Charlotta Sörenstam

Petra Charlotta Sörenstam (born 16 April 1973) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. As an amateur competing for the Texas Longhorns, she won the NCAA Division I Championship individual title. As a professional, she won one tournament on the LPGA Tour and represented Europe in the Solheim Cup. Her elder sister by three years, Annika, is a Hall of Fame golfer.

Early life Sörenstam was born in Bro near Stockholm, Sweden. Her father Tom was an IBM executive and her mother Gunilla worked in a bank.

The Sörenstam family began playing golf at Viksjö Golf Club in Jakobsberg, north of Stockholm and later switched to nearby Bro-Bålsta Golf Club, opened in 1980, initially with a 9-hole course. At the age of 9, she shared her first set of golf clubs with her sister. Annika got the odd numbered clubs and Charlotta the even.

Amateur career As an amateur, Sörenstam won the 1992 Ängsö Ladies Open on the professional Swedish Golf Tour, at the time named the Lancome Tour. She represented Sweden at the 1993 European Ladies' Team Championship in The Hague, Netherlands. She finished 5th at the 1993 individual European Ladies Amateur Championship in Turin, Italy. She also earned All-America honors. While at Texas, Sörenstam was named the winner of the Honda Sports Award for golf.

In 1994, Sörenstam was part of the winning Swedish team at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Gutenhof Golf Club, Austria. She also finished second, losing in the final to Maria Hjorth, at the Swedish Match-play Championship at Uppsala Golf Club on the Swedish Golf Tour. At the end of 1996, she finished second at the LPGA Tour Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for 1997. She moved to the United States to play on the LPGA Tour, while continuing to play occasionally in Europe.

She has one LPGA Tour win, the 2000 Standard Register PING, and two runner-up finishes, the 1998 Friendly's Classic and 1999 The Philips Invitational. Annika and Charlotta Sörenstam became the first two sisters to both win $1 million on the LPGA Tour.

Her best finish in Europe is second, which she achieved at the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters and consecutively at the McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe at Gleneagles in 1996 and 1997.

Sörenstam received the 2004 Mary Bea Porter Award from the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association for saving Donna Caponi from choking during the 2003 LPGA Championship.

At the 2026 U.S. Senior Women's Open, Sörenstam shot a final round 69, the best score of the day, to finish tied 7th.

Instructor From 2007 to 2016, Sörenstam was director of golf operations and head teaching professional at The Annika Academy, a luxury golf school located south of Orlando, Florida, run by Sörenstam's sister, Annika. The Annika Academy closed on 31 May 2016.

Sörenstam was also a recognized instructor for persons with lower back injuries. From 2018 to 2020 she was the director of instruction at Charlotte Harbor National Golf Club in North Port, Florida. Since 2021 she worked for the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, as a performance golf coach.

Awards and honors In 1993, she earned the Honda-Broderick Award in the golf category, bestowed to the top female collegiate golfer. In 2015, she was inducted into the University of Texas' Hall of Honor.

LPGA of Korea Tour wins (1) 2001 Hyundai Securities Ladies Open

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-upRef1 14 Jun 1992 Ängsö Ladies Open(as an amateur) 72-69=141 (−3) Playoff Maria Brink (a)

Swedish Golf Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResultRef11992Ängsö Ladies Open Maria Brink (a)Won with par on first extra hole

LPGA Tour career summary

Team appearances Amateur European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1991 European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1992, 1994 (winners) European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1993

Professional Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1998 Source:

Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career41–2–10–1–01–0–00–1–11.537.5%199841–2–10–1–0 lost to K. Robbins 2&11–0–0 won w/ L. Davies 3&20–1–1 halved w/ L. Davieslost w/ L. Neumann 2&11.537.5%