	1	0	2	T2	359,194	26	72.14
2003	22	11	0	0	0	T5	T2	108,512	70	73.08
2004	22	9	0	0	0	0	T17	44,074	123	73.08	154
2005	23	16	0	0	1	4	T3	242,371	51	71.36	35
2006	26	18	0	0	1	2	T3	299,634	44	72.20	48
2007	28	23	1	3	0	8	1	949,055	11	71.88	19
2008	22	20	0	1	0	4	2	588,396	31	71.76	24
2009	18	14	0	1	0	3	T2	428,935	32	71.02	14
2010	22	13	1	0	1	4	1	568,914	20	71.97	31
2011	20	20	1	0	0	6	1	630,320	17	71.51	16
2012	20	12	0	0	0	1	T9	98,971	79	73.56	95
2013	15	9	0	0	0	0	T30	39,238	106	72.56	71
2014	15	2	0	0	0	0	T69	6,497	154	74.73	153
2015	14	8	0	0	0	2	T4	172,308	73	72.33	73
2016	17	3	0	0	0	0	T54	14,213	154	73.77	147

official through the 2016 season^[2]

Team appearances

Amateur

Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1992, 1994

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 (winners)
Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2007
World Cup (representing Sweden): 2008

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points won	Points %
Career	21	6-10-5	0-4-1	4-3-1	2-3-3	8.5	40.5%
2002	3	1-2-0	0-1-0 lost to K. Robbins 5&3	0-0-0	1-1-0 lost w/ A. Sörenstam 2&1, won w/ I. Tinning 1 up	1.0	33%
2005	4	1-3-0	0-1-0 lost to N. Gulbis 2&1	1-1-0 won w/ L. Davies 2&1, lost w/ L. Davies 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ I. Tinning 3&2	1.0	25%
2007	5	1-1-3	0-1-0 lost to P. Creamer 2&1	1-0-1 won w/ G. Nocera 3&2, halved w/ G. Nocera	0-0-2 halved w/ A. Sörenstam, halved w/ L. Wessberg	2.5	50%
2009	5	2-1-2	0-0-1 halved w/ C. Kerr	1-1-0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&2, lost w/ A. Nordqvist 1 dn	1-0-1 halved w/ C. Matthew, won w/ G. Nocera 1 up	3.0	60%
2011	4	1-3-0	0-1-0 lost to C. Kim 4&2	1-1-0 lost w/ A. Nordqvist 2&1, won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ A. Muñoz 3&1	1.0	25%

References

↑ LPGA.com, Moms on Tour Blog 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
↑ "Maria McBride stats". LPGA. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

External links

Maria Hjorth at the Ladies European Tour official site
Maria Hjorth at the LPGA Tour official site

Maria Hjorth at the Solheim Cup

European Solheim Cup team – 2002

Helen Alfredsson Raquel Carriedo Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Maria Hjorth Karine Icher Carin Koch Paula Marti Mhairi McKay Suzann Pettersen Annika Sörenstam Iben Tinning Dale Reid (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12.5 – 15.5

European Solheim Cup team – 2005

Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Maria Hjorth Trish Johnson Carin Koch Ludivine Kreutz Catriona Matthew Gwladys Nocera Suzann Pettersen Annika Sörenstam Karen Stupples Iben Tinning Alison Nicholas (non-playing assistant captain) Catrin Nilsmark (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12.5 – 15.5

European Solheim Cup team – 2007

Becky Brewerton Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Bettina Hauert Maria Hjorth Trish Johnson Catriona Matthew Gwladys Nocera Suzann Pettersen Annika Sörenstam Iben Tinning Linda Wessberg Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (non-playing assistant captain) Helen Alfredsson (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12 – 16

European Solheim Cup team – 2009

Helen Alfredsson Becky Brewerton Laura Davies Tania Elosegui Sophie Gustafson Maria Hjorth Diana Luna Catriona Matthew Janice Moodie Gwladys Nocera Anna Nordqvist Suzann Pettersen Alison Nicholas (non-playing captain) Joanne Morley (non-playing assistant captain) Liselotte Neumann (non-playing assistant captain)

Lost: 12 – 16

European Solheim Cup team – 2011

Christel Boeljon Laura Davies Sandra Gal Sophie Gustafson Caroline Hedwall Maria Hjorth Catriona Matthew Azahara Muñoz Anna Nordqvist Suzann Pettersen Melissa Reid Karen Stupples Alison Nicholas (non-playing captain) Joanne Morley (non-playing assistant captain) Annika Sörenstam (non-playing assistant captain)

Won: 15–13

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